Independent blogs
Get in touch if you wish to have your blog featured here. It’s free, all you need is an RSS feed (most blogs do) and post at least once a month.
The Long Drive: Goodbye Road
Michael Gray Griffith There is so much space out here – it’s as if the gods left before they could bother with mountains, valleys, or grand forests. You could misplace an entire civilisation inside it. We did, and they are still lost. On the beaches near Eucla –...
Criminals are weaponising vulnerabilities in Australia’s construction industry to steal millions of dollars
Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Cyber Command Richard Chin has announced that the Australian Federal Police are tracking a concerning rise across the industry in what are known as Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. These involve cyber criminals...
It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara
Sean Tomlinson, University of Adelaide and Damien Fordham, University of Adelaide To a newly-arrived red fox, the abundant rolling grasslands and swamps of Wadawurrung Country, around what is now called Port Phillip Bay, must have seemed like a predator’s paradise....
I’ve Got A New Book Of My Paintings With Prints You Can Cut Out And Hang On Your Wall
Okay I’m going to try something I’ve never tried before. I’ve got a new book out called “Faces Of The Empire: The Battle For Humanity’s Soul” featuring prints of my paintings which are designed to be cut out and hung on your wall, window, dart board or whatever. I’ve been
Israel Constantly Stretches The Ceasefire Rules Because That’s What Israelis Do
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): It’s interesting how much the IDF’s constant ceasefire violations in Gaza and Lebanon line up with the way people familiar with Israeli culture say Israelis like to test everyone’s boundaries to find out exactly
The US Empire Keeps Getting Creepier
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Secretary of War™ Pete Hegseth said during a speech on Friday that the US is at “a 1939 moment” of “mounting urgency” in which “enemies gather, threats grow,” adding, “We are not building for
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...
I INVITE YOU TO CLICK BELOW TO READ AND SIGN MY PETITION TO PARLIAMENT TO HAVE A PREAMBLE ADDED TO AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION STATING EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AUSTRALIAN.
(Alfred Deakin, pictured below, tried in 1895 to include a Preamble in our Constitution but Federation delegates couldn’t agree on its wording) https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN8147 PETITION CLOSES 22 OCTOBER. Together, we can ensure that, before they...
‘WALK WITH THE MAN’ TO CREATE A CORNERSTONE OF VALUES ETHICS AND INSPIRATION FOR AUSTRALIA
Most readers of my book WALKING WITH THE MAN BUT NOT TO CHURCH enjoy it because it charts an inspirational pathway of life for the 90% of Australians who have left churches and have no intention of ever returning. They reject organised religion and its ancient outlook...
The history of Bla(c)k Burlesque
History was made at the 2025 Miss First Nation Drag Pageant last week, when Wiradjuri and Gamilaroi Draglesque performer Kitty Obsidian was the first competitor and winner in the Miss First Nations pageant who was assigned female at birth. This week, Kitty continues their hobby of history making by being
‘Wrong Think’ in Australia: when opinions become a crime
In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell coined the term “wrong think” to describe any thought that strayed from the ruling Party’s ideology. It was meant as a warning about the dangers of state control over speech, belief, and truth itself. Yet today, it seems that Orwell’s warning is being used as
From a beacon of democracy to authoritarian rule
For nearly 250 years, despite its many faults, the US has stood as a beacon of democracy and hope around the world. I lived in the Middle East and Europe for over two decades, witnessing the love and admiration of people of all faiths and races for America’s democracy and
Did the events at Pinjarra WA in 1834 merit yet another official apology to Aboriginal people?
Until recently, I had thought that the race to wokeness across the States and Territories was a simple contest between Victoria and the ACT. I now think there is a “third horse” in the race, namely Western Australia, especially under Premier Roger Cook. Cook has been described by WA TODAY
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.