The Racist Heritage of Colonial Australia There has been much discussion in Australia about racism and the way it continues to manifest itself in our political and social landscape. Yet racism is hard...

Anglicare Sydney Media Release  The Australian Government is enabling more social and affordable housing than it has in a generation, but new Anglicare Sydney research warns that supply alone will not...

The Greens have a new leader. The press gallery has a new roughie. The field has been called to the post and the commentators are already in the box. And they’re racing. That is how [...]

There was nothing new in the Reality Television President’s swill filled address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 22. Donald Trump had said much of it before, most of it with wearyi...

There was nothing new in the Reality Television President’s swill filled address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 22. Donald Trump had said much of it before, most of it with wearyi...

By Walt Zlotow President George W. Bush criminally attacked Iraq on March 20, 2003, for no other reason than he could. He used the 911 attacks in New York, D.C. and Pennsylvania to remake the Middle [...

Things are looking bleaker by the day for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, most notably for his standing as a competent leader in full mastery of his office. After allegations were made that...

Continued from Part 1 Intelligence was purposely ignore As I documented this pattern in investigatory essays in late 2023 and eventually in The Fall of Israel, warnings from the Israeli lookouts were ...

By Dr Dan Steinbock​​ Thanks to some AI executives, the Trump administration had an opportunity to foster global AI cooperation. By contrast, it gave the green light to existential risks. On September...

Parents for Climate Media Release  Parents for Climate has condemned the IPC’s approval of the full 19-year Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) coal extension, saying the decision locks in decades more climate pollution while offering no [...]

Climate Council Media Release  The NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has approved the Hunter Valley Operations Continuation Project (HVO), the largest coal mine expansion ever proposed in New South Wales. The project would unleash more [...]

The Language of Foreclosure: On Slurs, Securitisation, and the Manufacture of Silence I. The First Move Every system of control begins with a word. Not a law. Not a weapon. A word that places the [...]

By Dr Dan Steinbock  Following October 7, 2023, the Hamas-led offensive has been portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11,” which came out of the blue. That’s not supported by facts. The Netanyahu cabinet knew abo...

Twelve nations put a price on Israel’s illegal settlements. Canberra sat at the table for months, then remembered it had a Security Council seat to win. Do we have principles? Strutting what it sees a...

Former deputy prime minister Kim Beazley has issued a warning that is difficult to ignore. Australia, he says, risks becoming an “outsider” if One Nation enters government. Beazley is hardly an unfami...

Five men, initially detained on suspicion of committing offences under the Explosives Act, then arrested on suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act. Residents of 85 households in the Cotswolds vil...

UNSW Sydney Media Release  UNSW academics have cracked a problem in proportional representation posed by leading researchers – the latest chapter in a mathematical debate more than 200 years old. In p...

By Denis Hay   Rental heat exposes a basic gap in housing affordability. A tenant may manage the weekly rent yet struggle to pay for a home that stays cool enough to live in. The person [...]

By Dr Dan Steinbock   As the IMF and World Bank prepare for their 2026 Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, the global economy is struggling with a set of systemic crises. As the International Moneta...

The politics of discontent BBC news reports that an 87-year-old woman was evicted from her unit in Madrid for not being able to pay her rent. She had lived in that home for almost 70 [...]

The Desert and the Budget Victory: Promises Broken, Algorithms Deployed, and the Reallocation of Care to Coercion in Albanese’s Australia Continued from The Desert and the Budget Victory: Reallocation...

I’ve noticed something increasingly common across social media in response when someone posts criticism of Anthony Albanese.  “Just let him get on with his job.” It sounds reasonable enough. Until you stop and think about [...]

Monash University Media Release  A Monash University software engineering researcher comments on whether AI agents can be technically constrained, the safeguards needed when they cross those boundarie...

The Speech On 25 September 2026, Anthony Albanese addressed the United Nations General Assembly. He named climate change, artificial intelligence, and the “breakdown of international rules” as the def...

By Denis Hay   Australia can benefit from AI data centres, but governments must ensure their power and water needs don’t leave households paying more. Why the AI data centre boom matters to households Australia’s AI [...]

