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The Long Drive: Goodbye Road
Michael Gray Griffith There is so much space out here – it’s as if the gods left before they could bother with mountains, valleys, or grand forests. You could misplace an entire civilisation inside it. We did, and they are still lost. On the beaches near Eucla –...
Criminals are weaponising vulnerabilities in Australia’s construction industry to steal millions of dollars
Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Cyber Command Richard Chin has announced that the Australian Federal Police are tracking a concerning rise across the industry in what are known as Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. These involve cyber criminals...
It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara
Sean Tomlinson, University of Adelaide and Damien Fordham, University of Adelaide To a newly-arrived red fox, the abundant rolling grasslands and swamps of Wadawurrung Country, around what is now called Port Phillip Bay, must have seemed like a predator’s paradise....
Zionists Are Freaking Out About Losing Control Of The Narrative
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz made some very revealing remarks during an appearance at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly on Sunday, expressing frustration with the way younger Jews are dismissing pro-Israel
Treasure
Listen to a reading by Tim Foley: The dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s from algae bloomscaused by warming waters and toxic runoff and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan from space. The cobalt is mined by childrenand the music is made by robots and the grownups
In Capitalism They Tell You To Become The Hammer If You Don’t Like Being The Nail
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Came across an old Hampton Institute tweet: “If you don’t like being exploited (employee, tenant), then become the exploiter (boss/owner, landlord)” is the capitalist mindset that has been drilled into all of us
MEET ME AT REDCLIFFE ON MELBOURNE CUP NIGHT (TUESDAY)
An active group of Progressive Christians meet regularly at Redcliffe to debate the core issues of modern Christianity. They call themselves the REDCLIFFE EXPLORERS and they are interesting people who have expansive minds. I am delighted to have accepted their...
I INVITE YOU TO CLICK BELOW TO READ AND SIGN MY PETITION TO PARLIAMENT TO HAVE A PREAMBLE ADDED TO AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION STATING EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AUSTRALIAN.
(Alfred Deakin, pictured below, tried in 1895 to include a Preamble in our Constitution but Federation delegates couldn’t agree on its wording) https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN8147 PETITION CLOSES 22 OCTOBER. Together, we can ensure that, before they...
‘WALK WITH THE MAN’ TO CREATE A CORNERSTONE OF VALUES ETHICS AND INSPIRATION FOR AUSTRALIA
Most readers of my book WALKING WITH THE MAN BUT NOT TO CHURCH enjoy it because it charts an inspirational pathway of life for the 90% of Australians who have left churches and have no intention of ever returning. They reject organised religion and its ancient outlook...
The history of Bla(c)k Burlesque
History was made at the 2025 Miss First Nation Drag Pageant last week, when Wiradjuri and Gamilaroi Draglesque performer Kitty Obsidian was the first competitor and winner in the Miss First Nations pageant who was assigned female at birth. This week, Kitty continues their hobby of history making by being
The true source of civilization’s future is energy wisdom
Introduction (Armando Cavanha of Brazil) Twenty-five years ago, Professor Franco Battaglia wrote a provocative essay claiming that “pursuing energy saving is a foolish idea.”He argued that as efficiency improves, people inevitably consume more energy, and that prosperity itself depends on greater energy use.”The more energy we use,” he said, “the
The Taliban are erasing women from public life
Human rights violations are a global scourge that have engulfed scores of countries on every continent. It appears as though violating human rights is a game in which governments of all national stripes take pleasure and even try to outdo each other in their horrifically gross violations. Tragically, Afghanistan stands
What does it mean to be a libertarian?
At its heart, libertarianism is the belief that adults should be free to live their own lives, make their own choices, and bear the consequences-good or bad-of those choices. It stands in contrast to authoritarianism, which insists that people must be guided, managed, and protected by the state, as if
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