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Australian political commentator Paul Collits, with Cafe Locked Out. How Did We Get Here.
With Paul Collits. His Substack is called Political Science. Collits, being a somewhat cerebral lad, describes himself as a freelance writer and independent scholar and researcher, with interests in politics, public policy, philosophy, economics and education. To...
Die Laughing: Fred Pawle On Bill Leak and the State of Australia Today
We sit down with Fred Pawle, one of Australian journalism’s great characters, to discuss his recently updated book Die Laughing: The Wild Life of Bill Leak. Though an ill-fit in corporate journalism, Pawle worked at The Australian for many years as a reporter and...
Scathing Backlash: Australian Labor Party’s Disaster Budget
While you might expect criticism from from their traditional opponents, the Australian Federal Government’s March budget has been met with almost universal condemnation. A country already reeling from the impacts of mass migration and a cost of living crisis is now...
They Are Building A UFC Arena On The White House Lawn
Reading by Tim Foley: They are building a UFC arenaon the White House lawn,because the world has gone insane,and there are chatbots in our skulls,and our eyes have been crossed outwith black ink. They are building a UFC arena on the White House lawnso the president
It’s Not Okay To Join The Military
Reading by Tim Foley: Polly on Twitter asks, “Is there a pejorative term for military like what pig is for cops?” Dear Polly, No, but there should be. We need to start stigmatizing that shit. It is not okay to be a stormtrooper for the
Yet Another Escalation In The Empire’s War On Activism And Journalism
Reading by Tim Foley: The empire’s war on activism and journalism continues to escalate as the Trump administration targets left-wing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin for the crime of bringing humanitarian aid to Cuba. This is yet another act of aggression in
ITS TIME TO BUILD COMMUNITIES NOT DIVIDED BY RELIGION.
WALK WITH THE SPIRIT is a page-turning novel about people – Christian, Muslim, Jew, Confucian, Indigenous, LGBTI, Atheist – who try to create a caring and sharing and generous society in the Queensland City of Rockhampton despite the current international war in which...
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...
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The end of higher education
The end of higher education, it turns out, will not arrive with a bang or even a whimper. It will arrive with a press release.Senior leaders at an Australian university have recently published an op-ed in The Australian newspaper claiming that artificial intelligence (AI) expertise will be integrated throughout their
History will not yield to power
Over the past three decades, I have written hundreds of articles and several books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, examining it from historical, religious, psychological, and geostrategic perspectives, as well as through the hard realities on the ground. After all this, one conclusion has remained inescapable: there will be no peace-none-unless
Defining and moving towards academic journalism
While journalism is heading into the doldrums with increasing clamp downs on press freedom, self-censorship, dumbing-down articles for ‘quick-take’ journalism and widespread use of artificial intelligence, there is a new breed of journalism that is rising from this environment.Academic journalism is an emerging genre where writers use the skills and
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Ben-Gvir is the real face of Israel and the world needs to stop deluding itself
The political fallout from the treatment of Gaza flotilla activists by Israeli authorities is becoming a much bigger issue than the actions of one extremist minister posting humiliating videos on social media. What occurred on the Global Sumud flotilla – where civilians were illegally detained in international waters, kneeling with
Australia’s political system is falling apart. And it’s about time.
This week’s briefing outlines the big issues to look out for: the growing housing and inequality crisis, the continuing collapse of the Liberal Party and rise of populist politics, the emergence of independents and teals as a new political force, and the widening political fallout from Israel’s actions in Gaza
The continuing Budget fallout: A political war over housing and wealth
In this episode of the New Politics podcast, we examine how the debate surrounding the 2026 Budget has quickly moved into a battle over class, aspiration, political power and the future direction of Australian capitalism itself. The Liberal Party has framed Labor’s housing reforms as an “assault on aspiration”, warning