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Jim Chalmers’ kinder economy has turned a corner and crashed straight into a tree. Inflation expectations are spiking to 5.2 per cent in March. The highest in near three years. As it turns out, Chalmers not only did his thesis on Paul Keating, but he is Paul Keating. The problem for Chalmers isn’t that he hit a tree … it’s that it was actually Chris ...
US Monitors Migrant Crime in Australia and Asks Why Our Jews Aren’t Armed

US Monitors Migrant Crime in Australia and Asks Why Our Jews Aren’t Armed

During a visit to the United States on the week commencing 2 March 2026, Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin met with US antisemitism envoy Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, along with other Trump administration officials to discuss the state of Australia’s Jewish community post-Bondi Beach massacre, and a chief concern appeared ...
Chaharshanbe Suri in the Iranian Soul

Chaharshanbe Suri in the Iranian Soul

Chaharshanbe Suri is one of the ancient Iranian festivals, celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, beginning at sunset on Tuesday. Its main feature is lighting bonfires and jumping over the flames. This celebration is considered the first of the Nowruz festivities and is held outdoors as a communal event, marked by fire and other ...
Why escalation favours Iran

Why escalation favours Iran

The first hours of Operation Epic Fury — the joint US–Israeli military offensive against Iran, launched on 28 February — demonstrated the extraordinary reach of modern precision warfare. US and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and
“Hey Commissioner, Stop Running Drug Dogs Through Pubs and Clubs”, Demand NSW Greens

“Hey Commissioner, Stop Running Drug Dogs Through Pubs and Clubs”, Demand NSW Greens

New South Wales Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann quizzed NSW police commissioner Mal Lanyon on the practice of running drug dogs through bars in Sydney. And as the local member pointed out to the top cop, during a 27 February 2026 budget estimates hearing, when this occurs it’s often one dog accompanied by a dozen officers and patrons are, at times, made to ...

What did I miss?

What did I miss?
Jim Chalmers’ kinder economy has turned a corner and crashed straight into a tree. Inflation expectations are spiking to 5.2 per cent in March. The highest in near three years. As it turns out, Chalmers not only did his thesis on Paul Keating, but he is Paul Keating. The problem for Chalmers isn’t that he hit a tree … it’s that it was actually Chris ...

US Monitors Migrant Crime in Australia and Asks Why Our Jews Aren’t Armed

US Monitors Migrant Crime in Australia and Asks Why Our Jews Aren’t Armed
During a visit to the United States on the week commencing 2 March 2026, Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin met with US antisemitism envoy Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, along with other Trump administration officials to discuss the state of Australia’s Jewish community post-Bondi Beach massacre, and a chief concern appeared ...

Chaharshanbe Suri in the Iranian Soul

Chaharshanbe Suri in the Iranian Soul
Chaharshanbe Suri is one of the ancient Iranian festivals, celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, beginning at sunset on Tuesday. Its main feature is lighting bonfires and jumping over the flames. This celebration is considered the first of the Nowruz festivities and is held outdoors as a communal event, marked by fire and other ...

Why escalation favours Iran

Why escalation favours Iran
The first hours of Operation Epic Fury — the joint US–Israeli military offensive against Iran, launched on 28 February — demonstrated the extraordinary reach of modern precision warfare. US and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and

“Hey Commissioner, Stop Running Drug Dogs Through Pubs and Clubs”, Demand NSW Greens

“Hey Commissioner, Stop Running Drug Dogs Through Pubs and Clubs”, Demand NSW Greens
New South Wales Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann quizzed NSW police commissioner Mal Lanyon on the practice of running drug dogs through bars in Sydney. And as the local member pointed out to the top cop, during a 27 February 2026 budget estimates hearing, when this occurs it’s often one dog accompanied by a dozen officers and patrons are, at times, made to ...