The world faces increased insecurities as a result of the US and Israel (with little help from others in the West) finally confronting the Iranian theocratic reaction to the modern world.
However, in addition to having brought about economic weaknesses, the Australian government is mired in an inability to change course.
Growth-stifling policies ...
In 1989, as tanks rolled into central Beijing to crush the pro-democracy protest in Tiananmen Square, Australia’s then prime minister, Bob Hawke, spontaneously offered asylum to all Chinese citizens who happened to be in Australia. Thousands took up his offer and made lasting contributions to the country that gave them shelter.
Last Tuesday, the women ...
The government’s new official definition of ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ is 144 words long. But in a sign that even ministers now realise what a mess they have made, it is followed by a further tortuously pleading 1,400 words which ‘must be read together’ with it.
You will be relieved to hear, according to this ‘accompanying text,’ that the definition is no ...
Nationals leader David Littleproud has unexpectedly quit his post, declaring he is “buggered” and “out on my feet”. His announcement came as a shock to colleagues and follows a period of extreme turbulence for his party and the Coalition, which split twice during this term. Littleproud has been
The state of New South Wales set 3,000 police officers onto a crowd of 20,000 pro-Palestinians supporters, as they rallied against the official visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog on Gadigal land at Sydney Town Hall. However, the state’s premier Chris Minns, police minister Yasmin Catley and police commissioner Mal Lanyon have all outright refused ...
Situation report
The war with Iran shows little sign of slowing. Even as Donald Trump said on Monday that the war was ‘very complete, pretty much’ and suggested it was nearing its end, fresh waves of strikes continued overnight across Iran while missiles were fired toward Israeli cities. The exchange now stretches from southern Lebanon to the Gulf, ...
In response to the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, Tehran has unleashed more than 1,500 drones on countries across the region, including the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan. But as the drone threat grows, so too do the region’s defences against these threats. As a result, it’s more than possible Iran’s drone war has now ...
After Iran unleashed a torrent of missiles against its neighbours – including those with whom it had enjoyed friendly relations such as Turkey and Azerbaijan – few regional leaders are in the mood to congratulate the new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.
Few, but not none. ‘At a time when Iran is confronting armed aggression, your work in this ...
There is not one drop of English blood in my body. I know this because, like many others, I succumbed to the DNA testing fad. I spat into a test tube and forked out 79 quid only to be told what I already knew: I’m a Mick.
Ninety-three per cent of my DNA is from the west of Ireland. There’s a smattering from Scotland and an even smaller splodge from ...
Like everyone, I’m glued to the news coming out of Iran. I’m experiencing some depression, as one might, upon realizing that much of what one has worked on for 25 years has suddenly gone up in smoke, destroyed when Donald Trump discovered he was pretty much a neocon after all. Like everyone else, I have no idea what will happen in Iran, whether Trump’s ...
For as long as there has been a Mexico, there have been cartels. Geography is not always destiny, but in Mexico’s case it has been stubbornly close. For centuries, states have tried to impose order on Mexico’s northern frontier. None have succeeded. Power in Mesoamerica always radiated outward from the Valley of Mexico. The Aztecs built their empire ...
When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stood before both Houses of the Australian Parliament last week and declared that middle powers hold ‘rare convening power’, he was not merely delivering a diplomatic platitude. He was, whether he fully intended it or not, describing the underlying structure of what could become the most consequential ...
The world faces increased insecurities as a result of the US and Israel (with little help from others in the West) finally confronting the Iranian theocratic reaction to the modern world.
However, in addition to having brought about economic weaknesses, the Australian government is mired in an inability to change course.
Growth-stifling policies ...
In 1989, as tanks rolled into central Beijing to crush the pro-democracy protest in Tiananmen Square, Australia’s then prime minister, Bob Hawke, spontaneously offered asylum to all Chinese citizens who happened to be in Australia. Thousands took up his offer and made lasting contributions to the country that gave them shelter.
Last Tuesday, the women ...
The government’s new official definition of ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ is 144 words long. But in a sign that even ministers now realise what a mess they have made, it is followed by a further tortuously pleading 1,400 words which ‘must be read together’ with it.
You will be relieved to hear, according to this ‘accompanying text,’ that the definition is no ...
Nationals leader David Littleproud has unexpectedly quit his post, declaring he is “buggered” and “out on my feet”. His announcement came as a shock to colleagues and follows a period of extreme turbulence for his party and the Coalition, which split twice during this term. Littleproud has been
The state of New South Wales set 3,000 police officers onto a crowd of 20,000 pro-Palestinians supporters, as they rallied against the official visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog on Gadigal land at Sydney Town Hall. However, the state’s premier Chris Minns, police minister Yasmin Catley and police commissioner Mal Lanyon have all outright refused ...
Situation report
The war with Iran shows little sign of slowing. Even as Donald Trump said on Monday that the war was ‘very complete, pretty much’ and suggested it was nearing its end, fresh waves of strikes continued overnight across Iran while missiles were fired toward Israeli cities. The exchange now stretches from southern Lebanon to the Gulf, ...
In response to the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, Tehran has unleashed more than 1,500 drones on countries across the region, including the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan. But as the drone threat grows, so too do the region’s defences against these threats. As a result, it’s more than possible Iran’s drone war has now ...
After Iran unleashed a torrent of missiles against its neighbours – including those with whom it had enjoyed friendly relations such as Turkey and Azerbaijan – few regional leaders are in the mood to congratulate the new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.
Few, but not none. ‘At a time when Iran is confronting armed aggression, your work in this ...
There is not one drop of English blood in my body. I know this because, like many others, I succumbed to the DNA testing fad. I spat into a test tube and forked out 79 quid only to be told what I already knew: I’m a Mick.
Ninety-three per cent of my DNA is from the west of Ireland. There’s a smattering from Scotland and an even smaller splodge from ...
Like everyone, I’m glued to the news coming out of Iran. I’m experiencing some depression, as one might, upon realizing that much of what one has worked on for 25 years has suddenly gone up in smoke, destroyed when Donald Trump discovered he was pretty much a neocon after all. Like everyone else, I have no idea what will happen in Iran, whether Trump’s ...
For as long as there has been a Mexico, there have been cartels. Geography is not always destiny, but in Mexico’s case it has been stubbornly close. For centuries, states have tried to impose order on Mexico’s northern frontier. None have succeeded. Power in Mesoamerica always radiated outward from the Valley of Mexico. The Aztecs built their empire ...
When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stood before both Houses of the Australian Parliament last week and declared that middle powers hold ‘rare convening power’, he was not merely delivering a diplomatic platitude. He was, whether he fully intended it or not, describing the underlying structure of what could become the most consequential ...
