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Diesel Australia: The Continent’s Fragile Fuel
Diesel prices across Australia are holding near $2.76 a litre nationally as of early November, with the December quarter average running at 283.3 cents. Stocks sit at 31 days of cover as of the 3 November government statement — down three days in a week — while the...
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner: Who Exactly is She?
For most Australians, the eSafety Commissioner exists as a name attached to content that disappears, accounts that get restricted, and the vague sense that “they” are trying to control what can be said online. “They’re trying to censor us,” is a refrain heard up and...
Five charged as Australian authorities detail alleged $235 million in fraud across major government programs
The rapid expansion and heavy bureaucratisation of Australia’s largest social and support programs has become a persistent source of public controversy. Schemes built around large numbers of providers, plan managers, contractors and internal staff generate both high...
Eric Trump’s Humanoid Robots To Be Used In Gaza Genocide
Video reading by Tim Foley: The Financial Times has published a new article titled “Humanoid robot start-up backed by Eric Trump in talks with Israel’s military” which is exactly as horrifying as its headline suggests. The article features photographs of bipedal armored robots which look
Screw The Troops, And Other Notes
Video reading by Tim Foley: ❖ Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is claiming that anyone who opposes Trump’s warmongering hates “the troops”. “If you want to take issue with what we did in Epic Fury or Rough Rider or NAB and Nicolas Maduro, you’re taking
Trump Official Claims Those Who Oppose Iran War Are Blinded By “Satan”, And Other Notes
Video reading by Tim Foley: ❖ US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee claims that anyone who opposes Trump’s war with Iran is being blinded by Satan. Like, the actual, literal devil character from the Bible. During an incredibly sycophantic recent interview on The Anchor Podcast,
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 fall of Europe: the bill comes due for leaders who mistook their promises for results
Europe is falling because it has confused managing inherited wealth with the ability to create new wealth. Part of its political leadership turned public spending, the proliferation of rules and extreme regulation, and supposed moral superiority into sufficient credentials to govern. Productivity, solvency, and social cohesion were pushed aside. Today
A world without hydrocarbons is a past we escaped
Two hundred years ago, the world had about 1 billion people, roughly 7 billion fewer than today. Life expectancy at birth was under 30 years, and more than four in ten children died before their fifth birthday. Apart from coal in Britain and a few other places, it was essentially
A reset for Australia’s student visa policy: are we counting students and missing the economic value?
For three years, Australians have argued about how many international students should come here. Tighter visa rules, lower migration targets and housing stress have driven the fight.Something is missing from it. Few people ask what cutting student numbers does to jobs, household spending, universities, skills and our standing abroad. We
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Who gets to write the history lessons? The fight over Australia’s classrooms and campuses
When does a history lesson become propaganda? The ancient adage is that it’s the victors who provide the answers, but in modern Australia, it’s the Antisemitic Education Taskforce that will decide the curriculum that comes into the classroom, and the conclusions students will arrive at.The federal minister for education Jason
Albanese’s gamble on Trump and Zionist appeasement will backfire badly
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is now scrambling to talk up the virtues of ending a war that he was one of the first leaders to support. Nine months after welcoming and eagerly endorsing Donald Trump’s military strikes against Iran – almost pushing himself to the head of the queue
RBA rate rise: Who pays the price for fighting inflation?
New Politics: Australian PoliticsThe best analysis and discussion about Australian politics and #auspol news. Presented by Eddy Jokovich and David Lewis, we look at all the issues the mainstream media wants to cover up, and do the job most journalists avoid: holding power to account. Seriously. / Twitter @NewpoliticsAU /