Whether because of temporary disability or permanent need, the demand for accessible “holiday” accommodation is growing with our ageing population. (more…)
Category: Politics
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Dying in prison
The political predilection for punishment is contributing to yet another stressor on prisons. As Australia’s prison population ages, so, too, do inmates risk dying inside. (more…)
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South Korea’s caution on US Iran aims
Just last month in New York, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister. (more…)
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Childhood on hold: Growing up too soon in Gaza and beyond
UNICEF has called Gaza the “most dangerous place in the world to be a child.” It estimates every single child in Gaza will need mental health support. (more…)
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Is this the moment that will define cricket’s future?
On 8 October, what may turn out to be a huge moment for the game of cricket hit the news: Australian Test captain Pat Cummins and all-format Australian player Travis Head were reported to have been offered nearly $10 million each a few months ago to join cricket’s international T20 circuit. (more…)
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The UN in Trump’s world and the implications for Australia’s independence
Unfair criticism has often been levelled at the UN. None has been so gratuitously nasty than President Trump’s 23 September 2025 General Assembly address. (more…)
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Australia’s climate assessment fails on sea-level rise risks and vulnerable communities
Australia’s first climate risk assessment has the stated purpose of guiding adaptation responses to protect people and property in a heating climate, but what happens if the reality is worse than some low-ball projections of future risks? (more…)
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Universal jurisdiction: Australia’s crucial role in international criminal justice
Samar Batool Athar is one of six talented young Australians who will travel to the UN General Assembly in New York next week as part of the Global Voices project. (more…)
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Bruce Beresford’s The Travellers blends opera and the outback in a heartfelt story about homecoming
Famed Australian director Bruce Beresford loves opera. If you weren’t aware of this before watching his new film, The Travellers, you most likely will be by the time the credits roll. (more…)
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Omar Yaghi: Refugee from Gaza wins 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry
Born in a one-room home on the outskirts of Amman, the son of illiterate Palestinian refugees from Gaza, Professor Omar Yaghi has risen from the hardships of displacement to the highest pinnacle of scientific achievement by winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. (more…)
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Celebrate the ceasefire, but don’t forget: Gaza survived on its own
Western leaders now claim credit for “peace”, but Gaza’s survival belongs to its people alone. (more…)
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Judge allows Kostakidis ‘antisemitism’ case to proceed
Justice Stephen McDonald told the court, in the course of a six-minute hearing on Thursday, that the contention the Zionist Federation of Australia had no case against journalist Mary Kostakidis had to be determined at trial, reports Joe Lauria. (more…)
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Price rally fuels surge in Southeast Asia gold businesses – Asian Media Report
In Asian media this week: Beijing in 11-month gold-buying streak. Plus: Takaichi the most conservative leadership choice; US looks to delegate Taiwan defence; Prabowo holds massive military parade; South Korea’s Lee challenges US wartime control; China’s harsh times feed a spiritual economy. (more…)
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Almost no Australians study Chinese any more. That’s a problem
Fewer than five Australians per year are graduating from honours programs in Chinese studies with language, raising fears the nation is losing the expertise needed to navigate its most complex foreign relationship. (more…)
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‘We must keep the pressure on’: Humanitarians say ceasefire doesn’t erase Gaza genocide
“This much-needed and welcomed ceasefire does not change the simple fact that Israel has just committed a genocide in Gaza,” wrote the co-founder of European Jews for Palestine. (more…)
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An Australian chemist just won the Nobel Prize. Here’s how his work is changing the world
The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large spaces within them, capable of capturing and storing gases and other chemicals. (more…)
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The Australian media is more concentrated than ever. Here are the three moments that got us here
In its announcement of the proposed merger with Southern Cross Media, Seven West described the deal as “consistent with Seven West’s stated strategic position of being in support of media consolidation in Australia”. (more…)
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Van Jones and the moral vacancy of American commentary on Gaza
The US pundit’s “dead Gaza baby” joke was not a slip of the tongue, but a window into a media culture that trivialises Palestinian suffering and deflects responsibility. (more…)
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The return of the KKK?
President Donald Trump is imposing a right-wing political ideology and practice that increasingly resembles what Christ Hedges has dubbed “Christian fascism”. (more…)
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How the West will package the genocide after Netanyahu
In the not-too-distant future, the Netanyahu Government will fall. When this happens, it will become politically fashionable (and indeed necessary) for Western leaders outside the US to intellectually “package” the genocide in Gaza. (more…)
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Trump says Israel and Hamas sign off on first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan
Mediator Qatar said more details of the agreement would be announced at a later date. (more…)
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Australia’s next big bet lies East, not West
It is in Asia where Australia’s bread is buttered. And Canberra needs a strategy on the security impact that is a gathering tide from the economic impact of Trump’s tariffs on our interests there. (more…)
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A masterclass in agency: What Singapore can teach Australia about China
Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong sat down with the ABC on 2 October and offered something rare in Australia’s China debate: clarity, confidence, and a middle-power strategy that doesn’t involve shouting or submission. (more…)
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Our American obsession
I have spent seven years of my life in the United States and much of my writing has been influenced by the US. (more…)
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Jeffrey Sachs: Twenty-point plan minus the US-UK colonialism
Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares offer a revised version of the Trump plan for an end of the war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank. (more…)
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Journos as heroes and villains – ‘The Hack’ reviewed – Part 2
The Hack is rare among films and television programs for showing journalists doing journalism to other journalists. (more…)
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Is Greta Thunberg the lone voice for justice in our world?
As the world moves from one crisis to another and our politicians ignore the immense injustices that are happening in their nation and in the world, what do ordinary non-violent citizens do to let their politicians know they aren’t happy with their lack of moral and ethical fortitude? (more…)
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Campus leaders mobilise to battle Trump’s anti-education ‘Compact’ tooth and nail
“Workers, students, campus community members across this great country are coming together to fight for a higher education system that actually works for all – one that is affordable, strengthens freedom and democracy, and stands up to its public mission.” (more…)
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The Earth uncloaked – A catastrophe in slow motion
Woodman, spare that tree!
Touch not a single bough!
In youth it sheltered me,
And I’ll protect it now. – GP Morris 1837 (more…)
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Do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say matter?
In an age when millions feel invisible to those in power, these aren’t rhetorical questions. They’re the foundational need that either builds democracies or tears them apart. (more…)