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On interviewing the last surviving Anzac
By John Stapleton After decades in mainstream journalism, and having written literally thousands of stories, there aren’t too many things I haven’t written about. But there was one story about the world’s last survivor of the Gallipoli campaign, Alec Campbell, that...
Giant kangaroos survived until 6,500 years ago on the New Guinea coast
Loukas Koungoulos, The University of Western Australia; Isaac A. R. Kerr, Flinders University, and Sue O’Connor, Australian National University Roughly 50,000 years ago, a kangaroo unlike any alive today lived in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea. First...
Vale Australian Journalist: Derryn Hinch the Human Headline
Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne It was May 1999 and Derryn Hinch had been called into the manager’s office at Adelaide’s 5DN. The ratings for his morning program had been tumbling, and after less than a year on air he was told to pack his things. At the time,...
‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ Delivers A Penetrating Insight Into The Heart Of Our Dystopia
Reading by Tim Foley: There’s a powerful new documentary out called Earth’s Greatest Enemy by Abby Martin about the ecocidal abuses of the US war machine, and it addresses the most pressing existential hurdles we face as a species like nothing I’ve seen before. The
There Will Be Times, Oh My Child, When It All Seems Hopeless
Reading by Tim Foley: There will be times, oh my child, when it all seems hopeless. When the trees all have QR codesand the bank boys and balrogsare holding all the cards. When your refrigerator tells you “THE IRANIAN PEOPLE YEARN FOR FREEDOM”and your electric shaver can smellif
De-Normalize Israel
Reading by Tim Foley: Basically we’ve got two choices: we either aggressively denormalize Israel or we watch our society become more and more Israeli. We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF. We either turn support for Israel
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...
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...
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Magnifica Humanitas: hope in the age of AI
Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical, “Magnificent Humanity,” brings ancient understandings of human needs and possibilities to bear on our commitments to ultra-modern digital technologies. Avoiding both technophobic pessimism and blinkered optimism about AI technologies, the encyclical points rather to hope, a potent political alternative to the often-dismal imperatives of Realpolitik.In
Enrichment antics: Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal
The Israelis had their jaws dropping and dragging on the grounds. The Saudis were cock-a-hoop. The Trump administration remains, as it always does, streaky and fickle. The agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia for the creation of a civilian nuclear program was originally contingent on one vital fact: that
Results of a YouGov survey concerning religious belief and citizenship
A 16 April 2026 survey by YouGov on behalf of the Secular Association of NSW found that: approximately one in twenty (6%) identifying as Catholic said their religious belief was more important than their status as an Australian citizen; a further 36% ofCatholics thought their religion was of equal importance
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The arrogance of power: Labor’s complacency is becoming its biggest threat
This might be the point where Labor’s massive parliamentary majority develops the complacency that eventually destroys all governments, irrespective of which side they come from. Anthony Albanese is facing questions over an exclusive fundraiser at a $40 million Point Piper mansion, where guests were “encouraged” to contribute $10,000 each –
Burnham’s Britain: Renewal or more disappointment?
Andy Burnham’s arrival as British prime minister could represent more than another change of leadership: it will become a test of whether a modern Labour government can finally make a break with Thatcherism and neoliberalism. His promises of cost-of-living relief, social housing, regional investment, stronger public services and greater economic
The Hanson Battler Myth
Pauline Hanson may have an enormous media profile, but One Nation’s falling support is exposing the widening gulf between political attention and electoral credibility. Hanson’s latest European road show – attacking multiculturalism, Muslims, transgender people, net zero and supposedly shadowy “globalists” – shows how far the party depends on grievance