Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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A vital issue for humanity is the extent to which human activity has a negative effect on the ability of the planet to sustain us, going forward. We have the power but probably not the will to change or modify our activities. Environment - Charles Hemmings - 18 comments
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The pandemic will increase the number of people making a difficult and dangerous journey in hope of a better life International - Guy Hallowes - 8 comments
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
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After a year’s experience of COVID-19 worldwide, the continuing hold of discredited mathematical models regarding lockdowns remain. Health - Ramesh Thakur and David Redman - 14 comments
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The Palestinian conflict is dangerously eroding Israel’s moral standing as the public’s alarming complacency is ever growing. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 2 comments
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Monday, March 1, 2021
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It would have been fairer to all concerned, if these complaints had been properly investigated by police and (if merited) tried in a court. Law & Liberties - Brendan O'Reilly - 35 comments
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'[B]oth before and after the 2020 election, nonlegislative officials in various States took it upon themselves to set the rules instead.' International - David Singer - 5 comments
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Friday, February 26, 2021
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While I never worked for him in his office as Prime Minister I did form a good association with him over the years since I first went to PNG in 1978. International - Jeffrey Wall - 4 comments
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You may have seen reports that the UK's top court has decided that Uber drivers are not independent contractors. Australian unions are excited by this. Economics - Ken Phillips - 13 comments
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I've previously responded to the initial criticism of this photo by better characters, and I do not presume to do so again every time some clown critiques my Christianity. Law & Liberties - David Pellowe - 4 comments
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
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It has puzzled and alarmed the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee for 'breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online'. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 9 comments
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The US and the EU will make a mockery out of the virtues of morality and human rights they preach unless they stop Erdogan's outrageous criminal treatment of his own people. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 11 comments
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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The first step needs to be to enable travel between Australia and regional neighbours where Covid-19 numbers are very low to resume as soon as possible. The most obvious example is Fiji. International - Jeffrey Wall - 11 comments
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Australian private debt is now 200% of GDP some four times the level of public borrowing. Does this private sector debt affect economic growth? Economics - David Kauders - 37 comments
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
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As COVID-19 trudges through endless revisions of rules and regulations, Australia's response to the virus is beginning to resemble the blackest of farces. Health - Steven Schwartz - 12 comments
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Creepy and ruthless Facebook has again impressed with its steely indifference to civic responsibility, as if a company established by a sociopath could ever be a model of human improvement. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 8 comments
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Monday, February 22, 2021
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If nothing else coronavirus brings to the fore how poorly we are adapted to dealing with epidemic and pandemic outbreaks of infectious disease. Health - Peter Curson - 16 comments
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There are many cultural narratives that tell of a golden age when humans lived in peace and harmony but which would eventually give way to times of strife and suffering. Environment - Peter McMahon - 17 comments
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Friday, February 19, 2021
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Rather, a balanced report should recognise the strengths, weaknesses and limitations of the Club’s recent response to racism. Law & Liberties - Chris Lewis - 54 comments
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Taking an illegal substance had never occurred to me until I stumbled across Michael Pollan's article in The New Yorker. Health - Tania de Jong - 7 comments
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
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Too many Australian politicians appear to be stuck in the 'Denial' phase of the Kubler-Ross change curve – unable or unwilling to accept the reality of climate change. Environment - Campbell Macpherson - 47 comments
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The first lockdown, lasting 112 days in 2020 and costing 801 lives resulted directly from disastrously incompetent mismanagement of hotel quarantine by the government. Law & Liberties - Ken Phillips - 16 comments
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
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If you go to the AIFF website you will be disappointed. The project is there, but the AIFF contribution has not been determined and effectively NOTHING has happened! International - Jeffrey Wall - 15 comments
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It's looking a touch quixotic, but the News Media Bargaining Code has become Australia's weapon of choice in attempting to redistribute proceeds from big tech into the coffers of a withering fourth estate. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 4 comments
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
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Following the court's decision, Brown indicated that his Foundation's activists will continue protesting in the forests while its lawyers will appeal the decision in the High Court. Environment - Mark Poynter - 15 comments
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India's agricultural woes can only be solved if opposition political parties consider the national interest not their own partisan interests International - Sudhanshu Tripathi - 1 comment
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Monday, February 15, 2021
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According to Mackey's expert academics, mild burning can't prevent natural disasters such as Black summer. But there was nothing natural about it. Environment - Vic Jurskis - 10 comments
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President Trump has gone, but the rise of China and Trump's call to put America first remains a wake up call for all liberal democracies. International - Chris Lewis - 23 comments
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Friday, February 12, 2021
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But on the very same day the ambitious International - Jeffrey Wall - 5 comments
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Katy Faust joins with Stacy Manning in their new book 'Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children’s Rights Movement'. Political Philosophy - Edie Wyatt - 17 comments
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Thursday, February 11, 2021
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Defence, and Navy in particular during times of peace, is generally the first casualty in budget cuts. Alas there are enemies looming on the horizon. International - Stuart Ballantyne - 17 comments
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Soft power was defined in the document as the ability to influence the behaviour and thinking of others through the power of attraction and ideas. International - Ordan Andreevski - 2 comments
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
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What the Democrats are asking us to believe is that a man who can make billions in his lifetime doing intricate deals can't properly organise a coup. International - Graham Young - 81 comments
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It’s time for the political leaders in Kosovo to provide a clear, cohesive, and consistent socio-economic and political program to put Kosovo on the path of recovery and progress and become a truly independent state. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 3 comments
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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I agreed with our fundamental equality as human beings and Australian citizens, but I disputed that we had equally valid points of view in this meeting. Law & Liberties - Natasha Cook - 8 comments
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The first unsuccessful impeachment of Trump was a major contributing factor in the Democrats seeing their 235-199 control of the House of Representatives reduced to 220-212. International - David Singer - 25 comments
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Monday, February 8, 2021
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The woke trolls are on a roll. They come in waves, for Christians who publicly proclaim their beliefs and defend Christian teachings. Law & Liberties - Paul Collits - 31 comments
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COVID has caused a kerfuffle amongst authorities in the Australian state of Victoria, who are still keen to host an international tennis tournament at considerable risk. Health - Binoy Kampmark - 6 comments
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Friday, February 5, 2021
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Over the last 20 years I've seen legacy media make the most elementary mistakes which have contributed to the dumbing down of political culture and the hyper -sensationalising and -sexualising of media coverage. Media - Graham Young - 16 comments
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The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has unequivocally confirmed its rejection of an independent demilitarised state. International - David Singer - 10 comments
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