There’s a bit of a tall poppy syndrome in Australia where we shoot down people more successful than ourselves, so I must say that I find it odd that people should mock Liz Truss who, after all, did manage to become Britain’s PM for a whole two months… Ok, it wasn’t quite two months but…
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Parliament of Australia Media Release The Joint Standing Committee on Migration today released the Migration, Pathway to Nation Building report, signifying the end of an almost two-year long inquiry on Australia’s migration system by the Committee. Committee Chair, Maria Vamvakinou MP, said ‘the Committee has conducted a comprehensive inquiry that has looked at virtually every aspect of the migration system…
Experts at Master Builders Australia have warned that low apprenticeship numbers will worsen the nation’s housing crisis if action is not taken immediately. The warning comes after new Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealed that 2023-24 was the worst year for home building in more than a decade, dropping 8.8 per cent to 158,690 new…
It was done for the Viet Cong in numerous countries during the US involvement in Vietnam. It was done for the African National Congress (ANC). It was done for the Irish Revolutionary Army (IRA). Across the United States, Europe and Australasia, all three organisations, demonised as terrorist outfits, received tacit, symbolic support from protestors. In…
GSK Australia Media Release Increasing investment in adult immunisation has the potential to deliver $1.1 billion in benefits every year, according to a new report commissioned by GSK, examining the opportunity to increase access to vaccination and disease prevention.1 Prevention: A Productivity Superpower was launched by GSK Australia at Parliament House, Canberra today and demonstrates…
By Denis Hay Description Explore how Australian politicians control narratives on social media. Learn how citizens can demand real engagement for a more democratic society. Introduction In Australia, politicians have harnessed social media platforms, especially Facebook, to craft a carefully curated narrative. While these pages highlight “feel-good” photos and positive achievements, they rarely provide a…
Oxfam Australia Media Release The Lebanese authorities, communities and humanitarian agencies are struggling to shelter and provide the necessities of life to over one million people fleeing Israel’s airstrikes and invasion to the south, Oxfam said today. Oxfam is working with local partners in Lebanon and alongside other aid agencies as part of the government’s…
By James Moore “Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. ‘Cause that’s all that matters in the end.” – Kris Kristofferson. The only time I ever spoke to him in person I thought that his voice had the sound of rocks tumbling down a talus slide in a western mountain…
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It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism. Here was a British government offering – how generous of them – to return sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, whose residents had been brutally displaced between 1965 to 1973, to Mauritius. In an October 3 joint statement between London and Port…
By Maria Millers To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men. The human race Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised Against injustice, ignorance, and lust, The inquisition yet would serve the law, And guillotines decide our least disputes. The few who dare, must speak and speak again…