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Category: Politics
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Can Corbyn’s new party in Britain prompt a Turnbull comeback?
When former prime minister Birgitte Nyborg started a new political party in Denmark during season 3 of Borgen, her fictional initiative reflected changing times in Denmark. (more…)
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Algal bloom: first peoples ngamath-sea country
A civilisation that proves incapable of solving the problems it creates is a decadent civilisation. – Aime Cesaire. (more…)
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Palestine recognised
We are approaching the end game. There is a movement towards recognition of Palestine by major Western nations, namely France, the UK and Canada, and including, possibly, Australia and New Zealand. (more…)
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Israel activates its cells – the Kostakidis case
The conflation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism is the test in the Zionist lobby case against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis for her Gaza reporting and the outcome will be of great international significance, says Joe Lauria. (more…)
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Once Australia was important to Indonesia
Happy birthday, monster neighbour. Er, do we know you? We’re strangers here – our proper place is mid-Atlantic, ‘twixt the Old World and the New. However, we’re trying hard to cope by promoting trade and investment, while ignoring endemic corruption and avoiding deep involvement. (more…)
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Australia should recognise Palestine. To not do so only rewards Israel’s crimes
Australia was among the first countries to recognise the state of Israel, but regrettably looks set to be among the last to recognise the state of Palestine. (more…)
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Albo’s Palestine delay an act of moral cowardice
The Albanese Government’s failure to move to follow the lead of the UK, Canada and France in recognising the state of Palestine smacks of cowardice. (more…)
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Is the ‘China threat’ real or trumped up?
In recent years, the ‘China threat’ theory has become a prominent theme in Western political discourse. (more…)
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Economists want a carbon price comeback – but does Australia have the political courage?
Bold economic ideas are flowing ahead of this month’s roundtable convened by the Albanese Government, aimed at boosting Australia’s productivity and economy, and repairing the budget. Among the biggest ideas to emerge is: should Australia resurrect its carbon price? (more…)
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Syria’s minorities under siege
The drive by Syria’s Sunni Islamist rulers to stamp their authority over religious and ethnic minorities has hit a stumbling block in the southern province of Suweida. (more…)
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Bringing government back – but not all the way
The Albanese Government wants Australians to believe that the era of market dogma is over. (more…)
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US’ deceitful tactic will have wide consequences
Richard Cullen says the Pentagon launched illegal attack on Iran while Trump claimed commitment to diplomacy. (more…)
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Urgency of Palestinian recognition
Of course, Netanyahu is angry about talk of Palestinian recognition. He runs a narrative that Palestine and Palestinians do not exist. (more…)
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‘Stop genocide!’ March across Sydney bridge for Gaza
“One has to be blind not to see that Israel has completely lost the majority of the world—including in the West.” (more…)
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The time has come for a Palestinian nation
The political leaders of Israel have long spoken of an existential threat. Critics, and many of its well-meaning friends have offered suggestions about the reasonable or fair thing to do. But its enemies and many of its neighbours, Israel says, want the annihilation of the very idea of the Jewish state. (more…)
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Tens of thousands join march over Sydney Harbour Bridge
Editor comment: Australians in their tens of thousands stood up over the weekend and delivered a very clear message to the Albanese Government and the global community – the killing in Palestine must end. Across the world the action did not go unnoticed. This report is from the Times of Israel. (more…)
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Hiroshima anniversary – RAAF flying boat vs atom bomb
In World War II, did Aussie airmen in slow old flying boats do more to stop Japan than America’s atomic bombs – and leave a lesson for today? (more…)
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Why every China watcher must be on WeChat
None of this is to glorify WeChat itself – it’s simply the reality of China’s digital ecosystem today. (more…)
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The US is a very foreign country
The Albanese Government has recently handed over a second tranche of some $800 million Australian tax-payers’ dollars to the United States, with the total now more than a billion dollars. This is part of the most woeful con job ever in the grim history of Australia’s defence procurement record – AUKUS. (more…)
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Is the Northern Territory Government knowingly endangering First Nations children and young people?
It should be impossible to ignore heartbreaking evidence of the effects of structural racism on Aboriginal children and young people, particularly those caught in a fully discredited punitive system in the NT that now includes “torture” plus risks of death as well as trauma. (more…)
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To meet 21st century challenges, business regulation needs urgent reform
A new parliamentary term in Canberra for a re-elected government with a huge majority is a timely opportunity for long-term policy and regulatory reform. One necessary focus is the ecosystem for business success in society under 21st century conditions, in an age of existential threats. (more…)
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The rise of totalitarianism – 12 similarities between 1930s Germany and 2020s America – Part 2
The parallels between today’s America and the Germany of a century ago are profound – and are becoming more relevant with each passing day. Sadly, what was considered inconceivable a few years ago has now become a possibility: the development of a totalitarian state in America. Adrian Lipscomb continues from Part 1 of this series. (more…)
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Jewish safety and the weaponisation of antisemitism
Jews are made safer by working with others for a world that works for everyone. Jewish safety must be grounded in calls for collective liberation, not defence of a murderous regime. (more…)
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Message from the editor
I spent some time in Parliament House last week and it was a delight to see the increased diversity of elected members. (more…)
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The GST — past, present, future — and always tense
There’s little elegance in the way Australia approaches tax reform. It’s never a highway cruise. (more…)
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ALP members demand more from PM on Palestine
As the genocide in Palestine continues, pressure on governments grows across the globe. In Australia, ALP members are demanding more from Anthony Albanese. (more…)
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Nuked: The submarine fiasco that sank Australia’s sovereignty
AUKUS is a classic case of the “tail wagging the dog”. On the back of lies, a constructed inevitability of future conflict and political ambition, Andrew Fowler shows how the Morrison Government might have put the future of Australia’s national security at risk. (more…)
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China is building the world’s biggest hydropower dam. Why is India worried?
China breaks ground on what Premier Li Qiang has called the “project of the century”, but some fear a water conflict and ecological effects. (more…)
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Deepfake abuse caused a crisis in South Korean schools. How can Australia avoid it?
Australian schools are seeing a growing number of incidents in which students have created deepfake sexualised imagery of their classmates. The eSafety Commissioner has urged schools to monitor the situation. (more…)