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USAID Projects in Australia and Associated Controversies: An Overview
While USAID does not traditionally fund projects directly within Australia, it collaborates with the Australian government to support initiatives in neighbouring Pacific Island countries. Here are some notable projects: Pacific Islands Cyber Resilience: Aimed at...
Australia: The Great Silence. The Power Of Now.
Michael Gray Griffith: Café Locked Out “I’m a paramedic,” he said. “Forty years. And do you know how many cases of myocarditis I saw in that time? Zero. Pericarditis? A few times, not many. But now—it’s everywhere.” “I’m a paramedic,” he said. “Forty years. And do you...
Trump inherits the Guantánamo prison, complete with 4 ‘forever prisoners’
By Lisa Hajjar, University of California, Santa Barbara President Joe Biden’s record of handling the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is decidedly mixed. He succeeded in reducing the detainee population he inherited by more than half, but he compounded...
I Write About Israel All The Time Because I Have To, Not Because I Want To
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): ❖ So Israel held a bunch of Palestinians in concentration camps without charge just for being Palestinian, and then they not only starved and tortured them
There Is No Antisemitism Crisis In Australia. It’s A Carefully Constructed Lie.
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Caitlin Johnstone): The Murdoch-owned Daily Telegraph has been caught trying to orchestrate what can only be described as a mass media psyop to inflame public hysteria about antisemitism in Australia. In a project internally titled “UNDERCOVERJEW”
The IDF Didn’t Just Target Hospitals, They Destroyed Individual Medical Machines
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): ❖ Doctors Without Borders emergency coordinator Caroline Seguin reports that lifesaving medical equipment inside the hospitals in northern Gaza has been methodically destroyed, “smashed to pieces,
MY SISTER VIVIENNE AND ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
On Friday evenings Helen and I enjoy a couple of relaxing hours watching a television movie. Two days ago we chose ANNE OF GREEN GABLES on ABC iview. It has recently been released by Canada Television. Our choice was made as the book played a significant role in the...
WHEN YOU REACH AGE EIGHTY IT’S TIME TO START WRITING BOOKS.
On the day I celebrated my 80th birthday I decided to become an author who would write best sellers. I had written a few books about fund raising in my earlier life, as well as a biography for my family, but no serious novels that could find a place on shelves of book...
“WALKING WITH THE MAN” IS NOW AN AUDIO BOOK.
Many of my friends and followers don’t read books, they listen to them. They do so for many reasons, but mainly its because they just don’t have time to sit down and read. So they enjoy listening to books while they ride on buses trains ferries planes or while driving...
Women and gender diverse runners Take Back the Track from fear of violence
Please be advised this article mentions acts of assault In February 2023, I was violently assaulted whilst going for a run on Wadawurrung Country in the Lal Lal State Forest, just outside the town of Ballarat in South West Victoria. Never in my wildest running dreams did I imagine I’d
Reflections on the Unifying Anti-Racist Research and Action Symposium
Readers please be advised this article contains mentions of racism and historical crimes such as massacres against First Nations peoples. Last week I attended the Unifying Anti-Racist Research and Action Symposium hosted by QUT’s Carumba Institute. I know there has been a backlash from individuals, politicians and entities that were
Why Invasion Day is different this year, and how to look after yourself
Please be advised this article mentions acts of genocide and features images of people who have passed away, and antiquated racial language. This year, Invasion Day is different. The world as we know it is burning. Over the past decade, global temperatures have risen, fuelling a surge in catastrophic
Trump is not making America great again, he is dismantling America’s greatness brick by brick
It is heart-wrenching to watch Trump nonchalantly sign off on scores of executive orders that are unconstitutional, defy existing laws, and adversely impact the lives of millions of people, especially the young. What is glaringly obvious is that he wants to demonstrate how powerful he is and that nothing will
Far from benign: the US aid industrial complex
The US aid program began in earnest in the early stages of the Cold War, with an intention to beat off the contenders from the Soviet bloc in the postcolonial world. President Harry S. Truman proposed, in his 1949 inaugural address , “a bold new program for making the benefits
DEI is killing people
Wow. After all those years of seeing discrimination against men becoming ever more blatant and intense, who would have thought that one crazy dude in the White House could threaten this highly successful feminist enterprise. We will have to see how it all pans out, but Trump’s decision to eliminate
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Managing Trump, not Closing the Gap, dirty election deals
This episode of New Politics is an in-depth exploration of the latest twists and turns in Australian politics, beginning with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s much-anticipated phone call to US President Donald Trump over the looming 25 per cent steel and aluminium tariffs. We discuss the economic implications for Australian exports,
The ABC of Peter Dutton and the sacking of a journalist
In this episode of the New Politics podcast, we discuss the return of Parliament in 2025 and examine the Labor government’s decision to shelve the Environmental Protection Agency, alongside the stalled gambling advertising legislation that now looks unlikely to proceed before the upcoming federal election – or ever. We also