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Convoy to Canberra. Seven. The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth.
By John Stapleton Four years ago Australia saw the largest demonstrations in its history, as hundreds of thousands of people descended on the nation’s capital. The Australian media and the Australian authorities colluded in lying about the numbers, and lied about the...
Convoy to Canberra. Six. Joy and Calamity, Brutality and Kindness
John Stapleton Four years ago Australia hundreds of thousands of people march on Canberra, disgusted by the extremism of lockdowns and vaccine mandates. At its peak, more than 12 million people were under lockdown protocols. While the authorities managed to crush the...
Convoy to Canberra. Five. We Will Wash Away Tyranny.
By John Stapleton Four years ago this month the largest mass protest in Australia history occurred. It was called the Convoy to Canberra, and protested the extreme abuses of Australian authorities during this era: including extreme lockdowns, for which there was no...
Iran Is Forcing The World To Care About US-Israeli Warmongering
Reading by Tim Foley: Westerners are about to start paying a lot more attention to the war in Iran as massive US-Israeli escalations point to a coming energy crisis set to impact the whole world. Israel has bombed the world’s largest natural gas field in
This Is What It Looks Like When You Give Zionists Everything They Want
Reading by Tim Foley: This is what it looks like when you give Zionists everything they want. This is Zionism put into practice. The wars. The massacres. The bombed-out schools and hospitals. The millions of displaced individuals. The invasion of Lebanon The explosions carpeting Tehran.
My Enemies Are Not In Iran
Reading by Tim Foley: My enemies are not in Iran. My enemies are in Washington and Tel Aviv. In London and Canberra. My enemies are the western oligarchs and empire managers who are poisoning my society and making everything awful while slaughtering human beings with
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...
MEET ME AT REDCLIFFE ON MELBOURNE CUP NIGHT (TUESDAY)
An active group of Progressive Christians meet regularly at Redcliffe to debate the core issues of modern Christianity. They call themselves the REDCLIFFE EXPLORERS and they are interesting people who have expansive minds. I am delighted to have accepted their...
Know Your Rights: A Community-Led Shield for Aboriginal Families Against the Child Protection System
Readers please be advised that this article contains mention of instances of children being taken from their families. The child ‘protection’ crisis Every year, more Aboriginal children are removed from their families and communities by Australia’s child protection systems. In NSW, the number of Aboriginal children entering out-of-home care (OOHC)
Key government infrastructure investments are ending up as super-expensive white elephants
In recent weeks government infrastructure projects have returned to the news. As usual, it is more bad news. This time it again concerns the ever-troubled Snowy 2.0 Project and (yet another version of) the Very Fast Train, this time just the bit between Newcastle and Sydney.Respected veteran finance reporter Robert
Changing work and changing demography = changing cities
The history of cities is a long one, but the urban form of a mono-centric city that houses the best knowledge workers and professional minds, serviced by unrivalled inner urban amenity and metro wide transport networks, is relatively young in historic terms. It may also be short lived.The pre-industrial city
Reforming Australian defence: from Cold War relics to an affordable, independent missile and drone deterrent
Australia’s defence posture remains anchored in a model forged during the Cold War and refined through decades of close alliance with the United States. Large, expensive platforms – advanced fighter jets, surface warships and heavy armoured formations – dominate the Australian Defence Force (ADF).Yet this configuration is increasingly mismatched with
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