Nuclear weapons are considered the strategic silverware of nation states. Occasionally, they are given a cleaning and polishing. From time to time, they go missing, fail to work, and suffer misplacement. Of late, the UK Royal Navy has not been doing so well in that department, given its seminal role in upholding the doctrine of…
Despite the headlines on Sunday morning, it seems that the vast majority of the attendees at Mardi Gras last weekend were in fact ‘feeling the love’ police said the overall behaviour of 120,000 spectators and 12,500 participants on Saturday night was “pleasing”. There were no major incidents other than the arrest of the seven men…
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By James Moore Anyone who knows the Texas and Mexico border in any manner even approaching familiarity, would have laughed in D. Trump’s face during his news conference at Eagle Pass. Technically, there was nothing news worthy about his appearance on the banks of the Rio Grande and he did not answer questions. Instead, he…
“ If you live in Frankston, and you’ve got a problem with Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor. “If you do not want to see Australian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor. Send Labor a message.” Labor easily wins Dunkley, increasing its primary vote to forty per cent.…
Last week Senator Cash tweeted the… Is it still correct to say “tweet”? I mean now that it’s X, should it be “Senator Cash Xed…”? Whatever, Senator Cash put out the following message on the social media platform that was once Twitter but is now X: “Australians should be able to choose what car they…
Just as the Atlas Network-connected Advance body intervened in the Voice referendum in Australia and, in recent weeks, a bye-election, similar organisations spawned from the American model are distorting New Zealand’s politics from within as well as from without. One of the key researchers into the Atlas Network, Lee Fang, observed that it has “reshaped…
Deeds of substance, rather than words of forced concern, will always take precedence in the chronicles of history. Superficially, the Australian government has been edging more closely towards expressing concern with aspects of Israel’s relentless war in the Gaza Strip. While claiming to be targeted, specific and directed against Hamas and other Islamic militants, the…
Continued from Authoritarianism is taking over the world. Will it snare Australia? To recap, in Part 1 I wrote that: In recent years, we have witnessed three individual politicians who have used the techniques of the authoritarian leader, fear, negativity, misinformation and lies. I refer to Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison and the now opposition leader Peter…
Oxfam Australia Media Release As the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) -Australia Special Summit commences this week in Melbourne, Oxfam is calling for the Australian government and other world leaders attending to ramp up ambition to tackle the climate crisis in the region, beginning with an urgent phase out of Australia’s massive coal and…
The starvation regime continues unabated as Israel continues its campaign in the Gaza Strip. One of the six provisional measures ordered by the International Court Justice entailed taking “immediate and effective measures” to protect the Palestinian populace in the Gaza Strip from risk of genocide by ensuring the supply of humanitarian assistance and basic services. …