The Expediting Authoritarianism of Trump’s USA Has Taken Root in Australia

The Expediting Authoritarianism of Trump’s USA Has Taken Root in Australia

“Fascism and authoritarianism isn’t just in Trump’s USA,” insisted Greens Senator Dr Mehreen Faruqi in a social media post on Tuesday, the day after the New South Wales police attacked 20,000 pro-Palestinians demonstrators on Gadigal land at Sydney Town Hall. “It takes root here too,” she added. The unbridled NSW police assault on civilians protesting ...
Terrorism Prosecution of White Australian Over Perth Bomb Attack Sets Important Precedent

Terrorism Prosecution of White Australian Over Perth Bomb Attack Sets Important Precedent

The 31-year-old white Australian man who tossed a homemade bomb that failed to go off into the crowd at the First Nations Invasion Day rally in Boorloo-Perth was charged with engaging in an act of terrorism on 5 February 2026. This is significant, in terms of white settler violence towards First Peoples being recognised as terrorism, as the act mirrors ...
Will Angus Taylor stop the One Nation rot?

Will Angus Taylor stop the One Nation rot?

If the aim of the federal Liberal Party was to seal the breach that was allowing surveyed support to pour to One Nation, it would have installed Andrew Hastie as leader. His very conservative, anti-establishment, dare we say Trumpian positions, along with some innate qualities, would have been just the
Bruce Preston joins RBA monetary board

Bruce Preston joins RBA monetary board

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed economist Bruce Preston to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s monetary policy board. The RBA board split into separate governance and monetary policy boards after a government review found neither had the skills to fulfil their purpose. In the case of the monetary board, the review

The Expediting Authoritarianism of Trump’s USA Has Taken Root in Australia

The Expediting Authoritarianism of Trump’s USA Has Taken Root in Australia
“Fascism and authoritarianism isn’t just in Trump’s USA,” insisted Greens Senator Dr Mehreen Faruqi in a social media post on Tuesday, the day after the New South Wales police attacked 20,000 pro-Palestinians demonstrators on Gadigal land at Sydney Town Hall. “It takes root here too,” she added. The unbridled NSW police assault on civilians protesting ...

Terrorism Prosecution of White Australian Over Perth Bomb Attack Sets Important Precedent

Terrorism Prosecution of White Australian Over Perth Bomb Attack Sets Important Precedent
The 31-year-old white Australian man who tossed a homemade bomb that failed to go off into the crowd at the First Nations Invasion Day rally in Boorloo-Perth was charged with engaging in an act of terrorism on 5 February 2026. This is significant, in terms of white settler violence towards First Peoples being recognised as terrorism, as the act mirrors ...

Will Angus Taylor stop the One Nation rot?

Will Angus Taylor stop the One Nation rot?
If the aim of the federal Liberal Party was to seal the breach that was allowing surveyed support to pour to One Nation, it would have installed Andrew Hastie as leader. His very conservative, anti-establishment, dare we say Trumpian positions, along with some innate qualities, would have been just the

Bruce Preston joins RBA monetary board

Bruce Preston joins RBA monetary board
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed economist Bruce Preston to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s monetary policy board. The RBA board split into separate governance and monetary policy boards after a government review found neither had the skills to fulfil their purpose. In the case of the monetary board, the review