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Australia’s Insane New Censorship Laws Will Destroy Free Speech
The Australian government wants the power to arbitrarily censor scenes of violent crime, or violence, for any reason. And it wants the power to use an unlimited number of fake accounts to wage offensive disinformational warfare against the Australian people. Given...
A Failure to Thrive Nationwide: Australia’s Last Fish and Chip Shop
The fish and chip shop had a Lest We Forget flag pinned above the door. That’s why we stopped. When I went in, the store was small. Outside it was a light marine blue, and inside it was painted and repainted white. It had no picture menus hanging above the counter....
Australia’s Most Radical Censorship Bill Ever Proposed in the West: Labor’s Assault on Free Speech
High profile free speech advocate Michael Shellenberger has returned to Australia after a two year absence. Asking why in the world anyone would want a government to be able to silence practically any citizen online, his message has been blunt. “Two years ago, the...
When The Gates Of Tech Dystopia Snap Shut
Video reading by Tim Foley: There’s a viral video clip showing a group of wild boars getting caught in a corral trap. When the gate snaps shut the poor animals run around in a panic, searching in vain for an exit. According to the caption
Advanced Technology Will Not Save Us
Video reading by Tim Foley: Techno-utopianism is the naive belief that technological innovation is going to create a paradise on earth for all of humanity. In the age of AI this notion has been enjoying a bit of a resurgence. Techno-utopianism is an infantile worldview
They’re Setting Up AI Surveillance To “De-Radicalize” Classrooms In Gaza
Video reading by Tim Foley: A US-based nonprofit is planning to use AI surveillance to check for “hateful” speech about Israel inside classrooms in the genocide-ravaged Gaza Strip. The Associated Press reports: “A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools
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...
PLEASE JOIN MY FAMILY OF DONORS IN MY QUEST TO RAISE $100,000 FOR ‘DORCAS ACTS’ ON MY 95th BIRTHDAY ON 5 OCTOBER AT ULURU.
The portrait of me was painted by a good friend for my 90th birthday when I raised $35000 for DorcasACTS which is the caring and sharing community service of my local church, the Aspley Uniting Church. On my 95th I intend to treble that figure so that DorcasACTS can...
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Russia, China, and the changing Eurasian balance – and what does it mean for Ukraine?
As 2026 draws to a close, the international system is deeply unsettled. The war in Ukraine is entering its fifth year, Russia remains committed to it, the United States is confronting Iran, and relations between Washington and Beijing alternate between rivalry and accommodation. Meanwhile, China continues to expand its economic,
Japan on the road to remilitarization
For the first time since the end of the Second World War, Japan has formally signalled through its annual defence white paper that it is prepared to remilitarise in response to what it describes as an increasingly complex and dangerous regional environment.The document, Defense of Japan 2026, marks a clear
Introducing the new Queensland premier – me!
In 1976 I had the growing desire to start my own Company, to walk into a room where everyone paid attention to me, to be a millionaire by the time I was 30 and retired on my superyacht by my 40th. A grand plan, but sitting in the erratic weather
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Australia’s double standards on human rights and the selective conscience of Albanese and Wong
Navi Pillay is a highly respected jurist from South Africa, was a judge on the High Court of South Africa, a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and, more recently, a member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory.And she’s been awarded the 2026
Is Big Tech AI out of control and too big to reel in?
Artificial intelligence is becoming a test of who governs Australia – elected representatives or technology companies with the resources to set the pace and terms of change. The central question is far bigger than whether an AI system follows instructions; it’s whether the corporations building these systems should also decide
One Nation: The billionaire’s battler party
One Nation promised to stand up for ordinary Australians against wealthy elites but its choice of landlord raises a number of questions. Pauline Hanson’s party is preparing to move into an $8 million Brisbane office building owned by Gina Rinehart’s company, while Barnaby Joyce insists One Nation will pay commercial