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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,...
Aboriginal Allodial Sovereign Rights: The Interview Three Years on From Australia’s Voice to Parliament Referendum
Steven Porter: Moree Three years on from Australia’s polarising Voice to Parliament Referendum, the debate over Indigenous recognition, sovereignty, and rights continues to resonate. In October 2023, Australians decisively voted No, rejecting the proposal to enshrine...
Scott Kuru: Australia is about to become the World’s Fastest Dying Country
A new generation of podcasters is transforming Australia’s media. One of the best is property expert Scott Kuru. His signature blend of data, outrage, and calls to individual action paints a picture of avoidable decline accelerating through poor policy choices....
Joe Biden Should Be Dying Of Cancer In The Hague
Reading by Tim Foley: Joe Biden’s cancer is moving into the advanced stages, according to the former president’s son Hunter. AP reports: “Former U.S. President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as
A Note To Patrons And Subscribers
This is just a note to my patrons and newsletter subscribers to say I’m sorry I haven’t published anything these past few days. I’ve received a number of messages from concerned readers wondering if I’m alright, so I just want to let everyone know I’m okay and Tim and I
There Is Beauty Everywhere. Even In Dystopia. Even In Armageddon.
Reading by Tim Foley: One point I will always adamantly insist on is that it’s entirely possible to live a joyful and exuberant life in the midst of this abusive dystopia. There’s a pervasive, unexamined notion throughout revolutionary politics that there’s some kind of nobility
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...
HAVE SOLD 126 TICKETS TO LAUNCH OF ‘WALK IN THE SPIRIT’. ROOM CAPACITY IS 140. WILL BE DELIGHTED IF YOU ARE ONE OF FINAL 14.
The launch of WALK IN THE SPIRIT is on Friday 27 March at Noon at the Royal on the Park in Alice Street Brisbane. The 126 who have bought tickets have paid 95 dollars each for a special Uluru Burger with a drink and coffee, as well as a signed book, with the surplus...
IT’S TIME TO ‘WALK IN THE SPIRIT’
You will enjoy this powerful and inspirational page turning novel about the lives of six very different people. Its fascinating pages will reveal to you that they are Muslim, Jew, Christian, Indigenous, Confucian, LGBTI. In varying ways and at different times they...
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The coming fuel crisis: what Ukraine and California have in common
Worldwide economies run on continuous and uninterruptable electricity AND transportation fuels like the following: Jet fuel for the military and international airports, diesel fuel for trucks and construction equipment, different grades of gasoline for vehicles, and bunker fuel for all the ships arriving and departing from Ports. Ukraine
Solemn anniversaries: the UN Refugee Convention turns 75
That grand old thing is getting on a bit. Still significant and still functioning wearily, the United Nations Refugee Convention of 1951 has suffered abuse, subversion and neglect from state parties. At times, it is only honoured in the breach. At other times, it is not honoured at all. After
Some things are just plain wrong
My wife and I were the first in either of our families to attend university. Everything that followed, the broadening of horizons, the raising of aspirations, and eventually the privilege of leading three universities, began there. Universities have been good to me, and I want others to share in the
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The continuing politics of evasion
The arrival of up to 2,300 US naval personnel, civilian employees, contractors and their family members, should finally end the political charade that HMAS Stirling in Perth is only hosting a short-term submarine rotation. The US Navy has established “Naval Support Activity Stirling” to provide housing, healthcare, childcare and recreation
The real Anthony Albanese: Power without purpose
Anthony Albanese commands the largest federal parliamentary majority in Australian history and exercises extraordinary control over the Labor Party, yet his government continues to behave as though meaningful reform is politically impossible. The contradiction raises a big question in Australian politics: is Albanese a progressive constrained by power, or a
The Indoctrination of Australia’s Classrooms
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism has moved beyond examining discrimination and public safety into a debate over education, political speech and who controls the national curriculum. Jillian Segal’s proposed expansion of antisemitism education – from early childhood through schools and universities – raises many questions about whether a necessary campaign