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Your Smartphone is a Parasite
Rachael L. Brown, Australian National University and Rob Brooks, UNSW Sydney Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek,...
The Appalling Scott Morrison receives Australia’s Highest Honour
From TOTT News Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for his “eminent service” to the country. The COVID-era puppet. The clown show continues to roll on. FORMER PM HONOURED Just when you thought things...
The Long Drive
Michael Gray Griffith There is so much space out here. It’s like the gods left before they were able to add the mountains and valleys and grand forests. You could hide an entire civilization out here. We did, and they are still lost. On the beaches near Eucla, which...
They Intend To Keep Lying About Gaza Until They’ve Emptied It Out
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): ❖ We’re back at the part of the news cycle where Israel tells the world it’s going to allow a bit more aid into Gaza in
They’re Starving Civilians To Steal A Palestinian Territory, And They’re Lying About It
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Just so we’re all absolutely clear about what we’re watching here, Israel is intentionally starving civilians in order to bring about the ethnic cleansing of Gaza and steal a Palestinian territory. That’s all this
Know Them By Their Fruits
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): They’re doing it right in front of us. Right in front of us. So many people have dedicated their entire lives working to expose the criminality of the empire, and then the empire comes
PRODUCTIVITY ROUNDTABLE MUST RECOGNISE THAT OLDER AUSTRALIANS ARE OUR NATION’S MOST UNRECOGNISED AND UNUSED ASSET.
I applaud Jim Chalmers decision to hold a Productivity Roundtable at Parliament in Canberra in August with the aim of creating a plan to increase the productivity of our nation. 25 of Australia’s top financial and industrial power brokers will meet in the Cabinet Room...
‘WALKING WITH THE MAN’ IS HITTING THE MARK
My morale got a boost this week when my book Walking with the Man got a #1 best seller rating in a section of books on religion at Amazon, including a 5 star rating. It also got a #2 best seller rating in another section just below a Pope Francis book. The reason is...
AUSTRALIA MUST HOLD A REFERENDUM TO ADD A PREAMBLE TO OUR CONSTITUTION.
I have drafted a Preamble I believe our Founding Fathers should have adopted as the opening statement of the Australian Constitution in 1901. We should vote on it (or a better version) at a Referendum to be held on the same day as Federal Election 2028 so that future...
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Thai-Cambodian clashes along border after months of building tensions
On Thursday July 24, Cambodia and Thai forces clashed for over 8 hours. This is after a Thai soldier was maned by a mine planted on what is claimed as Thai territory at Ta Muen Thom Temple in Surin province.Early on the morning of July 24 Cambodian drones were seen
Manifestations of declining nationalism
The words “nation” and “nationalism” have a myriad of meanings, ranging from ideologically driven to politically defined, or colloquially stated. The word “nation” comes from the Latin term “natio,” originally meaning “birth, “origin”, or “breed,” identifying a group of people born in the same place and sharing a common ancestry.
How not to reform a university: Trump’s Harvard obsession
The messy scrap between the Trump administration and Harvard University was always more than a touch bizarre. On June 4, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation claiming that the university was “no longer a trustworthy steward of international student and exchange visitor programs.” It had not pursued the Student Exchange
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On The Eve Of Destruction
Photo credit: Moshe Mizrahi/Reuters. This latest episode analyses the escalating Israel–Iran conflict, unpacking this week’s deadly strikes on nuclear facilities, the retaliatory missile fire, and the West’s predictable “right to defend” double-standard. We challenge the narrative that paints Tehran as a perpetual “regime” while letting Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal
The ghost of Morrison, Fascism USA, and political football in Tasmania
Photo/illustration credit: Elise Swain/The Intercept/Getty Images. In this episode, we report on one of the most baffling political decisions in recent memory: the awarding of Australia’s highest civilian honour, the Companion of the Order of Australia, to former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The award for Morrison has ignited criticism
The Gaslit Nation and Sending Rockets To China
Greenpeace campaigner above dead coral in Ningaloo Marine Park. Credit: Greenpeace Australia. In this explosive episode of the New Politics podcast, we look at the federal Labor government’s quiet but devastating climate betrayal, exposing its recent approval of Woodside’s massive fossil fuel North West Shelf gas expansion, extending emissions