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Iran’s Mullahs are nullahs

Iran’s Mullahs are nullahs

Iran’s Mullahs are nullahs. Memo to hate preachers in Australia on the military decapitation of the Islamic Republic of Iran: I’m elated, I’m smiling and I’m happy. It’s a day of courage, it’s a day of pride, it’s a day of victory – this is the day we’ve all been waiting for after 47 years of oppression by the evil regime of the Islamic Republic of ...
Albanese’s catastrophic ‘deplorables’ moment

Albanese’s catastrophic ‘deplorables’ moment

It’s possible to pinpoint the exact moment Democrat hopeful Hillary Clinton lost her presidential campaign. No, it wasn’t a dodgy email server scandal, her constant falling over, the unhinged shrieking of Elizabeth Warren, or that self-righteous I’m a woman! narrative. Hillary Clinton decided to go on a rant, describing Republican voters as ‘a basket ...
Australian Lawmakers Continue to Enact Hate Crime Law that Suppress Free Speech

Australian Lawmakers Continue to Enact Hate Crime Law that Suppress Free Speech

University of Sydney constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey expressed to the New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into measures that exist to combat rising far-right extremism on 19 February 2026, that she’s concerned that the plethora of laws that have been enacted to combat hate over the last year or so, both at the state and federal level, are having an ...
How Israel killed Khamanei

How Israel killed Khamanei

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, was presented with irrefutable evidence yesterday, including footage, confirming the death of Iran’s so-called ‘Supreme Leader’: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on his compound in Tehran, marking a pivotal blow to the Islamic republic regime. Initially Netanyahu only ...
Trump and Netanyahu want regime change, but Iran’s regime was built for survival. A long war is now likely

Trump and Netanyahu want regime change, but Iran’s regime was built for survival. A long war is now likely

The joint US–Israel strikes on Iran, which killed the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and neighbouring Arab countries have again plunged the Middle East into war. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said their aim is to bring about
Why anti-racism kills

Why anti-racism kills

When the triple murderer Valdo Calocane was allowed to walk free from medical custody in 2020, it appears to have partly been because he was black. One doctor had leaned towards sectioning Calocane, who had just attempted to break into his neighbour’s house during a psychotic episode. Had this sound medical judgement prevailed, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and ...
At a glance: US-Israel attack on Iran

At a glance: US-Israel attack on Iran

More than 100 children in Iran have been killed by US and Israeli air strikes on a school in Minab in southern Iran, according to Iranian authorities. Global Eye News/Social mediaThe US and Israel have launched joint coordinated attacks on Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes from Iran on Israel and US

Iran’s Mullahs are nullahs

Iran’s Mullahs are nullahs
Iran’s Mullahs are nullahs. Memo to hate preachers in Australia on the military decapitation of the Islamic Republic of Iran: I’m elated, I’m smiling and I’m happy. It’s a day of courage, it’s a day of pride, it’s a day of victory – this is the day we’ve all been waiting for after 47 years of oppression by the evil regime of the Islamic Republic of ...

Albanese’s catastrophic ‘deplorables’ moment

Albanese’s catastrophic ‘deplorables’ moment
It’s possible to pinpoint the exact moment Democrat hopeful Hillary Clinton lost her presidential campaign. No, it wasn’t a dodgy email server scandal, her constant falling over, the unhinged shrieking of Elizabeth Warren, or that self-righteous I’m a woman! narrative. Hillary Clinton decided to go on a rant, describing Republican voters as ‘a basket ...

Australian Lawmakers Continue to Enact Hate Crime Law that Suppress Free Speech

Australian Lawmakers Continue to Enact Hate Crime Law that Suppress Free Speech
University of Sydney constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey expressed to the New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into measures that exist to combat rising far-right extremism on 19 February 2026, that she’s concerned that the plethora of laws that have been enacted to combat hate over the last year or so, both at the state and federal level, are having an ...

How Israel killed Khamanei

How Israel killed Khamanei
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, was presented with irrefutable evidence yesterday, including footage, confirming the death of Iran’s so-called ‘Supreme Leader’: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on his compound in Tehran, marking a pivotal blow to the Islamic republic regime. Initially Netanyahu only ...

Trump and Netanyahu want regime change, but Iran’s regime was built for survival. A long war is now likely

Trump and Netanyahu want regime change, but Iran’s regime was built for survival. A long war is now likely
The joint US–Israel strikes on Iran, which killed the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and neighbouring Arab countries have again plunged the Middle East into war. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said their aim is to bring about

Why anti-racism kills

Why anti-racism kills
When the triple murderer Valdo Calocane was allowed to walk free from medical custody in 2020, it appears to have partly been because he was black. One doctor had leaned towards sectioning Calocane, who had just attempted to break into his neighbour’s house during a psychotic episode. Had this sound medical judgement prevailed, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and ...

At a glance: US-Israel attack on Iran

At a glance: US-Israel attack on Iran
More than 100 children in Iran have been killed by US and Israeli air strikes on a school in Minab in southern Iran, according to Iranian authorities. Global Eye News/Social mediaThe US and Israel have launched joint coordinated attacks on Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes from Iran on Israel and US