It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster

What can we do about Palestine? I stand in front of you nowa metaphorical stick in my handI bang it three times on the wooden floorThree is the sound of an urgent alarm Genocide speaks in a passive…

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.

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The AUKUS Public Inquiry reminds Australians of a nuclear weapon proliferation problem which could stop the program. Rex Patrick reports

Good climate news can feel rare. But this week, we got some. According to new analysis reported by The Driven, the number of vehicles registered in NSW with an internal combustion engine peaked on 27 ...

Imagine you’re driving down the highway. Your engine temperature gauge creeps up into the red. The next day again. Then the next. Twenty-eight days in a row. Would you ignore the gauge or accuse it of...

Think it’s easy to get a visa to Australia? Or that migrants get government benefits? Think again.

Trivialisation of antisemitism at the Royal Commission will not make Jews, or anyone else, safer

Australian Government commits to independent investigation into the assaults, sexual assaults, torture of Gaza Flotilla activists by the IDF

In the ‘Leiden Declaration’, an international group of researchers warns that AI is putting fundamental values of the discipline under threat. The rise of AI is forcing mathematics to rethink what mak...

Victorian and federal Labor governments greenlight Otway basin drilling project with potential to supply one-third of state’s gas

When it comes to nuclear weapons, Australians have a right to know – and a right to say No.

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From gambling to ‘jobs for mates’ and reports left to gather dust, the teals have a shopping list of thorny topics to talk about

The Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) debacle might have served as a “life lesson” to politicians and lobbyists about the risks involved in interfering with the independence of arts organisations. But as w...

US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

As both Eastern and Western Australia face gas shortfalls, Japan is onselling vast volumes of Australian LNG at a handsome profit.

Australia’s political and media response to Gaza, including the invitation to Israel’s president, reflects the influence of pro-Israel lobbying and the shrinking space for lawful criticism.

But this is not a day for celebration

A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

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