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Is There Anything We Could Have Done to Make You Stay? Australia’s Broken Heartlands
Off the coast of Geraldton, ten container ships lay anchored on the horizon, waiting to be filled with wheat. Here on the manicured foreshore the windsurfers race over the choppy waves, and she sits on the bench, phone in hand, while the wind tries to cover her in...
The Future is in Play: How Safe Are Their Houses?
Angus Taylor, leader of the Australian Liberal Party, faces a real risk of losing Hume to One Nation if current trends hold to 2028. Anthony Albanese’s hold on his inner-west seat of Grayndler, despite soft primary numbers, the multiple scandals surrounding him, the...
The Biggest Story in Australia: The Economy
The Australian economy is not quietly deteriorating. It is being publicly flogged, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers is taking the whip. The front pages of the past seven days have read like a charge sheet. “What would you cut?” Chalmers challenges critics of government...
The Most Under-Discussed Political Reality Of Our Time
Video reading by Tim Foley: The most significant political reality of our time is also the most under-discussed political reality, and it can be summed up as follows: There are a whole lot more of us than there are of them, and we can force
The Viral Red Baron Employee’s Fundraiser Is A Feel-Bad Story
Video reading by Tim Foley: The viral Red Baron Pizza worker and his $500,000 fundraiser is not a feel-good story, it’s a feel-bad story. Everything about it says horrible things about where our society is headed. If you haven’t seen the video going around, here
Australia’s “Antisemitism Envoy” Says The Pro-Palestine Left Are The Real Nazis
Video reading by Tim Foley: Australia’s “antisemitism envoy” Jillian Segal has released a new report claiming that the primary threat to Jews in our country comes from left-wing pro-Palestine activists, which Segal hilariously labels “issue-motivated antisemitism”. (Genocide. The “issue” is genocide.) This, obviously, is an
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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To reduce the deficit, try means testing
The concept of the welfare state was originally conceived as a safety net for the vulnerable, ensuring nobody falls below a dignified standard of living. In Australia it has grown into a vast network of social support in which everyone participates.For the elderly there is the age pension, the Commonwealth
The world to come: Jewish mysticism and the politics of emancipation
What if the world we hope for is not somewhere in the distant future? What if, in some strange sense, it already exists? This is one of the possibilities opened by the Zohar, the great masterpiece of Jewish mysticism. Composed in medieval Spain and written largely as a mystical commentary
Unmasked agendas: Macron, youth protests and blocking social media
Finally, the ill-fitting mask on the ugly face of government policy comes off. In the sunset of his administration, French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a boiling, indignant movement that began with the protests of disgruntled students and has burgeoned into something much more significant. On September 17, teachers at
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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
Albanese’s mid-term test: Labor’s struggle to restore trust and ward off One Nation
A government can survive an unpopular prime minister but it becomes more vulnerable when voters stop believing it can improve their lives. For Anthony Albanese, the big question is whether Labor can turn its parliamentary strength into changes people can actually feel.With Labor and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation level on
Serbia, Brazil and Israel votes: Is the far right losing ground?
Authoritarian politics thrives on the appearance of inevitability: the strongman who cannot be defeated, the opposition can never be allowed to govern, and voters have nowhere else to go. Election results in Serbia and Brazil have challenged that narrative, raising a question with consequences that go far beyond their borders: