Tuesday, December 24, 2024
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In a world driven by fear, division, and creeping authoritarianism, libertarianism offers a belief in the dignity of the individual, voluntary cooperation and the power of accountability. Political Philosophy - Steven Schwartz - 18 comments
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Monday, December 23, 2024
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Governor Newsom remains oblivious that there is no replacement for oil that provides products that support the 8 billion on this planet. Environment - Ronald Stein - 3 comments
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Friday, December 20, 2024
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The justifications are always the same. We are moving into territory for security reasons. We are creating a temporary buffer zone. International - Binoy Kampmark - 14 comments
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Will President Xi accept his unprecedented invitation to President Trump's inauguration, and why was it even made? International - Teck Lim - 2 comments
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Thursday, December 19, 2024
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The rise of reactionary extremism in many countries, including the United States of America, the Russian Federation, and parts of Western Europe, raises the spectre of the internationalisation of 21st Century neo-fascism and authoritarianism. Political Philosophy - Barry York - 7 comments
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On 3 December 2024 Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong overruled the advice of Australia’s UN mission to abstain on a General Assembly resolution. International - David Singer - 14 comments
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024
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Over 500,000 children experienced life in an orphanage, other institutions or foster care in the 20th century. 50,000 were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, known as the Stolen Generations. Society - Adele Chynoweth - 5 comments
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Denying the Palestinian right to statehood and conceding further Palestinian land in the West Bank and Gaza to Israel is a recipe for the next horrific inferno. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 6 comments
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024
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The Migration Hub has excelled in 2024, with misleading takes on immigration policy and numbers. Their Xmas brief 'proves' the Albanese immigration deluge isn't happening. You probably imagined it. Nation Building - Stephen Saunders - 5 comments
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The very idea that speech requires ordering and control is the first step to preventing its exercise. Death, in this case to freedom of thought and political expression, is bound to follow. Law & Liberties - Binoy Kampmark - 2 comments
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Monday, December 16, 2024
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Much of that is down to the fact that our Labor Federal Government refuses to acknowledge the rest of the world's industrialised nations are rapidly embracing clean, reliable nuclear energy under bi-partisan agreements. Economics - John Mikkelsen - 10 comments
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The question is, will the rebels fulfill their promise to be inclusive and lift the Syrian people out of their misery, and what can the US and Israel do to help shape the trajectory of the new regime. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 8 comments
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Friday, December 13, 2024
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Article 80 was inserted in the United Nations Charter in April 1945 after the Jewish Agency for Palestine submitted a Memorandum to the United Nations Conference. International - David Singer - 7 comments
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At the November 2024 G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, leaders emphasized in different contexts the themes of solidarity, trust, and diplomacy in addressing global challenges. International - Ioan Voicu - 3 comments
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Thursday, December 12, 2024
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Are there words in the English language that fully describe what happened during the Covid years that are not already overused? Calamity comes to mind. Disaster. Cataclysm. Health - Jeffrey Tucker - 9 comments
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The reports through Western presses read rather familiarly. Joyful residents taking selfies on abandoned, sullen tanks. Armed men ebullient and shooting into the sky with adventurist stupidity. International - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024
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The watershed moment in Syria with the ousting of Bashar al-Assad has triggered a complex and high-stakes scramble for influence in a region already rife with instability. International - Bahauddin Foizee - 4 comments
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Right now, China already has a total of 1,142 operating coal-fired plants and is building six times as many coal-fired power plants as the rest of the world combined. Environment - Ronald Stein and George Harris - 2 comments
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024
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Trump’s win is like Reagan’s win in that it signals a change in the world. It’s not the cause of the change, but it provides an anchor point for negotiating change. International - Graham Young - 7 comments
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It may come as a surprise to readers that the South Pacific nation of Fiji has been supplying peacekeeping forces for more than four decades. International - Stuart Ballantyne
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Monday, December 9, 2024
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What counts as news reporting on the subject in the Western press stable adopts a threadbare approach. We read or hear almost nothing about the dominant backers in this latest round of bloodletting. International - Binoy Kampmark - 5 comments
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Since antiquity, feelings and emotions have been intrinsic to being political - they can stir up a sudden, vital, and decisive move, in person or in a group at the most basic level, to swing to or from an idea, a goal, or an object. International - Mamtimin Ala - 1 comment
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Friday, December 6, 2024
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Of all the creatures in the US bureaucratic swamp, environmental and medical science organisations have the most to fear from the return of Donald Trump. Science & Technology - Peter Ridd - 8 comments
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With his primary allies distracted and internal cohesion reportedly fraying, Assad faces perhaps his most precarious moment since the uprising began. International - Vince Hooper - 10 comments
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Thursday, December 5, 2024
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What is sport really doing for Australia's identity today? Has our entire sense of self been reduced to an obsession with who can throw, kick, or run the fastest? Sport - Vince Hooper - 7 comments
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Israel is unique among the 193 UN member states: The only state that has reappeared on world maps after being erased for 3000 years. International - David Singer - 2 comments
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
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The election of Donald Trump has thrown contemporary economic commentary into overdrive. It has also exposed the limitations of contemporary economic knowledge and comment. Economics - Ben Rees - 6 comments
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Like many other Western countries, it is divided over many issues, including Aboriginal rights, immigration, economic hardship, climate change, and racial reconciliation. Political Philosophy - Mamtimin Ala - 12 comments
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Tuesday, December 3, 2024
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Zelenskyy's proposal marks a significant departure from Ukraine's previous stance of rejecting any compromise on territorial integrity. International - Vince Hooper - 8 comments
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Asian, female and gay, and extremely competent, she would put Australia as the leading nation on the world map. Even Anthony Albanese would give up his power to Wong to ensure his party stayed in power. Domestic Politics - Peter Bowden - 10 comments
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Monday, December 2, 2024
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Williams makes a point of juxtaposing the weak, impressionable consumer of news and those of Rogan and his tribe of entrepreneurial podcasting fantasists. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 7 comments
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Under the system we have today in which government spending picks winners and losers in the business world and hires massive amounts of people, we have amassed an unsupportable debt of more than $100,000 per person. Environment - Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers and Steve Curtis - 2 comments
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Friday, November 29, 2024
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The easiest way to understand what central banks are doing is to look at employment growth. Economics - Michael Knox
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New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman has offered President-elect Donald Trump some friendly advice on resolving the Arab-Jewish conflict. International - David Singer
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Thursday, November 28, 2024
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Stabilising population, argues the report Big thirsty Australia, is the safest and cheapest avenue to meet arid Australia's water needs. Not what government wants to hear, is it? Environment - Stephen Saunders - 12 comments
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In the Indo-Pacific region such intermediate range hyper-sonic systems could render intercontinental ballistic systems obsolete. International - Murray Hunter - 5 comments
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