Blogotariat

A horrible illness has been widely neglected, thanks in part to the influence of a cruel and bizarre cult.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  18th October 2024

How could this happen in the 21st century? The question could apply to many issues, but this one sends you reeling. A brilliant and lively young woman with a common illness was repeatedly disbelieved, dismissed and given inappropriate treatment, until she starved to death. It is a terrible result of the most remarkable situation I’ve ever encountered in either medicine or journalism.

Remember those two pieces of US intelligence that appeared on the Middle East Spectator and set off alarm bells in Washington about a security breach? Yeah, forget about that. Move along. Nothing to see here. I checked the websites of the NY Times, the Washington Post and Politico this evening and was surprised to see the story has disappeared. No longer worthy of coverage, I guess.

BY LARRY JOHNSON

Via Peter Hartcher in the Nine papers, I learned the other day that Albanese snubbed President Prabowo of Indonesia to meet King Charles.

“At the end of the day, Ukraine will be a member of NATO” — Finnish President Alexander Stubb calls for strong NATO deterrence and backs Ukraine's path to membership in an exclusive interview conducted by DW political correspondent Hans Brandt.

'We will do our part to fend off any Russian aggression'

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NATO’s Response to Aggression? Glorious Ambiguity

How do buyers and sellers of renewable energy assess whether projects will deliver positive social and environmental outcomes?

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest World Economic Outlook report forecasts that Australia and Slovakia will be the only two advanced economies with headline inflation above 3% by the end of 2025. The IMF expects Australia’s inflation rate to rise to 3.6% by December 2025 as federal and state government cost-of-living relief is wound back.

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I have written repeatedly how Australia’s home building industry is facing stiff headwinds that will keep the volume of housing construction depressed for the foreseeable future and unable to meet the Albanese government’s fantastical housing target. First and most importantly, construction costs have risen nearly 40% since the start of the pandemic, meaning that it

Australian households have had a torrid time in recent years, experiencing the largest decline in disposable incomes in history: This decline in household income has also been among the largest in the world: On July 1, the Stage 3 tax cuts came into effect, which reduced personal income taxes by around $1,200 annually for somebody

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Australia has a very large skilled migration program. Over the last 20 years, Australia has granted 2.3 million permanent skilled visas. Earlier this year, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) published research revealing that half of skilled migrants work in occupations that are below their qualifications and earn significantly less than Australians with

Women have made such a difference in the housing crisis. They’ve made it worse. Victorian teal MPs have strongly criticised key aspects of Premier Jacinta Allan’s plan for high-rise towers in Melbourne suburbs, with the federal member for Goldstein, Zoe Daniel, warning “crash or crash through” policies will not fix the housing crisis. The developments will

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There is a first time for everything, and today I agree with Tim Gurner, Australia’s most hated man: Developer Tim Gurner says the Victorian government’s stamp duty cuts are a strong start to get the property market moving again, but warned the effort is doomed to fail unless Melbourne’s reputation as a safe place to

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Over the weekend, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan chose the wealthy suburb of Brighton to launch her plan of seizing planning controls away from local councils to create 50 activity centres the government has earmarked for higher density. These areas will be rezoned for high-rise apartment complexes of 10 to 20 storeys near train and tram

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