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Convoy to Canberra. Seven. The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth.
By John Stapleton Four years ago Australia saw the largest demonstrations in its history, as hundreds of thousands of people descended on the nation’s capital. The Australian media and the Australian authorities colluded in lying about the numbers, and lied about the...
Convoy to Canberra. Six. Joy and Calamity, Brutality and Kindness
John Stapleton Four years ago Australia hundreds of thousands of people march on Canberra, disgusted by the extremism of lockdowns and vaccine mandates. At its peak, more than 12 million people were under lockdown protocols. While the authorities managed to crush the...
Convoy to Canberra. Five. We Will Wash Away Tyranny.
By John Stapleton Four years ago this month the largest mass protest in Australia history occurred. It was called the Convoy to Canberra, and protested the extreme abuses of Australian authorities during this era: including extreme lockdowns, for which there was no...
Anti-Imperialists Want To Improve The World; Liberals Just Want To Feel Good About Themselves
Reading by Tim Foley: Ultimately what separates the anti-imperialist left from mainstream liberal “humanitarians” is whether you’re in it for humanity or for yourself. For the liberal, wanting peace and justice is more of an abstraction than a desire to fight the concrete power structures
There Are No Good Zionists, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley: ❖ I don’t believe you can be a good Zionist anymore than I believe someone can be a decent Nazi. The ideology itself describes a major character flaw. I cannot take seriously the idea that some ethnicities or religious groups are
Growing Up Means Realizing That None Of The Worst Villains Are In Prison
Reading by Tim Foley: When we’re kids we play cops and robbers, and watch cartoons about evil criminals being stopped by virtuous crime fighters. Then when we mature we learn that all the most evil people are operating within the laws of our nation, and
HAVE SOLD 126 TICKETS TO LAUNCH OF ‘WALK IN THE SPIRIT’. ROOM CAPACITY IS 140. WILL BE DELIGHTED IF YOU ARE ONE OF FINAL 14.
The launch of WALK IN THE SPIRIT is on Friday 27 March at Noon at the Royal on the Park in Alice Street Brisbane. The 126 who have bought tickets have paid 95 dollars each for a special Uluru Burger with a drink and coffee, as well as a signed book, with the surplus...
IT’S TIME TO ‘WALK IN THE SPIRIT’
You will enjoy this powerful and inspirational page turning novel about the lives of six very different people. Its fascinating pages will reveal to you that they are Muslim, Jew, Christian, Indigenous, Confucian, LGBTI. In varying ways and at different times they...
READING A SIGNED EVERALD BOOK IS A VERY PLEASANT WAY TO ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS BREAK.
Nothing better can happen to you during the holiday season than to spend a couple of hours every day in a cool spot under a shady tree reading an entertaining book that has a page-turning message to renew your soul. It won’t surprise you to discover that I...
Daily Reporting: Jeffrey Winmar inquest, Day 2 – March 31st, 2026
Disclaimer: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers please be advised this article mentions the name of an Aboriginal person who has died in custody. This article also mentions acts of violence. Accounts and names have been published with permission given to the author from the family. Day 2 – 31st
Daily Reporting: Jeffrey Winmar inquest, March 30th, 2026
Jeffrey Winmar was a 28-year-old Noongar man. He was a beloved son, father, uncle, brother, grandson, and cousin to many. He was a family man who loved spending time with his siblings, nieces and nephews. Jeffrey is remembered by his family for his infectious smile and as the protector of
Eliminating threats and debts
As boss of a family group of small companies, you become the recipient of the minority “good ideas” people and the dumping ground for concerns of the majority of those around you.As a good leader should, I learnt to discern whether these concerns were, or could be, a threat to
AI, datacenters, ignorant politicians: the coming electricity crisis
A trillion-dollar contradiction A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Electricity is becoming the most valuable commodity on earth. The AI revolution will drive demand to levels that intermittent power from breezes and sunshine cannot meet. The data center boom has already forced the world’s most sophisticated technology companies to
Gout Gout and global sprinting success
What do we make of Gout Gout, Australia’s most followed sprinter, after he was beaten by fellow Australian Lachlan Kennedy for the second year in a row in the 200m at the Maurie Plant Meet, Australia’s biggest one day athletics event.Well, Gout remains an exciting global sprint prospect in line
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Shredding the ribbons of George Pell’s legacy
It was the day before the funeral of Cardinal George Pell, whose body had been shipped from the Vatican to lie in state at St Mary’s Cathedral after his death a couple of weeks earlier.A friend and I joined others at 7.30am in the forecourt of the Gothic pile in
Australia Pays the Price for Trump’s War
As tensions escalate across the Middle East and Western Asia, the global consequences are beginning to hit home in Australia, with rising petrol prices, economic uncertainty, and growing political pressure on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. In this episode, we look at how the war against Iran, US foreign policy, and
The 12 big mistruths of Israeli diplomacy
The recent address by the Israeli Ambassador Hillel Newman at the National Press Club this week was presented as a statement of fact, but a closer inspection reveals something else entirely: a speech based on selective histories, clear disinformation, misinformation and a stretching of the truth to the point of