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Vale Australian Journalist: Derryn Hinch the Human Headline
Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne It was May 1999 and Derryn Hinch had been called into the manager’s office at Adelaide’s 5DN. The ratings for his morning program had been tumbling, and after less than a year on air he was told to pack his things. At the time,...
Aboriginal Allodial Sovereign Rights: The Interview Three Years on From Australia’s Voice to Parliament Referendum
Steven Porter: Moree Three years on from Australia’s polarising Voice to Parliament Referendum, the debate over Indigenous recognition, sovereignty, and rights continues to resonate. In October 2023, Australians decisively voted No, rejecting the proposal to enshrine...
Scott Kuru: Australia is about to become the World’s Fastest Dying Country
A new generation of podcasters is transforming Australia’s media. One of the best is property expert Scott Kuru. His signature blend of data, outrage, and calls to individual action paints a picture of avoidable decline accelerating through poor policy choices....
Well, At Least Lindsey Graham Is Dead
Reading by Tim Foley: The only positive thing about the Iran war heating up again is that Lindsey Graham won’t be around to enjoy it. The bloodthirsty South Carolina senator breathed his last on Saturday, succumbing to what his office describes as “a brief and
It’s A Race Between Revolutionary Consciousness And The Implementation Of Police Robots
Reading by Tim Foley: John F Kennedy was correct when he said “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” That’s why police robots are being aggressively normalized today. The empire managers want to make sure violent revolution is impossible, too. The
It’s Been Ten Years. It’s Time To Admit Bernie Sanders Was Wrong.
Reading by Tim Foley: Everyone’s talking about how progressive Democrat Graham Platner has been forced to drop out of his Senate race following allegations of sexual assault. Personally I never paid attention to Platner’s campaign, because I long ago stopped taking Democrats seriously. The first
AM SELLING AND SIGNING MY BOOK ‘WALK IN THE SPIRIT’ AT DYMOCKS CHERMSIDE BRISBANE ON SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK FROM 11am TO 12.30pm. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU. MY CO-AUTHOR NEILL FLORENCE WILL BE WITH ME.
WALK IN THE SPIRIT is a page turning novel about six people of different faiths who are not involved in organised religion but form a team to create a caring and sharing community while encountering bigoted and racist opposition. It is timely given the current war of...
JOIN ME ON OCTOBER 5 FOR A ‘WALK IN THE SPIRIT’ AROUND ULURU
Five years ago on my 90th birthday I walked with 50 friends along an old rail corridor in the Brisbane River Valley from my old hometown of Linville to Moore and back again, a distance of 14 kilometres. I completed the walk in three hours and raised $35000 for Dorcas...
ITS TIME TO BUILD COMMUNITIES NOT DIVIDED BY RELIGION.
WALK WITH THE SPIRIT is a page-turning novel about people – Christian, Muslim, Jew, Confucian, Indigenous, LGBTI, Atheist – who try to create a caring and sharing and generous society in the Queensland City of Rockhampton despite the current international war in which...
A reflection on Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week 2026
It’s Sorry Day and Reconciliation week and I’m reminded again that language matters. White people tell me this constantly.Use the right language.Tone it down.Be careful how you say it.Be professional.Be strategic.Be calm.Be nice. Because language matters. And yet I keep watching white people use language as a weapon against Aboriginal
Property investors have gone on strike, and who can blame them?
Australia’s housing market reportedly fell by 0.4 per cent in June, the biggest monthly decline since December 2022. This was largely in response to Budget tax hikes on investor owners, which were imposed despite a litany of Albanese Government promises to keep the status quo.Even “Blind Freddy” can now see
The irreversible bloat of bureaucracy
Imagine an economy where nobody ever gets fired; the unemployment rate is always low; GDP always goes up. How wonderful – and even better – we’re living in it.And it’s a disaster. The ABC recently reported that over 8 million Australians now rely on some form of government income, up
Political disarray in Australia
Turning on news media in today’s world is an experience met with confused political and economic disarray. All political parties engage in criticism of their opponents. The acrimony has increased in the political debate to where it is disengaging the public. The public interest switching off is characterized in the
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China’s missile launch and Australia’s panic merchants
China’s latest ballistic missile test generated predictable headlines warning of an escalating security threat across the Pacific, but the reaction revealed as much about Australia’s political culture as it did about Beijing’s military ambitions. While missile testing is hardly unique to China – with the United States, Russia and other
Labor’s power without purpose: Who does Labor govern for?
The NSW Labor Conference was designed to project unity ahead of the party’s national conference, but it instead exposed a deeper question confronting Australian politics: what does the modern Labor Party actually stand for? While grassroots members pushed for gambling reform, affordable housing, civil liberties and a stronger response to
Was Menzies a Nazi appeaser? The history is more complicated
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy was right to argue at his National Press Club address that Labor should not surrender patriotism, defence or national security to the conservative side of politics. He was also right that Menzies’ record on appeasement is considerably more complicated than the polished version preserved by