Monday, March 31, 2025
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Ukraine will win-because victory depends on more than just money and missiles. International - Yuri Koszarycz - 8 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 - 4 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 - 10 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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Monday, March 10, 2025
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It’s better to prepare for a crisis that never arrives than to scramble after one that does. Health - Steven Schwartz - 3 comments
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The singular antics of US President Donald Trump, notably towards supposed allies, has stirred the pot regarding national security in various capitals. International - Binoy Kampmark - 3 comments
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Friday, March 7, 2025
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Our media was agog at the recent NSW police announcement that they had exposed a $1.3 billion scheme for making fraudulent child sexual abuse claims. Law & Liberties - Bettina Arndt - 2 comments
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At times, Canberra is another world. From its Press Gallerycomes this Financial Review bedtime-story of 'best performer' Jim Chalmers with his 'disdain for' inequality.. Domestic Politics - Stephen Saunders - 5 comments
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
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As a product of the bureaucratic system, this impersonality hinders their ability to perceive the world through unbiased eyes. Political Philosophy - Mamtimin Ala - 10 comments
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Why are we always putting green energy assets in all the wrong places? Environment - Viv Forbes
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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Today, with 8 billion humans on this planet, only the few wealthy countries are extracting natural resources to bolster their economies and provide prosperous lives for their citizens. Environment - Ronald Stein, Robert Jeffrey and Olivia Vaughan - 3 comments
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The Obama administration’s failure to veto Resolution 2334 proved disastrous for Israel as the Security Council then proceeded to use Resolution 2334 for the next seven years as a battering ram. International - David Singer - 3 comments
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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Anyone who denies that the brutal occupation of the West Bank and war in Gaza has not fueled the rise of antisemitism is willfully naïve. Law & Liberties - Alon Ben-Meir - 15 comments
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There was a revolting tabloid quality to the Oval Office reception given to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 28, but then again, President Donald Trump is a tabloid brute. International - Binoy Kampmark - 8 comments
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Monday, March 3, 2025
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Therefore, mathematically, Generative AI favours effectiveness at the expense of novelty. Creativity, on the other hand, seeks to maximise both effectiveness and novelty. Science & Technology - David Cropley - 3 comments
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Zelensky arrived at the White House, where Trump personally greeted him at the entrance. The Russia-Ukraine war seemed to have taken a crucial step toward peace. International - Chin Jin - 5 comments
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