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Five charged as Australian authorities detail alleged $235 million in fraud across major government programs
The rapid expansion and heavy bureaucratisation of Australia’s largest social and support programs has become a persistent source of public controversy. Schemes built around large numbers of providers, plan managers, contractors and internal staff generate both high...
Collapsing Magnetic Field Meets Rising Cyber Attacks
Collapsing Magnetic Field Meets Rising Cyber Attacks Earth’s magnetic shield is continuing to weaken, and the South Atlantic Anomaly is still expanding and splitting. At the same time, cyber attacks on the everyday systems that keep food cold and populations informed...
Anthony Albanese’s Darkest Days
While Australians woke to the fifth interest rate rise of 2026 and mortgage repayments approaching levels last seen under Paul Keating, the Prime Minister was in the Caribbean boarding a billionaire’s low-carbon vessel with King Charles. The optics were as bad as the...
Iranian Strength Is What Killed The Republicans
Video reading by Tim Foley: Vice President JD Vance made the surprising admission on social media that Trump administration’s war with Iran was what caused the massive Democratic Party sweep of the midterm elections, stating plainly that “The reason we lost is the war.” Saying
Israel Supporters Always Pretend To Believe Things They Don’t Actually Believe
Video reading by Tim Foley: The New York Times has published a story about a supposed Iranian plot to use chemical weapons which nobody actually believes. Not even the perpetually war-horny New York Times tries to frame this as a real news report, presenting it
Western News Media Propagandists Describe US Bombing Iran As “Defensive”
Video reading by Tim Foley: The propagandists of the American press have been uncritically describing recent US airstrikes on Iran as “defensive” despite the US being the clear aggressor in this ongoing conflict, and despite the United States existing on the other side of the
THE FIVE OF MY LIFE
Nigel Marsh produces an excellent and popular podcast that he calls THE FIVE OF MY LIFE. He has a national and international audience and invited me to be his guest this week. I enjoyed the chat immensely. It was very challenging in a relaxed and friendly manner. Here...
LIFE HAS BEEN KIND TO ME. MY CHARITY WALK AROUND ULURU ON 5 OCTOBER IS AN EXPRESSION OF MY THANKS FOR 10 SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS.
Here are reasons why Monday, 5 October, 2026 will be a day of nostalgia. *I celebrate my 95th birthday. *Helen and I will enjoy the experience of walking eleven kilometres around Uluru, the spiritual heart of Australia. *We will raise 100,000 dollars for DorcasACTS, a...
MY 95TH BIRTHDAY WALK OF 11 KILOMETRES AROUND ULURU ON 5 OCTOBER IS ONLY DAYS AWAY. PLEASE SPONSOR ME RIGHT NOW. HUGE THANKS.
I intend to raise at least 100,000 dollars for DorcasACTS, a small charity I founded 15 years ago that makes direct financial grants into bank accounts of people in crisis situations anywhere in Australia. Last year we made 63 grants of $1000 each. Will be great if...
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Labor’s doing to gas what they’re doing to housing
Labor central planning and regulation are causing trouble all over the economy. Now they’re fiddling with the gas market in a way which will produce less gas and damage the finances of Queensland, the state that produces most of it on the east coast. The Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026
The illusion of decentralization: cryptocurrency and the contradictions of digital capitalism
In a sophisticated cyberattack whose most intensive phase lasted approximately twenty minutes, hackers stole an estimated $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in what investigators have described as the biggest digital asset theft in history. The attack, whose precise mechanism remains under investigation, involved multiple
The hour of unrestricted escalation: why Kyiv must write off Washington and strike the heart of Moscow’s war machine
It is a truism of realpolitik that nations have no permanent allies, only permanent interests. Yet, even by the standard of cold power diplomacy, Washington’s recent manoeuvres represent a breathtaking betrayal of moral coherence, statutory law, and Western security. The administration’s recent decision to waive sanctions on Russian oil to
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The Politics of Silencing Palestine
Protecting Jewish Australians from antisemitism has become a justification for restricting protest, policing cultural expression or narrowing criticism of Israel, and the question now becomes who controls the public debate – and whose rights are being diminished.In this episode, we examine Jillian Segal’s policy agenda through the broader politics of
The fight against antisemitism is becoming a war against freedoms
There’s a fundamental difference between reducing antisemitism and giving an unelected government official great influence over what Australians can say, where they can protest, which cultural events receive funding and how public broadcasters handle the complaints that are made against them.And it’s a difference that’s becoming increasingly difficult to see
Who gets protected, and who pays the price?
A memorial to the 18,457 children killed in Gaza should hardly need metal detectors, a restricted entry process and armed guards to ensure the event is free of incident. The Shoalhaven City Council is far removed from a real war zone – and a zone of genocide – but its