Thursday, May 22, 2025
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While the economy demand continues to increase for products and fuels, Newsom continues to destroy the supply of oil and refining to meet those demands – China coming to the rescue! Environment - Ronald Stein and Mike Umbro - 2 comments |
The world cannot afford to watch the two-State solution disappear. Political leaders face clear choices – the choice to be silent, the choice to acquiesce, or the choice to act. International - David Singer - 8 comments |
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Not since Lionel Shriver’s novel We Need to Talk About Kevin has a work of fiction provided such a confronting and disturbing insight into the adolescent mind. Society - Jean Yates - 3 comments |
Forget the security implications and brazen corruption... all the parties concerned could gloat without consequential censure. International - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments |
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
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Trump’s rampage against international organizations is an assault on every individual, the poor, the despondent, and the needy, whose only lifeline to survive is American aid. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 2 comments |
Stuart Ballantyne, an early whistleblower on the Greens true agenda, suggests an immediate repealing of most of EPA over-reach. Environment - Stuart Ballantyne |
Monday, May 19, 2025
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'[T]his election…is a sliding doors moment for our nation,' declared Peter Dutton, and maybe he was right, and in ways he didn't quite intend. Domestic Politics - Graham Young |
The Islamists, with their various backers… are now nominally in charge. The rest is a confidence trick that might, just might, work. International - Binoy Kampmark |
Friday, May 16, 2025
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The most probable outcome for 2025–2026 is a continued stalemate, where neither Ukraine nor Russia achieves a decisive military victory. International - Yuri Koszarycz - 2 comments |
How's that for a toll of violence against men – all in the news in the same week as women march in the streets claiming women are the only victims?T Law & Liberties - Bettina Arndt - 2 comments |
Thursday, May 15, 2025
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Thanks to digital technology and social media, children no longer have the option of leaving their bullies at the school gate. Media - Jean Yates - 3 comments |
Historians picked Curtin. The public picked Howard. But who really made Australia better? Domestic Politics - Peter Bowden - 19 comments |
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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If nothing really matters, then why does it matter that nothing matters? Political Philosophy - Steven Schwartz - 9 comments |
Labor has the ideal ABC for 2025-31 – a powerful and complacent woke-left propaganda-ministry. The broadcaster’s overdue shunt of overrated Laura is typical. Media - Stephen Saunders |
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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The two-party system masks itself in different names and faces—offering only the illusion of opposition. Domestic Politics - Mamtimin Ala - 2 comments |
When medical interventions pose unnecessary, disproportionate risks of harm, healthcare providers should refuse to offer them—even when requested. Health - Maryanne Demasi - 6 comments |
Monday, May 12, 2025
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The one rare occasion in the twenty-first century where ancient ceremony, the old boy network – many presumptive virgins – along with festive dressing up, were seen with admiration rather than suspicion. International - Binoy Kampmark - 9 comments |
Is it ethical and moral for wealthy countries to subsidise 'green' energy while encouraging exploitation and environmental degradation in the developing world? Environment - Ronald Stein - 2 comments |
Friday, May 9, 2025
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Scientific theories are never proven by a show of hands - if they were, the Earth would still be flat. Environment - Tom Harris - 3 comments |
Trump’s economic chaos is rattling markets and breaking the dollar’s spell. International - Binoy Kampmark - 1 comment |
Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Post election there is always jockeying to write the narrative. Frequently these are either complete fantasy, or 'faction' – fiction based on fact. Domestic Politics - Graham Young - 2 comments |
HKOPS calls for the creation of a new territorial entity comprising Jordan, Gaza, and part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) to be named the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine. International - David Singer |
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
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Worried about the cost of electricity? No, they can afford it – but are more worried about carbon emissions and climate change – so the very high cost of energy transition is worth it. Domestic Politics - Ross Elliott - 1 comment |
The sanctimonious left-elite is euphoric, confident that woke Labor can inflict six more years of population replacement, energy betrayal, and housing distress. Domestic Politics - Stephen Saunders |
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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Fairness is not about everyone getting the same outcome. It's about everyone having a fair chance to reach their potential. Political Philosophy - Steven Schwartz - 1 comment |
With an upcoming Valero Refinery closure in California, the 5th largest economy in the world will be more dependent of China for its demands for transportation fuels and oil derivatives to make products. Environment - Ronald Stein and Kasun Ubayasiri - 1 comment |
Monday, May 5, 2025
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If the trend of landlord-bashing by government continues, investors will simply walk away from the rental housing market. Economics - Brendan O'Reilly - 2 comments |
From hectoring and mocking to mineral diplomacy — Trump’s shift on Ukraine is less a change of heart than a change of terms. International - Binoy Kampmark |
Each of these leaders won by sharpening the difference between them and their opponents. Peter Dutton and this lot of LNP leaders tried to minimise the difference. Domestic Politics - Graham Young - 15 comments |
Friday, May 2, 2025
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While the latest polls suggest Labor might scrape into forming a majority government, a minority government, propped up by the Greens, is still a real possibility. Domestic Politics - Scott Prasser and Nicholas Aroney - 2 comments |
Nanny state rules often owe their origins to moral panics. These are defined as a widespread fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society. Law & Liberties - David Leyonhjelm - 6 comments |
Thursday, May 1, 2025
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Why would a party whose voters are younger and disproportionately likely to rent propose policies that could see rents increase on average by another $83 per week, as well as seeing as many as 450,000 homes disappearing from the rental market? Domestic Politics - Graham Young - 9 comments |
The Republican Party has lost its moral compass and its spine, and it will pay dearly for empowering Trump, who brought America to the precipice of a national disaster. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 4 comments |
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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We owe our ancestors a country that believes in itself. Political Philosophy - Steven Schwartz - 6 comments |
California is being lobbied to import much of its electricity demands from out-of-state emission generating coal fired power plants, despite the 70-year safety record of the Navy with nuclear generated electricity. Science & Technology - Ronald Stein and Gene Nelson - 8 comments |
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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Many believe that ideology and laws are stronger than the laws of Nature if forced. The reality is the reverse. Science & Technology - Charles Hemmings - 12 comments |
While there are inherent differences between the two, animals in Britain are increasingly likely to receive more timely and readily accessible medical treatment than their human counterparts, albeit often at a direct financial cost to their owners. Health - Ivor Campbell - 2 comments |
Monday, April 28, 2025
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With time running out in the countdown to the May 3 Federal election, Australia's future may well depend on how many voters believe Labor's repetitive litany of lies. Domestic Politics - John Mikkelsen - 43 comments |
Trump's views for resolving sovereignty in just a miniscule area of Huckabee's 'tiny sliver of real estate' are yet to be revealed.. International - David Singer |
Thursday, April 24, 2025
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Trump’s imposition of tariffs upon China is seen as an assault with insult. International - Murray Hunter - 5 comments |
All the parts and components to generate electricity are made from oil derivatives manufactured from oil. Science & Technology - Ronald Stein - 14 comments |