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April 24, 2025
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

What was more accurately on show were celebrity space marketers on an expensive jaunt, showing us all that women can play the space capitalism game as well.
Society - Binoy Kampmark - 1 comment
 
The annual growth increment of combined solar and wind energy is nearly constant and quite modest, averaging just 35 petajoules.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

With all the advantages and disadvantages of any nation, the biggest element in their prosperity is the calibre of leadership.
International - Stuart Ballantyne - 8 comments
 
Lttle has been written about his return to drawing cartoons in his eighties until his death on 14 April at the age of 87.
International - David Singer - 1 comment
 

Thursday, April 17, 2025

The frazzled response in Australia to the possibility of a Russian presence on Indonesian soil betrays its presumption.
International - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
 
'You can't hand out domestic violence orders like parking tickets.' Well, that's exactly what they have in mind for residents of our Deep North.
Law & Liberties - Bettina Arndt - 3 comments
 

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Iit is a stupid statement that means nothing. Most scientists are not expert in the causes of climate change - people like biologists, particle physicists, material scientists, you name it - so most of their opinions don’t really matter.
Environment - Tom Harris - 35 comments
 
A land of drought, flooding rain and bushfires also comes with expertise which provides economic opportunities.
Environment - John O'Donnell
 

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

As corporation profits soared, the towns and cities that once supported these corporation's factories became desolate wastelands. America is full of 'almost' ghost-towns that have become ghettos for the unemployed.
Economics - Murray Hunter - 7 comments
 
The working from home issue is more complex than a simple on or off. What the Coalition's original announcement showed was a lack of understanding of how the public service operates.
Domestic Politics - Scott Prasser - 4 comments
 

Monday, April 14, 2025

If PM Albanese does not immediately and outright reject Adam Bandt’s demand he ditch negative gearing and the proposed doubling of Capital Gains Tax it will be a tacit admission a Labor government will succumb in government.
Economics - Graham Young - 4 comments
 
Also included are such matters as 'health markers which are expected to have predictive power', be they on mental health, addiction issues, suicide, self-harm and disability.
Law & Liberties - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
 

Friday, April 11, 2025

Although they have been disappointingly ineffective for as long as I can remember, I broadly prefer the Coalition in government to Labor.
Domestic Politics - David Leyonhjelm - 8 comments
 
Israel signals intent to assert sovereignty in West Bank as Trump delays his long-promised announcement.
International - David Singer - 13 comments
 

Thursday, April 10, 2025

The redemptive features of proportional representation have been well canvassed by acknowledged scholars over the past decade.
Political Philosophy - Chek Ling - 9 comments
 
In a climate of constant change, it has never been more important for organisations to resist the urge to follow what's trendy or being escalated through political campaign platforms.
Economics - Nicole Mathers
 

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

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
 
The best chance for affordable, reliable, and clean electricity for all is through nuclear power technology.
Environment - Ronald Stein, Oliver Hemmers and Steve Curtis - 65 comments
 

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

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
 
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
 

Monday, April 7, 2025

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 - 15 comments
 
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
 

Friday, April 4, 2025

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
 
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
 

Thursday, April 3, 2025

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 - 8 comments
 
AI will probably force a 'back to the future' approach to university assessments as AI improves at writing essays.
Education - Keith Suter - 1 comment
 

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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
 
Some see havoc, confusion, chaos, and amateurism, while others see Trump fulfilling his promises.
International - Murray Hunter - 5 comments
 

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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
 
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
 

Monday, March 31, 2025

Ukraine will win-because victory depends on more than just money and missiles.
International - Yuri Koszarycz - 24 comments
 
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
 

Friday, March 28, 2025

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
 
Trust in vaccines is collapsing, fuelled by political failures, corporate greed, and scientific conflicts of interest.
Health - Steven Schwartz - 13 comments
 
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
 

Thursday, March 27, 2025

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
 
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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