Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Australia's states and territories are at it again, locked in the ritualistic squabble with the Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) – and each other – over the GST revenue distribution. Economics - Joe Branigan - 1 comment
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Some see havoc, confusion, chaos, and amateurism, while others see Trump fulfilling his promises. International - Murray Hunter - 5 comments
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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Earth’s natural resources are being extracted at alarming rates but not being replenished. The 4-billion-year-old planet's 'wells' will run dry at some time. Environment - Ronald Stein and Cleveland Jones - 4 comments
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We know that the UN is a den of antisemitism ...I will stand up for President Trump's America First, peace through strength policies and bring moral truth and crystal clear moral clarity at the United Nations on Day One... International - David Singer - 9 comments
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Monday, March 31, 2025
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Ukraine will win-because victory depends on more than just money and missiles. International - Yuri Koszarycz - 18 comments
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In the opinion of France 'At a time when global governance is being challenged by the proliferation of crises, we must not give in to the temptation of unilateralism'. International - Ioan Voicu - 5 comments
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Friday, March 28, 2025
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Anthony Albanese may think he's being smart by announcing the election the day after Peter Dutton's reply-to-the-budget speech, but because the decision has leaked, he's handed the starters gun, and a lot of the advantage, to Peter Dutton. Domestic Politics - Graham Young - 8 comments
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Trust in vaccines is collapsing, fuelled by political failures, corporate greed, and scientific conflicts of interest. Health - Steven Schwartz - 13 comments
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The G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America – with the High Representative of the EU also attending - made no mention of the two-state solution in their final communique. International - David Singer - 15 comments
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Thursday, March 27, 2025
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Australians may never embrace the use of guns for self-defence, but they also never agreed to being rendered defenceless. Law & Liberties - David Leyonhjelm - 19 comments
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Snow White, the live-action version cobbled together by Disney, opened over the weekend with devastating reviews and empty theaters coast to coast. The Arts - Jeffrey Tucker - 3 comments
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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Keating predicted a Banana Republic and it is gradually coming true. Domestic Politics - Graham Young - 9 comments
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Electricity from nuclear power is continuous, uninterruptable, emission free, and utilizes the least amount of earth’s natural resources to generate electricity. Environment - Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers and Steve Curtis
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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Reliable, available 24/7 and affordable electricity underpins our economy and is critical to our future prosperity (if we have one as a sovereign nation). Nation Building - Charles Hemmings
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Commonsense should have alerted many people to the perils of public wearing masks for any length of time. Health - Murray Hunter - 1 comment
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Monday, March 24, 2025
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The portrait of Meta that emerges is disturbing, as have been the company's efforts to silence Wynn-Williams, who has registered as a whistleblower with the US Securities and Exchanges Commission. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
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For the first time in his long political career, Vučić faces a serious public challenge to his leadership. The EU has an opportunity to play a significant role in mitigating the unrest while luring Serbia out of Russia’s orbit. International - Alon Ben-Meir
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Friday, March 21, 2025
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Major-party election-offerings are unsympathetic to ordinary voters. Coalition indolence (and overstated Trump fears) may well re-elect Labor or (heavens no) Labor-Greens. Nation Building - Stephen Saunders - 5 comments
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The Hashemit Kingdom of Palestine is at least a virtual reality. International - David Singer - 7 comments
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Thursday, March 20, 2025
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That they think their views make the slightest difference is almost charming. That they pick climate change as the issue suggests they have slumbered in a deep, uninterrupted sleep. Sport - Binoy Kampmark - 1 comment
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Trump’s betrayal of the ideals and values that America has embraced and which made it an unrivaled nation is tragic. Every Republican with a conscience should rise and put America first. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 15 comments
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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There is one fatal flaw in the scorched earth disease control so loved by the bureaucracy – it fails to encourage the survival and multiplication of resistant individuals. Environment - Viv Forbes - 3 comments
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All the parts and components of the net zero emissions fantasy from wind turbines and solar panels are 100% dependent on the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil, the same oil that net zero enthusiasts want to rid the world of. Environment - Ronald Stein - 13 comments
