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November 7, 2024
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With the BRICS meetings in Kazan, Russia now over, and four ASEAN states are firmly on the waiting list to join, the relevance of ASEAN is clearly on the wane.
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

The derivatives manufactured from raw crude oil are the basis of more than 6,000 products in our society that did not exist 200 years ago.
Environment - Ronald Stein - 1 comment
 
On one side, critics argue that Guterres’s cordial engagement with Vladimir Putin is tantamount to endorsing his actions.
International - Daniel Raynolds - 2 comments
 

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

The death of Sinwar, the mastermind behind the savage October 7 attack presents a new challenge to Netanyahu and Hamas.
International - Alon Ben-Meir - 10 comments
 
This article argues yes. The main reasons are his disastrous and uncaring budget of 2014.
Domestic Politics - Peter Bowden - 9 comments
 

Monday, November 4, 2024

Certainly, in these times, Queensland needs a 'world class public service' to do these tasks, but what do we have now and what is a 'world class public service'?
Domestic Politics - Scott Prasser - 5 comments
 
The British cannot help themselves. They are a meddling island people who conquered huge swathes of the earth in a fictional fit of absentmindedness and remain haughty for having done so.
International - Binoy Kampmark - 2 comments
 

Friday, November 1, 2024

For libertarians, maintaining a criminal justice system, of which the police are a major component, is viewed as one of the few legitimate roles of government.
Law & Liberties - David Leyonhjelm - 9 comments
 
What I want to look at is the structure of demand and where I think the structure of demand will be coming from.
Economics - Michael Knox - 2 comments
 

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Israel's attempt to reshape the Middle East, far from giving it enduring security, will merely serve to make it more vulnerable and unstable than ever.
International - Binoy Kampmark - 4 comments
 
The poorest American is richer than 75 percent of humanity, and about 4.56 billion people on this planet are living on less than $10 a day.
Economics - Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers and Steve Curtis
 

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Planners see it mostly as an opportunity to create housing density around train stations, on the assumption that most people who might live there will also want to travel where the trains will take them.
Nation Building - Ross Elliott - 3 comments
 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Western democracy is at a crossroads. We can drift into a future marked by division and despair, or we can use our strength to forge a new chapter of unity, resilience, and hope.
Political Philosophy - Steven Schwartz - 7 comments
 
The continuing failure of the United Nations to remove Gaza's children, women, the sick and the elderly to the relative safety offered by refugee camps located in Jordan and Syria has been a monumental failure of judgement.
International - David Singer - 5 comments
 

Monday, October 28, 2024

Despite recent favourable opinion polls, Peter Dutton faces one big major hurdle in taking his Liberal-National coalition to office at the next federal election.
Domestic Politics - Scott Prasser - 3 comments
 
Democracy seems futile, up against Huge Australia. Not even 'extraordinary developments' are likely to budge this Albo-tross. What other tactics are available?
Economics - Stephen Saunders - 6 comments
 

Friday, October 25, 2024

Recently, the chair of Queensland's government's Truthtelling and Healing Commission publicly attacked the leader of the Liberal National Party and opposition, David Crisafulli, for his party's stated policy.
Law & Liberties - Scott Prasser - 10 comments
 
A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a gas-fired plant.
Environment - Ronald Stein and John Shanahan - 4 comments
 

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Despite a supermajority of the world’s states condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the vast majority of the free world supporting Ukraine, the Kim regime has chosen to back Russia.
International - Liang Nah - 6 comments
 
For the past couple of weeks my mobile phone has been leading the charge for my tossing and turning at night.
Science & Technology - John Mikkelsen - 4 comments
 

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Far from being effective, the body's role is intended as impotently symbolic, an annexure of the corruption consensus that rots at the capital's centre.
Law & Liberties - Binoy Kampmark - 1 comment
 
At the moment, Australian foreign policy is shaped by indoctrinated ideologues working in partnership with the military industrial and financial complex.
International - Ordan Andreevski - 6 comments
 

