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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...
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...
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 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 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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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
Newsom’s green agenda does not meet California’s fuel demands
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s energy policy centers on: Accelerating California’s transition to 100% clean electricity by 2045. A zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandates an energy policy that will require all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state to be 100% zero-emission by 2035. Reality While California
The Chalmers Curve
Economics has the Phillips curve, the Laffer curve and Okun’s law. All three of which are currently relevant to our economy, but now, Australia can offer two new unique contributions to economics textbooks discovered in the most unlikely of places: the media releases of Jim Chalmers.The first is the
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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: