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Disaster for Disaster Bay: Industrial Kelp Farm Threatens NSW’s Last Coastal Wilderness
A pristine stretch of the New South Wales far south coast – widely regarded as one of the most beautiful and untouched marine environments on Australia’s east coast – is facing an industrial-scale threat. Disaster Bay, which directly abuts the Nadgee Nature Reserve...
Gender Affirming Care in Australia: With Mianna and Cafe Locked Out
Gender affirming care in Australia encompasses a range of medical, psychological, and social interventions designed to support transgender and gender diverse individuals in aligning their physical characteristics and social presentation with their gender identity....
The Taxman
Paul Collits: Political Science This is the story of how networks of Mates have come to dominate business and government, robbing ordinary Australians. Every hour you work, thirty minutes of it goes to line the Mates’ pockets rather than your own. Mates in big...
Dissecting An “Antisemitism” Psyop
Reading by Tim Foley: I recently watched a Sky News segment on the need to ban pro-Palestine marches which nicely illustrates the way the mass media have been working to manipulate the public into believing these demonstrations are causing antisemitic attacks. Reporting on British prime
Every Israel-Palestine Debate In A Nutshell:
Reading by Tim Foley Basically every Israel-Palestine debate goes like this: “Israel did X.” “Yeah, because Hamas did Y.” “Yeah, because Israel did Z.” “Yeah but only because the Palestinians keep doing A.” “Okay but that’s wouldn’t have happened of the Israelis hadn’t been doing
Podcast: Gaza, Cuba, Global Sumud Flotilla, And More
Caitlin and Tim discuss the Israeli abduction of Global Sumud Flotilla activists hundreds of miles away from their territorial waters, US war plans for Cuba, Israel’s ethnic cleansing plans for Gaza, the billionaire propagandist who owns Politico, motherhood, misogyny, and more. As usual, please leave
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...
The ACT appoints its first Aboriginal Chief Coroner, After Years of Calling For Justice for Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
This article includes the names of Aboriginal People who have died, and mentions instances of racism. History has been made with the announcement of the appointment of Justice Louise Taylor as Chief Magistrate of the ACT – a role that also makes her the Chief Coroner. Justice Taylor is
Daily Reporting: Jeffrey Winmar inquest, Day 8, April 10th, 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 8 – 10th
Daily Reporting: Jeffrey Winmar inquest, Day 7, April 9th, 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 7 – 9
Starmer’s silly talking points: King Charles III visits Washington
He can hardly be blamed for being given the brief by his Prime Minister. King Charles III is in the United States on a repair job, playing diplomatic handyman and mender for Sir Keir Starmer and the US-UK alliance so long regarded as special. On the occasion of the 250th
Time for Trump to dictate terms of Iran’s surrender
President Trump’s patience must have been pushed to its limit with his announcement cancelling Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s visit to Islamabad on April 25 to continue negotiations begun with Iran on April 12 – after Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi left Pakistan on 24 April and Iran said
Fiendish feminists’ suicide gotcha
Last Christmas, one of our major suicide prevention groups had a call from a very distressed, suicidal man. The counsellor did his best to support him and arranged to keep in touch. But there was no answer to the counsellor’s follow up calls. Following their organisation’s duty of care rules,
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The continuing failure of politics: Secrecy, war and a Budget without direction
This week’s briefing outlines the big issues to look out for: the truths being withheld in the antisemitism inquiry… a US strategy unravelling in the Middle East… a federal Budget shaped by fear rather than reform… and a Liberal Party victory that masks the deepening fractures on the right.The interim
Where the truth goes to die: Trump’s chaos and the politics of distrust
In this episode, we explore the latest incident involving Donald Trump, framed as an assassination attempt but unfolding in a political environment where truth itself has been eroded beyond recognition. As conspiracy theories mix in with official narratives, we examine how years of attacks on “fake news,” media manipulation and
Anzac Day hijacked: Culture wars at dawn
This week, we examine how Anzac Day in Australia has become the latest battleground in an escalating culture war, with scenes of booing at Dawn Services during Welcome to Country ceremonies, and the increasing influence of right-wing political groups such as Advance Australia and Fight for Australia. What was once