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Stasi Australia.
Written in 2020, at the beginning of Australia’s truly insane reaction to Covid, regarded as one of the worst if not the worst in the world, spearheaded by the now much reviled Prime Minister Scott Morrison, it has proved all too prophetic. An overwhelmed and...
Fire the Liar: Pauline Hanson’s Crowdfunding Blitz Turns Australian Politics Upside Down
In just days, a simple slogan has captured the Australian public’s imagination like few political campaigns in recent memory. “Fire the Liar” – Pauline Hanson’s audacious One Nation fundraising drive targeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – has raised over $3.6...
Australia’s Bulwark against Populism Is Cracking
Rebekah Barnett: Brownstone Institute he right-wing populist wave that broke over much of the democratic world with Brexit and the first Trump presidency in 2016 barely lapped at Australia’s shores. The island nation’s compulsory, preferential voting system and...
Israelis Invaded Lebanon And Then Cried Victim When Their Soldiers Got Killed, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley: In a move that surprised precisely zero people, Israel once again bombed the shit out of Lebanon while Netanyahu continued to insist that the IDF will continue its extensive occupation of Lebanese territory. Israel’s actions resulted in Tehran calling off scheduled
Humans Create Empires For The Same Reason They Create Egos
Reading by Tim Foley: Humans create empires for the same reason they create egos. It’s all about the impulse to control. We come into this world boundless and free with eyes full of wonder, but within a few years our minds create and solidify a
The World’s First Trillionaire Is Not Your Friend, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley: ❖ It’s so pathetic watching Elon Musk’s groveling bootlickers fall all over themselves on social media to defend their favorite oligarch from criticism as he becomes the world’s first trillionaire. They’re like “Don’t be mean to the trillionaire, just become a
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...
JOIN ME ON OCTOBER 5 FOR A ‘WALK IN THE SPIRIT’ AROUND ULURU
Five years ago on my 90th birthday I walked with 50 friends along an old rail corridor in the Brisbane River Valley from my old hometown of Linville to Moore and back again, a distance of 14 kilometres. I completed the walk in three hours and raised $35000 for Dorcas...
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...
Metaphor, Risk, and Responsibility in Language around Reconciliation
Public reconciliation discourse relies heavily on metaphor to mobilise participation and signal ethical commitment. Phrases such as “closing the gap”, “walking together” and “bridge-building” frame reconciliation through ideas of movement, repair and shared responsibility. So why are we now seeing gambling-derived language, specifically the phrase “go all in”? Gambling metaphors
Interpreting the Holocaust from a range of historiographical perspectives: a brief overview
Interpretations of the Holocaust have evolved through several major historiographical phases, moving from narrow debates about Hitler’s intentions toward broader analyses of ideology, bureaucracy, colonialism, modernity, political violence, gender, and social psychology. Historians and theorists such as Ian Kershaw, Richard J. Evans, Andreas Hillgruber, Christopher Browning, Omer Bartov, Arno J.
New geography of global trade: the Oceans Bridge – Africa
The twenty-first century is witnessing a profound reconfiguration of global trade routes. From the Arctic passages of the north to the Middle Corridor across Eurasia and the North-South Corridor connecting Russia, Central Asia, the Gulf, and India, nations are increasingly investing in alternative corridors that can reduce dependency, diversify supply
Roll over Banjo, they’re culling your brumbies
I’m sure Banjo Patterson would be rolling in his grave if he learns that the beautiful wild brumbies that featured in his immortal Man from Snowy River are currently being subjected to an extensive aerial cull.“Cull” is a polite word for murder in my book, with galloping herds attacked by
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Hanson and the politics of hate
Pauline Hanson’s first appearance at the National Press Club was a reminder of her political formula that has remained unchanged for 30 years. Immigration, multiculturalism, Indigenous Australians, transgender people, government spending and social change were once again presented as the source of Australia’s problems, continuing a style of politics built
The war that achieved nothing: Why the US and Israel are the biggest losers
For months, if not years, the world was told – mainly by the United States and Israel – that a confrontation with Iran was totally necessary and inevitable. When the attacks on Iran commenced in late February, the markets reacted accordingly, oil prices surged and the shipping routes through the
The One Nation reality check is coming soon
Recent polling showing strong support for One Nation continues to generate fear on the left and excitement on the right across Australia’s political class. These numbers won’t hold up until the 2028 election – still two years away – but that’s almost beside the point. The real story is a