Tuesday, July 15, 2025
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Fire shaped this continent. But in failing to manage it, we have turned it into a destroyer. Environment - John O'Donnell - 6 comments
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It is hard to imagine how a small country experiencing significant economic hardship and in constant conflict with its neighbor is still under a caretaker government four months after the national elections. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 2 comments
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Monday, July 14, 2025
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In an age of noise and urgency, the library is a quiet kind of miracle. Education - Steven Schwartz - 3 comments
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If attempting to kill four people using fungi is a symptom of average, female ordinariness, we all best start making our own meals. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 2 comments
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Friday, July 11, 2025
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A treaty may have had merit up until the 19th century or maybe a bit later, but such treaties have passed the point of relevance here in the twenty-first century. Indigenous Affairs - Brendan O'Reilly
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The two-state solution is dead and buried. A Jordan–Israel agreement may be the last untested path to peace. International - David Singer - 31 comments
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Thursday, July 10, 2025
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Of all ways to ‘rescue’ the environment, climate-action looks the most elitist and least promising. Environment - Stephen Saunders - 4 comments
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Electricity from nuclear power sources is a necessity to ensure future balanced economic growth that is a lifeline out of poverty and instability for citizens in both developed and developing economies. Economics - Ronald Stein, Robert Jeffrey and Olivia Vaughan - 2 comments
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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Perjury is a crime. But when it happens in domestic violence cases, the courts look the other way. Law & Liberties - Bettina Arndt - 1 comment
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Stuart Ballantyne, imagines a conversation with God in 2028 Humour & Satire - Stuart Ballantyne - 4 comments
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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It is hard to assess the disastrous impact of Trump's immigration policy on our economy and its horrific human rights violations. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 6 comments
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Trump declared obliteration. The data suggest disruption — temporary, limited, and legally reckless. International - Binoy Kampmark - 1 comment
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Monday, July 7, 2025
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We’ve gone from patriarchy to matriarchy — or maybe something worse: the rise of the feminarchy. Political Philosophy - Graham Young - 8 comments
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At current growth rates, Australia won’t reach its clean energy target for 50 to 100 years - if ever. Environment - Tom Biegler - 3 comments
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Friday, July 4, 2025
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Anwar, the leader of ‘reformasi’, once leading massive street protests against the government is now getting protests in the streets asking him to resign. International - Murray Hunter - 2 comments
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HKOPS… trumps the ‘Palestinian state peaceful card’ pursued unsuccessfully by the United Nations for the last 58 years. International - David Singer
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Thursday, July 3, 2025
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If entering politics was motivated by service rather than career, it would attract people who have done more than just climb the party ladder. Political Philosophy - David Leyonhjelm - 9 comments
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Trump accused the Democrats of leaking ‘information on the PERFECT FLIGHT’—then demanded the prosecution of journalists who reported on it. Law & Liberties - Binoy Kampmark
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
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It is not a matter of a lack of political will, strategy, or resources in the first place; rather, it is the futility of trying to change things thoroughly because the innermost core does not allow it to happen. Political Philosophy - Mamtimin Ala - 6 comments
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The demand for the products and transportation fuels made from fossil fuels continues to increase while the state has only focused on choking off the supply. International - Ronald Stein and Nathan Hammer
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Israel's refusal to acknowledge Palestinian rights and humanity perpetuated a zero-sum narrative where Jewish safety is predicated on Palestinian dehumanization and death International - Alon Ben-Meir - 7 comments
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There is a need for an independent review of staffing allocations—to replace opaque conventions with transparent standards. Political Philosophy - Scott Prasser - 1 comment
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Monday, June 30, 2025
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Gold protects and performs - not just from inflation, but from the boom-bust cycle driven by monetary spirits. Economics - Darren Nelson
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Wong's shift from constipated caution to free-flow approval for the US attack was a craven capitulation to the warmonger class. International - Binoy Kampmark - 7 comments
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Friday, June 27, 2025
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Australia’s sovereignty in terms of how the US conducts its operations has been spared? Given AUKUS, this is an unsustainable claim. International - Binoy Kampmark - 8 comments
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Trump’s long-awaited decision on Judea and Samaria could follow his devastating attack on Iran’s nuclear sites. International - David Singer
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Thursday, June 26, 2025
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Australia has no army, navy, or air force to speak about. Even our neighbours now have larger armed forces. International - Murray Hunter - 6 comments
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Affordable and reliable electricity from nuclear power sources is a necessity to ensure future balanced economic growth that is a lifeline out of poverty, and security for citizens around the world. Environment - Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers and Steve Curtis - 1 comment
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
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Under the guise of protecting girls, researchers exploit harmless male banter to incriminate boys and label them misogynists. Society - Bettina Arndt - 2 comments
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Life, death, tragedy, love, beauty, courage, loyalty—all of these are omitted from our modern vocational curricula, and yet they are the only things that ever really matter. Education - Steven Schwartz - 3 comments
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
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De-escalation has become one of those coarse words in severe need of banishment, best kept in an index used by unredeemable hypocrites. International - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
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Even on the eve of Federation it was contended that the capitals were congested cesspools. Federation promised decentralisation. It didn’t deliver. Nation Building - Ross Elliott - 2 comments
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Monday, June 23, 2025
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If productivity growth in construction had kept pace with manufacturing, the economy would now be $60 billion better off every year. Economics - Jon Davies - 2 comments
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The ancient quote from the Greek philosopher Phaedrus, to not let success go to one's head and inflating one's ego, which can lead to terrible failure, is a timeless warning to Trump and Netanyahu. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 2 comments
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Friday, June 20, 2025
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Thus far, Australia's high-level low-profile research and development (R&D) review puts Treasury Line ahead of independent inquiry. Science & Technology - Stephen Saunders
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There are only two states in that area, Jordan and Israel…nothing has changed. International - David Singer
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Thursday, June 19, 2025
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The president’s executive order cites the same three exceptions to free trade as did Adam Smith — in the same order. Economics - Darren Nelson and James Carter - 6 comments
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The 2025 High Level Political Forum is not just another forum - it is a test of whether the UN can live up to its founding principles amid deepening global crises. International - Ioan Voicu - 2 comments
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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Current approaches, bureaucrats, inadequate action and will, complacency and not seeing the economic efficiencies and opportunities, will never ever get us past the goal posts. Environment - John O'Donnell
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So-called renewables like wind and solar, 100% made from fossil fuels, only generate electricity occasionally. Environment - Ronald Stein and Roger Caiazza - 23 comments
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
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Past performance is the best predictor of future performance, so the business chiefs heading to Anthony Albanese’s Productivity Summit should know they are about to be carved up and handed to the union movement. Economics - Graham Young - 8 comments
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When the limits of tolerance are unclear, people can become tolerant of anything - leading to a situation where everything is tolerated and, consequently, nothing is truly valued or respected. Political Philosophy - Mamtimin Ala
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