There is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism

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Australia has problems, but Australia could become much, much worse. Welcome to a rare Mad Max edition of The Stats Guy.

As truth becomes subordinate to political narratives, democracy itself is at risk. From Australia to the US and Israel, defending ethical principles increasingly demands courage from those willing to ...

12 years and I’m STILL detangling...

The terror attacks of 9/11 briefly united a shattered America. But 25 years on their legacy remains in the wars, political divisions and geopolitical shifts that followed.

There is no reason to believe that there is something uniquely Australian about antisemitism.

Or too late? 🙈 (Zionism)

As a long-term critic of the Productivity Commission, and someone who has called for their abolition, even I think the Prime Minister’s recent attack on the government-funded think tank was unfair and...

Curtin and Chifley were pragmatic for Australia’s sake, not necessarily their own. And, more importantly, unquestionably led by their values.

When global catastrophe strikes – be it nuclear war, an asteroid strike or geomagnetic storm – where in the world would you want to be?

That imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it?

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of the Army is announcing today that the Janus Program has selected five nuclear energy vendors, and five initial loca...

Corporate lobbying gives big business too much influence over government. Join the call for a strong, transparent Lobbying Act now.

I wanted to write something thinky this week on a topic I’ve been thinking about for a while.

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MEDIA RELEASE 18 August 2026 The Jewish Council is calling on the Australian Government to issue country-level sanctions against the […]

Humanity has built an extraordinary system for producing and sharing knowledge, yet many people still lack a broad understanding of the systems shaping their lives. That gap is becoming a democratic d...

Why the hell is he here???

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.