Peace, apparently, is conditional on prize distribution. The post Thanks to Trump, the Nobel Peace Prize is being used like a diplomatic Groupon appeared first on Crikey.
A First Nations deaths in custody protest took place on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Hyde Park on 18 January 2026. The rally marked 10 years since the funeral of Dunghutti man David Dungay Junior. Yet, whilst calling for a new corruption inquiry into coronial processes, the gathering had a further focus, as the new laws enabling a ban on street protest ...
Yui Mok/Getty ImagesElon Musk finally responded last week to widespread outrage about his social media platform X letting users create sexualised deepfakes with Grok, the platform’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Musk has now assured the United Kingdom government he will block Grok from making deepfakes in order to comply with
The struggle for Greenland shows that climate denial was only intended for the rubes. For Trump, a melting ice sheet is a golden opportunity. The post As Greenland melts, Trump
Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing “icehouse” periods and warm “greenhouse” states. Scientists have long linked these climate changes to fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide. However, new research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) very recently heard arguments in two Constitutional cases involving the right of transgender women athletes to compete in female sports. How the cases ended up in the Supreme Court, including the procedural and other legal details, whilst interesting and contextually relevant, require a lot of explanation beyond the scope ...
Recent antagonistic confrontations between the White House and the press, fronted by press secretary Karoline Leavitt, signals a worsening relationship ahead between the media and the Trump administration. The post
Australia’s student visa surge hasn’t been fixed, it’s been deferred, and without tighter targeting, it will keep feeding backlogs, limbo visas and migration by accident rather than policy. read now...
In 2023, my book Adapting for Inertia was published by ANU Press. An adaptation of a PhD thesis completed in 2021, it looked at the institutional governance of large ICT software projects across the Australian and New Zealand public sectors. I focused on the rules, guidelines, policies, procedures, and norms
Never let it be said that military leaders can’t put a post-modern twist on the naming of a serious wargame that involves the transportation of major firepower in the belly of a heavy-lift transport aircraft. As the Northern Hemisphere continues to wonder what moves may be afoot in the mind
In a text to Norway's prime minister, Trump also said he no longer feels bound 'to think purely of Peace' because he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Plus
The Royal Australian Air Force has revealed it will almost halve its fleet of flyable vintage planes operated by No. 100 Squadron, just five years after the airworthy heritage unit was reformed as a major historic and marketing platform for the military. In a move that will cause despair among
Peace, apparently, is conditional on prize distribution. The post Thanks to Trump, the Nobel Peace Prize is being used like a diplomatic Groupon appeared first on Crikey.
A First Nations deaths in custody protest took place on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Hyde Park on 18 January 2026. The rally marked 10 years since the funeral of Dunghutti man David Dungay Junior. Yet, whilst calling for a new corruption inquiry into coronial processes, the gathering had a further focus, as the new laws enabling a ban on street protest ...
Yui Mok/Getty ImagesElon Musk finally responded last week to widespread outrage about his social media platform X letting users create sexualised deepfakes with Grok, the platform’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Musk has now assured the United Kingdom government he will block Grok from making deepfakes in order to comply with
The struggle for Greenland shows that climate denial was only intended for the rubes. For Trump, a melting ice sheet is a golden opportunity. The post As Greenland melts, Trump
Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing “icehouse” periods and warm “greenhouse” states. Scientists have long linked these climate changes to fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide. However, new research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) very recently heard arguments in two Constitutional cases involving the right of transgender women athletes to compete in female sports. How the cases ended up in the Supreme Court, including the procedural and other legal details, whilst interesting and contextually relevant, require a lot of explanation beyond the scope ...
Recent antagonistic confrontations between the White House and the press, fronted by press secretary Karoline Leavitt, signals a worsening relationship ahead between the media and the Trump administration. The post
Australia’s student visa surge hasn’t been fixed, it’s been deferred, and without tighter targeting, it will keep feeding backlogs, limbo visas and migration by accident rather than policy. read now...
In 2023, my book Adapting for Inertia was published by ANU Press. An adaptation of a PhD thesis completed in 2021, it looked at the institutional governance of large ICT software projects across the Australian and New Zealand public sectors. I focused on the rules, guidelines, policies, procedures, and norms
Never let it be said that military leaders can’t put a post-modern twist on the naming of a serious wargame that involves the transportation of major firepower in the belly of a heavy-lift transport aircraft. As the Northern Hemisphere continues to wonder what moves may be afoot in the mind
In a text to Norway's prime minister, Trump also said he no longer feels bound 'to think purely of Peace' because he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Plus
The Royal Australian Air Force has revealed it will almost halve its fleet of flyable vintage planes operated by No. 100 Squadron, just five years after the airworthy heritage unit was reformed as a major historic and marketing platform for the military. In a move that will cause despair among