Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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Surely Labor can’t just run on their record - what a tissue of lies. If they keep on inciting and exploiting Trump Derangement Syndrome, that might work better Domestic Politics - Stephen Saunders
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The best chance for affordable, reliable, and clean electricity for all is through nuclear power technology. Environment - Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers and Steve Curtis - 10 comments
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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AI may not immediately replace some industries or jobs involving creativity, complexity, imagination, and emotions. However, its self-learning and self-improvement capabilities are gradually being developed to dominate these areas. Science & Technology - Mamtimin Ala - 3 comments
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Migrants came to Australia for the opportunity. As Albo takes it away, there's no reason for them to stay. Economics - Stuart Ballantyne - 6 comments
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Monday, April 7, 2025
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Putin said there were two major objectives for the special military operation in Ukraine. The first objective that has been primarily achieved, was the de-militarization of Ukraine. The second objective is to de-Nazify Ukraine. International - Murray Hunter - 14 comments
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A pluralistic society requires citizens who can engage across differences, not just coexist in parallel worlds. If universities do not model this, who will? Education - Steven Schwartz - 4 comments
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Friday, April 4, 2025
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There has been a fascinating, near unanimous condemnation among the cognoscenti about the seemingly careless addition of Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic to the chat chain of Signal by US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz. International - Binoy Kampmark - 19 comments
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A trust-based society operates democratically, primarily grounded in the principles of contract theory, as John Locke and others postulated. Political Philosophy - Mamtimin Ala - 1 comment
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Goodness knows why the Chinese government would want to put pressure on the Albanese government during an election campaign, but that’s what they are doing. International - Graham Young - 7 comments
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AI will probably force a 'back to the future' approach to university assessments as AI improves at writing essays. Education - Keith Suter - 1 comment
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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 - 5 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 - 10 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 - 24 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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