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

There is evidence of this populism in the willingness of Trump, Dutton and other figures in their parties to attack 'big business'.
Political Philosophy - David Smith - 7 comments
 
Israel's elimination of 16 Hamas and Hezbollah leaders since 7 October 2023 has paved the way for President Biden to achieve what no other American President has accomplished.
International - David Singer - 4 comments
 

Monday, October 21, 2024

The neo-liberal consensus built in the postwar period contained the seeds of its own destruction. It was too dependent on the creation of institutions beyond people’s control and too reliant on elite mastery of events.
Economics - Jeffrey Tucker - 4 comments
 
Free markets? Free trade? The modern economic world has little time for these erroneous, misdirected terms.
Economics - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
 

Friday, October 18, 2024

In this presidential election, there is only one option to uphold women's right to abortion, which is a fundamental human rights issue that has made America proud for more than two centuries.
Law & Liberties - Alon Ben-Meir - 22 comments
 
As King Charles makes his highly publicized visit to Australia, the question arises: could his son, Prince Harry, be the next Governor-General as a gift to the State Premiers?
Law & Liberties - Vince Hooper - 6 comments
 

Thursday, October 17, 2024

There is a growing tendency in the West that politicians gradually cease to serve the people they represent. Then, we may wonder if there is any point in electing them.
Political Philosophy - Mamtimin Ala - 7 comments
 
Back at the entrance, dodging the crowds who knew exactly where they were headed, I looked up again at the sign and realised I had taken one right turn too soon.
Humour & Satire - John Mikkelsen - 3 comments
 

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Considering the dire state of the economy, it's no wonder that President Trump had been defeated in the presidential election of 2020. What's surprising is how close it had actually been.
International - Ciaran Ryan - 2 comments
 
What was behind the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui, and is it still bad luck to have a woman at sea?
Society - Stuart Ballantyne - 13 comments
 

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Article 80 preserved the legal rights vested in the Jewish people to reconstitute the Jewish National Home within 22% of the territory comprised in the 1922 Mandate for Palestine (
International - David Singer
 
Affordable, reliable, continuous, and emissions free electricity would benefit billions on this planet.
Environment - Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers and Steve Curtis - 1 comment
 

Monday, October 14, 2024

In Israel, more than twice as many people now do not support the two-state solution as support it (64% vs. 27%, respectively). In the West Bank and East Jerusalem, enthusiasm for the two-state solution was equally as low.
International - Brendan O'Reilly - 24 comments
 
'...a decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today.'
Political Philosophy - Mamtimin Ala - 2 comments
 

Friday, October 11, 2024

Economic growth in developing countries hinges on a supply of continuous, uninterruptable, and dispatchable electricity.
Nation Building - Ronald Stein, Robert Jeffrey and Olivia Vaughan - 6 comments
 
A year since Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023, and Israel's retaliation have demonstrated once again that neither has learned anything.
International - Alon Ben-Meir - 7 comments
 

Thursday, October 10, 2024

The South China Sea has become Beijing’s lake. While the Philippines, Vietnam, the United States, the international courts, and others continue to vigorously contest it, China has won.
International - B A Hamzah - 2 comments
 
Of course, in today's Australia, we might not see Fleck leading a gang of bushrangers across the outback, but we could very well see him on a 60 Minutes redemption special.
Humour & Satire - Vince Hooper - 1 comment
 

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Greste soon began exhibiting the symptoms of establishment fever, lecturing the world as UNESCO Chair of Journalism and Communication at the University of Queensland on what he thought journalism ought to be.
Media - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
 
Teaching is a professional responsibility that goes beyond charisma or dedication - it requires skill, strategy, and accountability.
Education - Steven Schwartz - 4 comments
 

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Traditionally Australia’s national security has been defined in terms of international relations, the defence of national integrity and the protection of citizens and states from external threats.
Health - Peter Curson - 2 comments
 
Because wind and solar work only a fraction of the day a 'renewables'-only grid needs insane amounts of generation.
Environment - Geoff Carmody - 4 comments
 

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