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
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Historians picked Curtin. The public picked Howard. But who really made Australia better? Domestic Politics - Peter Bowden - 11 comments
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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
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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
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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
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When medical interventions pose unnecessary, disproportionate risks of harm, healthcare providers should refuse to offer them—even when requested. Health - Maryanne Demasi - 6 comments
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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
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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
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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
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Trump’s economic chaos is rattling markets and breaking the dollar’s spell. International - Binoy Kampmark - 1 comment
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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We owe our ancestors a country that believes in itself. Political Philosophy - Steven Schwartz - 6 comments
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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All the parts and components to generate electricity are made from oil derivatives manufactured from oil. Science & Technology - Ronald Stein - 14 comments
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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What was more accurately on show were celebrity space marketers on an expensive jaunt, showing us all that women can play the space capitalism game as well. Society - Binoy Kampmark - 1 comment
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The annual growth increment of combined solar and wind energy is nearly constant and quite modest, averaging just 35 petajoules. Nation Building - Tom Biegler - 13 comments
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
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With all the advantages and disadvantages of any nation, the biggest element in their prosperity is the calibre of leadership. International - Stuart Ballantyne - 8 comments
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Lttle has been written about his return to drawing cartoons in his eighties until his death on 14 April at the age of 87. International - David Singer - 1 comment
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
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The frazzled response in Australia to the possibility of a Russian presence on Indonesian soil betrays its presumption. International - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
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'You can't hand out domestic violence orders like parking tickets.' Well, that's exactly what they have in mind for residents of our Deep North. Law & Liberties - Bettina Arndt - 3 comments
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