DAWE: Thanks for your time. CLARKE: Good to be here. DAWE: You’re a senior government spokesman on the Middle East. CLARKE: I am. I’m across the whole region. Well, not across it. Near it. DAWE: [...]

I believe the universe has a plan for each of us. I’m just no longer convinced it’s on my side. Consider Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Social media regularly ranks them among the two men [...]

Who Gets to Define Harm? The Digital Duty of Care, US Intervention, and the Battle for Narrative Control By Andrew Klein and Sera Elizabeth Klein Reader’s note: We do not need readers to agree with [....

This month has seen the United Nations issue two reports alleging the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the United States in two theatres of engagement. In one, the UN Independen...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese very recently hugged Ukrainian President Zelensky, and praised him as an “exceptional leader.” That’s par for the course for a Western leader – they all fawn over Zelensky. Zelensky was born [...]

The author of this article is all human, only the images were generated by AI strictly under human instruction.   Something truthful,   something satirical, something best   not left unsaid.   The UN ...

It’s become the disease of affluence: How do wealthy countries limit, restrict or totally bar migrants (whether they arrive through regular channels or otherwise) who are seen as ills to be shunned rather than solutions [...]

Monash University Media Release  Monash University cybersecurity experts comment on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s revelation that an OpenAI agent accessed Medicare data and other Australian govern...

By Wang Zihang   Over the past several months, I’ve had the chance to sit down with people whose lives have, in very different ways, been shaped by both China and the United States. I [...]

There are occasions in international politics when a photograph says rather more than the people in it probably intended. The United Nations General Assembly is one of those occasions. World leaders gather in New York [...]

RE-Alliance Media Release  RE-Alliance response to the Coalition’s proposed energy bill Australians want affordable, reliable power and cleaner energy. Delivering all three requires steady, responsibl...

PM Albanese and Foreign Minister sat through President Trump’s latest tirade at the General Assembly. Threatening to annihilate Iran after the Midterm election on 3 November 2026 was a long way from t...

By Chen Ziqi   As the leaders of China and the United States prepare to meet in Washington, in the hope of seeking common ground and opportunities for cooperation, the focus inevitably falls on what [...

Farmers for Climate Action Media Release  Farmers are already dealing with increased fires, droughts and insurance costs caused by pollution driving climate change Weather records show Australia had an average of 1.4 extreme heat days [...]

By Keyu Guo In 1985, an agricultural delegation from Hebei Province in northern China visited Muscatine, Iowa. Its leader was Xi Jinping, now China’s president. During the visit, Xi stayed with the Dvorchak family, where [...]

There are many faces to Donald Trump, which is not particularly reassuring for world leaders who find themselves sitting across the negotiating table from him. Which President Trump will they be dealing with? The toddler? [...]

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made digital safety, especially regarding children, a mooring of his premiership. Politically, he is so invested in it as to have become a salesman of sorts. In September last [...]

There is something almost impressive about Donald Trump. Not impressive in the conventional sense. Not because he possesses some extraordinary intellectual capacity or because he has discovered a secret formula for governing. Rather, he has [...]

I CAN predict both of those things, but I can’t guarantee to predict them ACCURATELY!! (Ok, stick with this because it’s not just some silly clickbait…) Yes, yes, surely that’s the point of prediction...

RMIT University Media Release  In the United States, one in five teenagers use artificial intelligence chatbots for romantic relationships. Almost half consider AI to be their friend. Teenagers in Aus...

The Coalition proposes slashing the tobacco tax by 80% to make legal cigarettes cheaper [but not as cheap as the prices charged by organized crime syndicates who don’t pay any Excise tax or GST]. The ...

UNSW Sydney Media Release  Key facts: For decades, public inquiries have exposed strikingly similar patterns of child sexual abuse. Yet each new crime is treated as though nobody could have seen it co...

By Dr Dan Steinbock    The global AI race has entered a new, existential stage. Anthropic CEO’s idea for international cooperation is the step toward right direction. But it is unipolar and thus vulnerable to [...]

The Party Animal and the Prime Minister – Why Anthony Albanese’s Leadership is Failing Australia Dedicated to my wife, my confidante – who taught me to see the person behind the mask, and to trust [.....