Thursday, March 4, 2021
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In PNG some key health indicators have been stagnant at best and gone backwards at worst. Infant mortality, the incidence of diseases such as malaria have increased. Even diseases that had once been conquered such as cholera have returned. International - Jeffrey Wall - 6 comments
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Their wealth and fame has made them all too ready to be seen as world leaders, and to see themselves as having the solutions to world problems. Environment - Noel Wauchope - 13 comments
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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A vital issue for humanity is the extent to which human activity has a negative effect on the ability of the planet to sustain us, going forward. We have the power but probably not the will to change or modify our activities. Environment - Charles Hemmings - 18 comments
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The pandemic will increase the number of people making a difficult and dangerous journey in hope of a better life International - Guy Hallowes - 8 comments
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
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After a year’s experience of COVID-19 worldwide, the continuing hold of discredited mathematical models regarding lockdowns remain. Health - Ramesh Thakur and David Redman - 17 comments
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The Palestinian conflict is dangerously eroding Israel’s moral standing as the public’s alarming complacency is ever growing. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 2 comments
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Monday, March 1, 2021
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It would have been fairer to all concerned, if these complaints had been properly investigated by police and (if merited) tried in a court. Law & Liberties - Brendan O'Reilly - 39 comments
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'[B]oth before and after the 2020 election, nonlegislative officials in various States took it upon themselves to set the rules instead.' International - David Singer - 5 comments
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Friday, February 26, 2021
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While I never worked for him in his office as Prime Minister I did form a good association with him over the years since I first went to PNG in 1978. International - Jeffrey Wall - 4 comments
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You may have seen reports that the UK's top court has decided that Uber drivers are not independent contractors. Australian unions are excited by this. Economics - Ken Phillips - 13 comments
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I've previously responded to the initial criticism of this photo by better characters, and I do not presume to do so again every time some clown critiques my Christianity. Law & Liberties - David Pellowe - 4 comments
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
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It has puzzled and alarmed the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee for 'breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online'. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 9 comments
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The US and the EU will make a mockery out of the virtues of morality and human rights they preach unless they stop Erdogan's outrageous criminal treatment of his own people. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 11 comments
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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The first step needs to be to enable travel between Australia and regional neighbours where Covid-19 numbers are very low to resume as soon as possible. The most obvious example is Fiji. International - Jeffrey Wall - 11 comments
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Australian private debt is now 200% of GDP some four times the level of public borrowing. Does this private sector debt affect economic growth? Economics - David Kauders - 37 comments
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
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As COVID-19 trudges through endless revisions of rules and regulations, Australia's response to the virus is beginning to resemble the blackest of farces. Health - Steven Schwartz - 12 comments
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Creepy and ruthless Facebook has again impressed with its steely indifference to civic responsibility, as if a company established by a sociopath could ever be a model of human improvement. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 8 comments
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Monday, February 22, 2021
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If nothing else coronavirus brings to the fore how poorly we are adapted to dealing with epidemic and pandemic outbreaks of infectious disease. Health - Peter Curson - 16 comments
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There are many cultural narratives that tell of a golden age when humans lived in peace and harmony but which would eventually give way to times of strife and suffering. Environment - Peter McMahon - 17 comments
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Friday, February 19, 2021
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Rather, a balanced report should recognise the strengths, weaknesses and limitations of the Club’s recent response to racism. Law & Liberties - Chris Lewis - 54 comments
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Taking an illegal substance had never occurred to me until I stumbled across Michael Pollan's article in The New Yorker. Health - Tania de Jong - 7 comments
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
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Too many Australian politicians appear to be stuck in the 'Denial' phase of the Kubler-Ross change curve – unable or unwilling to accept the reality of climate change. Environment - Campbell Macpherson - 47 comments
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The first lockdown, lasting 112 days in 2020 and costing 801 lives resulted directly from disastrously incompetent mismanagement of hotel quarantine by the government. Law & Liberties - Ken Phillips - 16 comments
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
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If you go to the AIFF website you will be disappointed. The project is there, but the AIFF contribution has not been determined and effectively NOTHING has happened! International - Jeffrey Wall - 15 comments
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It's looking a touch quixotic, but the News Media Bargaining Code has become Australia's weapon of choice in attempting to redistribute proceeds from big tech into the coffers of a withering fourth estate. Media - Binoy Kampmark - 4 comments
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
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Following the court's decision, Brown indicated that his Foundation's activists will continue protesting in the forests while its lawyers will appeal the decision in the High Court. Environment - Mark Poynter - 15 comments
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India's agricultural woes can only be solved if opposition political parties consider the national interest not their own partisan interests International - Sudhanshu Tripathi - 1 comment
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Monday, February 15, 2021
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According to Mackey's expert academics, mild burning can't prevent natural disasters such as Black summer. But there was nothing natural about it. Environment - Vic Jurskis - 10 comments
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President Trump has gone, but the rise of China and Trump's call to put America first remains a wake up call for all liberal democracies. International - Chris Lewis - 23 comments
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Friday, February 12, 2021
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But on the very same day the ambitious International - Jeffrey Wall - 5 comments
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Katy Faust joins with Stacy Manning in their new book 'Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children’s Rights Movement'. Political Philosophy - Edie Wyatt - 17 comments
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Thursday, February 11, 2021
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Defence, and Navy in particular during times of peace, is generally the first casualty in budget cuts. Alas there are enemies looming on the horizon. International - Stuart Ballantyne - 17 comments
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Soft power was defined in the document as the ability to influence the behaviour and thinking of others through the power of attraction and ideas. International - Ordan Andreevski - 2 comments
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
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What the Democrats are asking us to believe is that a man who can make billions in his lifetime doing intricate deals can't properly organise a coup. International - Graham Young - 81 comments
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It’s time for the political leaders in Kosovo to provide a clear, cohesive, and consistent socio-economic and political program to put Kosovo on the path of recovery and progress and become a truly independent state. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 3 comments
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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I agreed with our fundamental equality as human beings and Australian citizens, but I disputed that we had equally valid points of view in this meeting. Law & Liberties - Natasha Cook - 8 comments
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The first unsuccessful impeachment of Trump was a major contributing factor in the Democrats seeing their 235-199 control of the House of Representatives reduced to 220-212. International - David Singer - 25 comments
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Monday, February 8, 2021
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The woke trolls are on a roll. They come in waves, for Christians who publicly proclaim their beliefs and defend Christian teachings. Law & Liberties - Paul Collits - 31 comments
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COVID has caused a kerfuffle amongst authorities in the Australian state of Victoria, who are still keen to host an international tennis tournament at considerable risk. Health - Binoy Kampmark - 6 comments
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