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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AI is greatly lowering the integrity and standards of a PhD award Education - Murray Hunter
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Having failed in spectacular fashion, along with fellow pundits, to read the premonitory signs of a Trump victory over Kamala Harris, he has returned to the theme of the mad man, or at least the ill man. International - Binoy Kampmark - 2 comments
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Monday, March 17, 2025
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Throughout millennia of dispersion, the Jews had no army, no weapons, and no advanced technology to fight back against persecution, segregation, expulsion, and death, but they survived. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 10 comments
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So much time and effort is given to political analysis. However, the very essence of government is the administrative state, or bureaucracy as it is also called. Political Philosophy - Murray Hunter - 2 comments
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Friday, March 14, 2025
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The current push in Australia to deploy nuclear power reactors once again contrasts an excessive optimism by nuclear proponents against the continuing stagnant situation of nuclear power worldwide. Environment - Jim Green, Darrin Durant and Jim Falk - 17 comments
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The Emergency Arab Summit for Palestine hosted by Egypt on March 4 has ignored President Trump's decisive stance on Gaza's future - declared on February 4. International - David Singer - 6 comments
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
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It would be foolish for Australia to apply reciprocal tariffs. We are a small trade-exposed economy where 46% of our GDP is exports and imports whereas the US is the largest economy in the world. Economics - Graham Young - 7 comments
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Most people talk about the positive aspects of DEI while avoiding a critical assessment, and it has become taboo to public debate so as not to offend anyone. Political Philosophy - Mamtimin Ala - 5 comments
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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Everyone is probably fed up to their eye teeth with cyclone talk after Ex Tropical Cyclone Alfred has stopped pirouetting and taken his final bows before exiting stage left. Environment - John Mikkelsen - 1 comment
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The urge to throw more money at defence budgets across a number of countries has become infectious. It was bound to happen with Donald Trump's return to the White House. International - Binoy Kampmark
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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Make opponents live up to their own book of rules. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. Political Philosophy - Tom Harris
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Kosovo should expect to face many new, daunting challenges during the next four years. A strong and visionary leader will be needed to tackle the shifting political landscape. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 2 comments
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Monday, March 10, 2025
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It’s better to prepare for a crisis that never arrives than to scramble after one that does. Health - Steven Schwartz - 3 comments
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The singular antics of US President Donald Trump, notably towards supposed allies, has stirred the pot regarding national security in various capitals. International - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
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Friday, March 7, 2025
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Our media was agog at the recent NSW police announcement that they had exposed a $1.3 billion scheme for making fraudulent child sexual abuse claims. Law & Liberties - Bettina Arndt - 2 comments
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At times, Canberra is another world. From its Press Gallerycomes this Financial Review bedtime-story of 'best performer' Jim Chalmers with his 'disdain for' inequality.. Domestic Politics - Stephen Saunders - 5 comments
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
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As a product of the bureaucratic system, this impersonality hinders their ability to perceive the world through unbiased eyes. Political Philosophy - Mamtimin Ala - 10 comments
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Why are we always putting green energy assets in all the wrong places? Environment - Viv Forbes
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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Today, with 8 billion humans on this planet, only the few wealthy countries are extracting natural resources to bolster their economies and provide prosperous lives for their citizens. Environment - Ronald Stein, Robert Jeffrey and Olivia Vaughan - 3 comments
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The Obama administration’s failure to veto Resolution 2334 proved disastrous for Israel as the Security Council then proceeded to use Resolution 2334 for the next seven years as a battering ram. International - David Singer - 3 comments
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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Anyone who denies that the brutal occupation of the West Bank and war in Gaza has not fueled the rise of antisemitism is willfully naïve. Law & Liberties - Alon Ben-Meir - 15 comments
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There was a revolting tabloid quality to the Oval Office reception given to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 28, but then again, President Donald Trump is a tabloid brute. International - Binoy Kampmark - 8 comments
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