In response to the US State Department’s decision to deny visas to Palestinian Authority officials ahead of the September UN General Assembly meeting, DAWN issues the following statement: (more…)
Category: Politics
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RSL tries to tackle its troubles
The RSL has been a significant force in Australian politics, but it’s clear it is now suffering from a range of problems. (more…)
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Western civilisation is not worth saving
Western civilisation is not worth saving. I think that’s been pretty well established by now. (more…)
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Reining in the consultant culture in Australia’s public universities
The quiet rise of private consultancy in Australia’s public universities has now reached a point where it is reshaping the sector’s priorities, governance, and capacity to act in the public interest. (more…)
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Blinded by ‘blood libels’, Netanyahu won’t praise the West’s tough new measures on Iran
Why isn’t Israel celebrating fresh steps against Iran? Because praising Australia, France, and the UK would mean admitting they aren’t the Israel-hating, terror-supporting antisemites Netanyahu claims. (more…)
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Message from the editor
Off the back of last week’s huge protests for Palestine in Australia, the global movement to end the genocide continues to grow. (more…)
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The next pandemic is ‘an epidemiological certainty’
The next pandemic disease outbreak is already on the way. Only its identity remains a surprise. (more…)
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Asia must learn from SEATO and build its own NATO
With China’s military assertiveness, North Korea’s expanding nuclear arsenal and defence collaboration between Russia, China and North Korea, there are growing questions about whether Asia needs its own version of NATO. Asia has endeavoured to establish such a structure in the past, with little success. (more…)
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How the Fourth Estate failed journalists
Edmund Burke, an Anglo-Irish statesman and political theorist, is credited, with coining the phrase “Fourth Estate” in 1771. (more…)
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A Rohingya mother’s ordeal of rape, loss and survival
In recent times, we have heard many stories of hardship and displacement among the Rohingya people of Arakan State. (more…)
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Immobilising confirmation of atrocities in Gaza
Stefan Tarnowski is an assistant professor and anthropologist based at Cambridge University. His most recent article published by the London Review of Books is Plausible Deniability. (more…)
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Amnesty condemns abduction and arbitrary arrest of Pakistan’s top triathlete, Shahrez Khan
As Pakistan risks a mass exodus of international talent with democracy in decline, its youth refuse to give up on former cricketing legend and prime minister, Imran Khan’s vision for “justice, humanity and self-esteem”. (more…)
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Reforming university governance: Restoring accountability and the public mission
Over the past three decades, Australia’s public universities have experienced a profound shift in governance culture. (more…)
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Terrorists are them, never us
Almost as quickly as Anthony Albanese signed up for AUKUS, he has now agreed to join the United States in making Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) the 32nd terrorist organisation designated by Australia. (more…)
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Usman Khawaja urges Albanese to sanction Israel over Gaza genocide
Meeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers on 28 August at Parliament House in Canberra, the Aussie Muslim Test opener, Usman Khawaja, pressed Australia to act decisively against Israel for the ongoing genocide in Gaza. (more…)
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Environment: Too much and too little water causing problems from the tropics to the poles
Three-quarters of World Heritage Sites are threatened by water issues. Habitat for orangutans or electricity for the people? Summer 2024 heatwave caused massive ice melt in the Arctic. Humans, dogs, foxes, SUVs, plastics, climate change – parenting is tough for beach nesting birds. (more…)
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Intergenerational equity is more important. But let’s not exaggerate the problem or be misled about the solutions
Treasurer Jim Chalmers identified three priority areas for tax reform he said had attracted support from his roundtable participants:
- A fair go for working people, including in intergenerational equity terms,
- An affordable, responsible way to incentivise business investment, and
- A simpler, more sustainable tax system to fund the services people need.
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A new foreign policy for Europe
The European Union needs a new foreign policy based on Europe’s true economic and security interests. (more…)
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Never again – so the world pledged
For 80 years the world has sympathised with and supported Israel through the prism of the indescribably brutal Holocaust. (more…)
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Furious Modi rejects Trump’s phone calls – Asian Media Report
In Asian media this week: India turns its attention to Japan and China. Plus: Trump wants US to own land used for bases in Korea; Despair turning young refugees to armed insurrection; Beijing pushing AI as next growth-engine; Manila ramps up its anti-China stance; The wounds that time cannot heal. (more…)
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What the UN could do now on Gaza
The UN has options, now, in Gaza, as long as members states support it, says Mark Seddon, director, Centre for UN Studies, University of Buckingham. (more…)
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‘It is time to end this spiral of violence’ – Greek Orthodox and Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem
A joint statement by the Greek Orthodox and Latin Patriarchates of Jerusalem has called for an end to the killing. (more…)
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Time to dial back the Australia-US alliance
There’s a concept in political analysis known as the Overton Window. The concept holds that at any given time within mainstream society there is a range (i.e. window) of accepted political topics and arguments for discussion. (more…)
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Israel’s assassination of memory
The razing of Gaza is not a crime only against the Palestinian people but against our cultural and historical heritage. We can’t understand the present, especially when reporting on Palestine and Israel, if we don’t understand the past. (more…)
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I fear ignorance about China
The United States and its allies like Australia, have become terrified by the prospect of their citizens learning more about China through the exchange of ideas and people. They apparently do not trust their citizens to assess information from multiple competing sources and reach an acceptable conclusion. (more…)
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Albanese is expelling the wrong embassy
Two days after hundreds of thousands of Australians joined nationwide protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza, the Albanese Government abruptly announced that it would expel Iranian diplomats. (more…)
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ASEAN unity cracks under Trump tariff pressure
US President Donald Trump’s return to office is generating a major reshuffle in the Unites States’ foreign relations, including the imposition of tariffs on nearly every trading partner. (more…)
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Jeffrey Sachs: Ending the genocide now
A UN Security Council vote to grant Palestine permanent UN membership would end Israel’s zealous delusions of permanent control over Palestine, write Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares. But the US stands in the way. (more…)
