Thursday, November 13, 2025
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The 2026 midterms won’t remove Trump, but they could neutralise his foreign-policy agenda. A Democratic Congress would have the power - and the motive - to restore robust US backing for Ukraine. International - Yuri Koszarycz - 9 comments
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The 'green' mandates and subsidies are only affordable by the prosperous developed nations. Economics - Ronald Stein and Vijay Jayaraj
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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As the Liberals face a defining choice on net zero, the century-old partnership with the Nationals is straining under the weight of conflicting values and diverging electorates. Domestic Politics - Scott Prasser - 8 comments
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Stay Grounded accused the aviation industry of being 'a greenwashing best practice case' because 'CORSIA covers only a tiny part of aviation emissions'. Environment - Darren Nelson - 1 comment
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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In the private sector, foolish losses often turn its members into temporary socialists - profit, however, remains firmly private. Economics - Binoy Kampmark
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If opportunities aren’t taken, Australia could very well end up similar or worse than the 2019–20 bushfire outcomes. Environment - John O'Donnell
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Monday, November 10, 2025
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In Western Australia, gun owners are losing their licences not for breaking laws but for holding the 'wrong' opinions - a troubling echo of Orwell’s 1984, where dissent itself is the offence. Law & Liberties - David Leyonhjelm - 3 comments
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There is a growing consensus among many notable political scientists and historians that America is at a perilous crossroads: Trump has chosen the road that leads to disastrous authoritarianism. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 6 comments
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Friday, November 7, 2025
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A modern Governor says sorry for an 1834 conflict under British administration. Is that accountability - or branding? Political Philosophy - Brendan O'Reilly - 19 comments
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While Albanese accused Israel of genocide, the United Nations, UNRWA, Egypt and Jordan stand condemned for materially contributing to Gaza’s suffering. International - David Singer - 24 comments
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Thursday, November 6, 2025
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For many dementia and aged-care patients, Australia’s end-of-life laws make escape impossible. When mercy becomes illegal, cruelty becomes policy. Law & Liberties - Max Wallace - 13 comments
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Taylor’s stopwatch has become Amazon’s algorithm. In the age of AI and ESG, management has forgotten its humanity—and work has never felt more mechanical. Economics - Murray Hunter
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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In Huxley’s future, pleasure pacified the masses. In ours, the machines do it - one sycophantic sentence at a time. Science & Technology - Binoy Kampmark - 2 comments
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A world of eight billion people still depends on oil, gas, and coal for the very materials that make electricity possible. Until that changes, energy policy must balance reliability, affordability - and reality. Science & Technology - Ronald Stein
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
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For decades, humanity appeared to be getting smarter. Then, inconveniently, it wasn’t. IQs are now sliding backwards. Education - Steven Schwartz - 7 comments
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akarta’s message to investors is clear: transparency and enforcement must come first if Indonesia wants to trade speculation for credibility. International - Bitra Suyatno
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Monday, November 3, 2025
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Like Obama’s before it, Trump’s 'pivot' faltered - revealing an America no longer the unchallenged power in a changing East Asia. International - Murray Hunter - 4 comments
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When Queensland’s Revenue Office treated a husband and wife differently over the same property, it raised an unexpected question: has bureaucracy finally outpaced biology? Economics - John Mikkelsen - 4 comments
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Friday, October 31, 2025
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Budget purges and shutdown furloughs have hollowed out the teams that keep the warheads safe - perhaps the smartest safety move would be a smaller stockpile, not a smaller workforce. International - Binoy Kampmark
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Israel’s dream of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria is only on hold, not abandoned, as Trump plays for peace on his own terms. International - David Singer
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Thursday, October 30, 2025
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The Crisafulli government’s roadmap is a welcome correction — more reliable and less reckless than Labor’s plan - but electricity won’t be getting any cheaper. Nation Building - Graham Young - 14 comments
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The COP30 attendees in Brazil do not comprehend that just electricity generated from wind and solar, will negatively impact humanity's demands for the products based on fossil fuels. Science & Technology - Ronald Stein and Yoshihiro Muronaka
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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The IMO’s bid to impose a worldwide carbon levy on shipping has been postponed after U.S. opposition, but few believe the UN will abandon its net-zero crusade. International - Darren Nelson - 3 comments
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The Pentagon’s new press rules have alarmed journalists - but maybe losing their passes will finally set them free. International - Binoy Kampmark
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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We’ve diagnosed the disease but keep prescribing the same medicine. Why Australia’s planning and infrastructure systems can’t stop doing what doesn’t work. Nation Building - Ross Elliott - 14 comments
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Fichte’s radical idea - that freedom is a shared condition, not a private possession - makes universal healthcare not charity, but justice. Political Philosophy - Sam Ben-Meir - 7 comments
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Monday, October 27, 2025
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AI won’t replace policy experts - but it might finally free them to do their jobs. Science & Technology - Richard Wilson
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The world court’s new ruling on Gaza lays bare a grim truth: humanitarian law is expanding even as its authority collapses under the weight of war. International - Binoy Kampmark
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Friday, October 24, 2025
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As Labor-Liberal institutionalises mass-migration and fake net-zero, March for Australia protests continue. After October 19, the next one is Australia Day. Nation Building - Stephen Saunders - 9 comments
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The Trump Declaration speaks of peace and prosperity but offers Palestinians no state, only the faint promise of reform and remote self-determination. International - David Singer - 8 comments
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
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True capitalism mirrors nature: earning your place through contribution, not coercion. Political Philosophy - Mollie Engelhart - 8 comments
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It is hard to imagine that there is not a single adult in Trump’s orbit to tell him that withdrawing from the many UN agencies that provide critical humanitarian services undermines rather than advances the US’ national interest and global standing International - Alon Ben-Meir - 4 comments
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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Everyone talks about housing for Australia’s growing population, but who’s counting the hospitals, schools and water needed for another million people? The numbers don’t add up. Nation Building - Ross Elliott - 3 comments
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Every time a child with disability is turned away from early education, they hear: you don’t belong here. Inclusion on paper isn’t enough - it has to start in practice. Education - Monique Power - 1 comment
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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Trump’s ‘war on cartels’ looks less like drug enforcement and more like old-fashioned imperial policing - with airstrikes, bounties, and CIA operations leading the charge. International - Binoy Kampmark - 7 comments
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We’ve spent $5 trillion chasing the wind, when slightly used nuclear fuel could power the world for a cent per kilowatt-hour - if government stopped smothering free enterprise. Science & Technology - Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers and Steve Curtis - 14 comments
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Monday, October 20, 2025
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Behind the March for Australia was quiet frustration — families struggling with rent, young men losing ground, and a country wondering who’s really being heard. Society - Bettina Arndt - 9 comments
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The Senate’s hunt for climate misinformation could start closer to home - with the myths about free wind, green energy, and endless sunshine. Environment - Rafe Champion - 3 comments
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Friday, October 17, 2025
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Trump’s Gaza peace plan has cleared its first major hurdle, with Israel and Hamas signing on to key steps for ending the war - but the road ahead remains perilous. International - David Singer - 4 comments
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As wars, inequality, and climate threats deepen, Asian leaders told the UN it must reform or risk irrelevance - solidarity, they warned, is the only way forward. International - Ioan Voicu - 5 comments
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Thursday, October 16, 2025
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From Socrates to Charlie Kirk, those who dare to speak truth to power risk martyrdom — and reveal the enduring struggle between reason and tyranny. Political Philosophy - Bert Olivier - 27 comments
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From Kissinger to Machado, the Nobel Peace Prize keeps honouring warriors in diplomats’ clothing. International - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
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