Thursday, December 4, 2025
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Why do planners chase rail fantasies when buses already carry twice the passengers? Southeast Queensland’s real transit workhorse is on the road, not rails. Nation Building - Ross Elliott - 4 comments
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Trump has chosen the path of disastrous authoritarianism. What would it take to stop him from destroying our democracy and replacing it with a dictatorship? International - Alon Ben-Meir - 8 comments
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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If electricity drives prosperity, nuclear drives the future. Safe, dense, reliable power outclasses subsidised wind and solar. Science & Technology - Ronald Stein and David Amerine - 6 comments
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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After three decades of climate summits and ever-larger crowds of well-funded delegates, Belém produced only platitudes, voluntary roadmaps, and a sacred silence around the very fuels it claims are cooking the planet. Environment - Binoy Kampmark - 2 comments
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Monday, December 1, 2025
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Two centuries of climate data tell an awkward story: global temperatures don’t move in step with human CO₂. If correlation is absent, what exactly is Net Zero meant to fix? Environment - Howard Dewhirst - 9 comments
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Friday, November 28, 2025
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MBS told the White House he wants a 'clear path' to a two-state solution. Israel rejects it, Jordan rejects it - and yet Riyadh quietly floated a radical alternative years ago. Is the real peace plan hiding in plain sight? International - David Singer
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The Sudanese civil war is one of the greatest tragedies we are witnessing today. The international community is disgraceful for sitting on its hands, watching with indifference this ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 4 comments
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Thursday, November 27, 2025
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The UK’s COVID-19 Inquiry is laying bare the chaos, mistakes, and political dysfunction of its pandemic response. Australia, by contrast, settled for an inquiry without teeth. Law & Liberties - Scott Prasser - 2 comments
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All the parts and components to generate electricity are based on oil derivatives refined from raw crude oil. Environment - Ronald Stein - 12 comments
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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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As 'lawfare' spreads - from veterans fearing prosecution to courts reshaping climate and migration policy - the rule of law is being twisted into a tool that can paralyse governments. Law & Liberties - Ramesh Thakur
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A labour-hire firm led by a bikie gang boss. Inflated contracts. Luxury assets bought with taxpayer funds. New testimony reveals the disturbing machinery behind Australia’s Nauru deal. International - Binoy Kampmark - 21 comments
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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From Belarus to Gaza, Turkey to the United States, journalists are being jailed, harassed, silenced and killed. What happens when those who tell the truth become targets? Law & Liberties - Alon Ben-Meir
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Sixty thousand delegates flew to COP30 to warn the world about… flying. The UN’s climate conferences are now vast, costly carbon-burning spectacles - and the hypocrisy is impossible to ignore. Environment - Tom Harris
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Monday, November 24, 2025
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From aerial burns to landmark fire behaviour studies, Australia built a world-class bushfire knowledge base. So why are we failing to use it? Environment - John O'Donnell
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Badiou never addressed abortion, but his philosophy leads somewhere unmistakable: denying reproductive autonomy betrays a universal truth. Law & Liberties - Sam Ben-Meir - 8 comments
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Friday, November 21, 2025
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The Coalition's touted policy-shifts enable Albanese to sail on, with massive immigration, historic rental/housing unaffordability, and steepling power-bills. Environment - Stephen Saunders - 10 comments
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Donald J. Trump’s decision to restart nuclear testing erodes U.S. moral authority, heightens global nuclear tensions, empowers proliferators, and reintroduces serious environmental dangers, representing a reckless departure from long-standing restraint. International - Liang Nah - 4 comments
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
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Two of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel cheerleaders—Australia and Türkiye—are scrambling to host the planet’s biggest climate-talks juggernaut. COP26 déjà vu: massive costs, massive emissions, minimal progress. Environment - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
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From Janis Joplin’s taste in men to apartheid’s brutality, not all discrimination is the same. So why does modern law treat every private choice as a public offence? Political Philosophy - David Leyonhjelm - 16 comments
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Energy wisdom-not energy denial-is the foundation of sustainable civilization. Three industry leaders share their individual thoughts on the state of energy, and then collectively join forces for a powerful conclusion. Environment - Armando Cavanha, Ronald Stein and Yoshihiro Muronaka - 3 comments
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The call by many heads of state to end human rights violations often rings hollow as the violators in so many countries continue to commit such crimes with impunity. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 12 comments
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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Bike-helmet rules, speech policing, safety mandates: harmless on their own, dangerous as a pattern. A warning against the slow erosion of adult freedom. Law & Liberties - David Leyonhjelm - 11 comments
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Why is liberal democracy so powerless against the rise of Trumpism and the new authoritarian right? Because liberalism itself has hollowed out meaning creating the very vacuum strongmen now fill. Political Philosophy - Sam Ben-Meir
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Monday, November 17, 2025
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The BBC’s “error of judgment” in editing Trump footage has handed his legal team new ammunition - and raised hard questions about trust, bias, and the future of public broadcasting. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 2 comments
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Pakistan hoped to regain control of the Afghan frontier. Instead, its one-time allies are turning against it. International - Ehsan Stanizai
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Friday, November 14, 2025
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Deputy governor Andrew Hauser likened Australia’s economy to a racehorse ready to sprint — but beneath the rhetoric lies stagnating productivity, rising business closures, and jockeys that keeps flogging the same tired mount. Economics - Graham Young - 6 comments
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With Israel rejecting a Palestinian state and Saudi Arabia demanding one, Trump may turn to a revived Saudi proposal that redraws borders without moving a single resident. International - David Singer - 8 comments
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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 - 18 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 - 9 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 - 21 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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