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The Pandemic Preparedness Narrative Gets a Reality Check
Reality Check Radio While much of the debate around pandemic preparedness takes place behind closed doors,New Zealand’s Reality Check Radio had the opportunity to take part in that conversation at Australia’s Parliament House. In June, RCR’s Head of Legal, Katie...
Tales of An Accidental Bookseller: The Interview
With Paul Bugden and Hollywood Hal We talk with two of Sydney’s most entertaining characters, actor, author and bookseller Paul Bugden, along with his incorrigible old friend Hollywood Hal, a legend of the city’s bohemian nightlife. Part of their story is captured in...
Australia’s Extreme Censorship Blows Up Relationship with America
One of the world’s best journalists, American Michael Shellenberger, has dramatically weighed into the Australian government’s over-the-top efforts to censor the Australian public. In his newsletter he writes that Australia’s Censorship Bill Is Aimed At Americans. And...
Assange Returns To Public Commentary, And Other Notes
Video reading by Tim Foley: Julian Assange is officially back on Twitter, restoring to the world an important voice we were robbed of by the US empire’s years-long campaign to silence the WikiLeaks founder via lifelong imprisonment for forbidden acts of journalism. Not everyone will
Mike Huckabee Is The Most Evil Person In The Trump Administration
Video reading by Tim Foley: There are some truly psychopathic ghouls in the Trump administration, including Trump himself, but as of today I am convinced that US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is the absolute worst of them. As Israeli officials become more open about
Debunking The Claim That Macklemore Has A “History Of Antisemitism”
Video reading by Tim Foley: As American rapper Macklemore becomes a frontline for renewed mainstream discourse about Israeli atrocities in Gaza, Israel apologists have been falling all over themselves to circulate the demonstrably false narrative that the artist has a history of antisemitic behavior. Zionist
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...
TRACKS TO SOMEWHERE
I am in the 95th year of my life. I enjoy my memories as well as my thoughts on how I could have handled them better. One of them is my meeting with John Howard in 1996 when he gave me approval to begin planning a freight railway from Melbourne to Darwin via New South...
AM SELLING AND SIGNING MY BOOK ‘WALK IN THE SPIRIT’ AT DYMOCKS CHERMSIDE BRISBANE ON SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK FROM 11am TO 12.30pm. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU. MY CO-AUTHOR NEILL FLORENCE WILL BE WITH ME.
WALK IN THE SPIRIT is a page turning novel about six people of different faiths who are not involved in organised religion but form a team to create a caring and sharing community while encountering bigoted and racist opposition. It is timely given the current war of...
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The greater israel delusion may undo israel
The vision of “Greater Israel” draws on maximalist readings of biblical verses, especially Genesis 15:18–21, which some interpret as a promise of Jewish sovereignty from the “river of Egypt” to the Euphrates. In contemporary politics, this theology has produced two overlapping ambitions: unchallenged Israeli control of all land between the
The many roads to literary excellence
What does it take to become a major novelist? A university degree in creative writing? Years inside a literary workshop? Or simply the opportunity to write, read and develop a voice outside any formal system?The history of Australia’s Miles Franklin Award suggests that there is no single answer. Look at
GST carve-up leaves Qld, WA short-changed
If Australia’s GST distributions were fair Queensland would get $1.87bn more this year, Western Australia $2bn more and Victoria $1.5bn less.That should make Queensland and Western Australia natural allies against a mendicant state like Victoria in the battle against the federal government and the Productivity Commission for a fair share.
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Labor is becoming what it once condemned
The Labor government came to office promising higher standards of integrity, transparency and accountability after almost a decade of Coalition government corruption. Four years later, those promises are becoming harder to reconcile with the way Labor is actually governing.A $560 million infrastructure program that directed roughly three-quarters of its funding
Macklemore, Mary Kostakidis and the red line on Palestine
The most effective political power isn’t obtained through governments, legislation or formal institutions. Sometimes it works through other means: vexatious litigation, lobbying, money and the ability of well-connected organisations to impose consequences on people who challenge powerful interests. The experiences of former SBS journalist Mary Kostakidis in Australia and musician
The price of speaking out against Israel
Zionist groups aggressively deny suggestions that they exert excessive influence over politics, media and cultural institutions, yet when prominent people speak out against Israel or in support of Palestine, those same groups will cancel people, force them into long-winded litigations, damage their reputations and proceed to ruin them commercially. Not