The prize of strategic coherence is to have Australia’s overarching policies, programs and key agencies pulling broadly in the same direction in pursuing its international policy. (more…)
The Coalition must be relieved that the swings were not as high as some of the recent punishing rebukes administered to long-term governments.
From Tuesday 15 February Michael West Media and Pearls & Irritations will be going separate ways. (more…)
As thousands die and millions suffer, an Australian nurse is desperate to shine a light on a humanitarian crisis in Africa.
Rules-based order? What the F**k is Blinken talking about? The US makes its own rules. (more…)
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Business leaders — and the politicians that enable them — must be put on notice that they must serve society, not the other way around.
A small group of elites determines what ordinary people do not see or hear. (more…)
Much of the debate concerning Xinjiang is packed to the brim with information that lacks institutional verification and credibility. Indeed, the Islamic world itself has largely not supported these charges. (more…)
The debacle surrounding the tennis ace is good media fodder. Chiefly, it shows that Morrison’s right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.
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Lobbyists have exceptional access to our Parliament and politicians, and they’re not acting in the public interest.
The US empire is addicted to a belief in its exceptionalism, grounded in aggression both at home and abroad, and finding it hard to admit mistakes. (more…)
As Australia locks itself into the US military machine, we increase the risks of retaliatory attacks on Pine Gap in the Northern Territory.
What the US most resents about China is that it is successful in delivering results for its own people and resists US interference.
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Legacy media in the US, UK and Europe frames and conditions our thinking and actions. They frame and condition the stenographers in the Australian media.
But does anybody in Washington DC understand China like Wang Huning understands America? (more…)
China has just signed two major LNG contracts with US companies at the expense of Australia. There has been little mention of it in any Australian media. (more…)
Housing policies should reflect the sort of society we want to live in, not the quest for wealth accumulation.A home is not a commodity.
Former prime minister Paul Keating’s National Press Club address showed just how badly awry Australia’s policies on Asia have gone.
What a relief to know that the US has our back in our trade dispute with China! First it was agricultural products, Now LNG.
Our great “mate” is stealing our lunch again. The Chinese and Americans must be both laughing at us. (more…)
Driven by its military-industrial complex the United States depends on continual war. As the War on Terrorism peters out a new enemy is invented — China.
How China made ‘common prosperity’ a major political issue for Xi Jinping and his government.
Nine years ago I gave the speech below. I was then pessimistic about our understanding of Asia. The situation has got markedly worse since then, writ large in the unremitting attacks on China stemming from ignorance and parochialism, particularly in our White Man’s Media. (more…)
Scott Morrison has abdicated any pretence of leadership on climate change, allowing the National Party — which has turned its back on farmers — to hold Australia to ransom.
Ian McAuley’s guide to good reading and listening for the weekend has moved.
We’ve been encouraged by the response to our callout last week for donations.
As Pearls and Irritations continues to grow, our articles are being noticed far and wide, including by linguist Noam Chomsky in a recent lecture.
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