Monday, May 27, 2024
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Yet, just a year ago, when the ICC issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and another Russian official for alleged international crimes in the Ukraine war, US officials were full of praise for the court. International - Andrea Furger - 4 comments
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Can't we just be honest with ourselves and have a straightforward discussion about Australia's needs, given the shrinking and ageing population? Nation Building - Guy Hallowes - 7 comments
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Friday, May 24, 2024
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It is ironic how Prime Minister Netanyahu, who vehemently opposed the establishment of a Palestinian state, made it all but irreversible because of his misguided policies and extreme ideological bent. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 8 comments
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After many years of applauding runaway population growth, Premier Miles recently called for a slowdown in immigration numbers under the Labor Albanese Government. Nation Building - Ross Elliott - 6 comments
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Thursday, May 23, 2024
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When law intrudes into the violence of war and conflict, the participants and instigators are rarely satisfied. The matter becomes even more testy when international tribunals feature. International - Binoy Kampmark - 1 comment
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Luca, 2, was born in Australia but isn't a citizen, and the government says the potential cost of his treatment is too much for taxpayers to bear. Law & Liberties - John Mikkelsen - 4 comments
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
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More than 30 years ago, Susan Strange, a key figure in developing international political economy as a scholarly discipline, asked a fundamental question: who holds power in the global system? Law & Liberties - Mamtimin Ala - 5 comments
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A new, large-scale, water-cooled nuclear reactor has just come on line in Georgia, USA. It took years longer to build than initially planned. Environment - Geoff Carmody - 18 comments
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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Guterres's long-awaited condemnation of the 7 October atrocities requires him to adopt the following policies to replace failed policies pursued by him since 7 October. International - David Singer
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The remarkable journey of the COVID-19 virus has made a lot of people think long and hard about whether they can trust scientists, as a whole, to do the right thing. As well it should have. Science & Technology - Twilight Patriot - 4 comments
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Monday, May 20, 2024
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How high a body count does one need before the intention to kill is evinced? International - Binoy Kampmark - 5 comments
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His job in a budget-in-reply speech is to hold the government to account, not to govern himself. The time for detailed plans is much closer to the next election. Domestic Politics - Graham Young - 21 comments
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Friday, May 17, 2024
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Under hapless Jim Chalmers, population growth is beating GDP growth. Budget surplus or not, no voter bribes or band-aids can rectify a Budget persisting with immigration at 3-5 times sustainable levels. Domestic Politics - Stephen Saunders - 19 comments
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As a supplier, I have had extensive dealings with supermarkets and other chain stores in Britain, South Africa and Australia. Economics - Guy Hallowes - 8 comments
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Thursday, May 16, 2024
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Is this the future of Australia? Fat, flaccid, and foolish? Economics - Graham Young - 9 comments
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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the 2024 election, called the campus protest situation 'a mess' as he walked into the second day of his criminal trial in New York. International - Peter Bowden - 3 comments
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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In a pitiful dodge, the report claims it is 'difficult to determine facts on the ground in an active war zone', a state of mind that is bound to lend itself to justifications. International - Binoy Kampmark - 2 comments
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HKOPS meets the requirements of the Montevideo Convention and article 4 of the UN Charter - whilst trashing the General Assembly's phantom 'State of Palestine'. International - David Singer - 2 comments
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
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The treasurer should have stayed the course. He needs to save every bit of money he can. Education - Graham Young - 4 comments
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Underground disposal of CO2 requires it to be pumped AGAINST the pressure of whatever fills the pore space of the rock formation. These pressures can be substantial. Environment - Viv Forbes - 7 comments
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Monday, May 13, 2024
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Primarily, hydrogen energy has already been a Economics - Tom Biegler - 7 comments
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The United Nations, yet another, albeit larger club, functions on similar principles. Do you have the right credentials to natter, moan and partake in the body's constituent parts? International - Binoy Kampmark - 14 comments
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Friday, May 10, 2024
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I am a 'cancer survivor'. I achieved this not by surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, but by starving the cancer of the toxins I had been feeding it until it shrivelled up and died. Health - Melissa Karydas - 6 comments
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'There was a time when I thought two states could work. Now I think two states is going to be very, very tough. I think it's going to be much tougher to get.' International - David Singer - 8 comments
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
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As we all know, this terminology has caused plenty of unnecessary fear. Over more than three years, it has also caused societal hypervigilance and political hysteria. Health - Manfred Horst - 2 comments
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Message to our politicians: If you have deluded yourself that you could ever harness the angry women's vote, take a good look at the Albanese debacle last week. Law & Liberties - Bettina Arndt - 8 comments
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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Albanese’s population and environment policies riff on UN policy. His Made in Australia launch seems to propose a similar template for industry. Environment - Stephen Saunders - 5 comments
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Climate alarmists often tell us that their frightening forecasts are backed up by the best available science. In particular, they point to the IPCC reports. Environment - Tom Harris - 6 comments
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
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I'm probably not alone in finding it surprising that Federal Labor still had around 30 to 32 percent primary support in recent polls - an all-time low. But how low can they go? Domestic Politics - John Mikkelsen - 20 comments
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Turkey's President Erdogan could have emerged from the Israel-Hamas war as a peacemaker. Instead, being absorbed by fake piety, hypocrisy, and folly, he chose to fan the flames of the horrific war. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 1 comment
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Monday, May 6, 2024
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The issue of domestic violence dominated headlines this past week, but is there more to the story? Law & Liberties - Graham Young - 13 comments
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Refugees have been shot for protesting over reduced food rationsvand have also been arrested for allegedly spreading misinformation about Rwanda's less than spotless human rights record. International - Binoy Kampmark
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Friday, May 3, 2024
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300 staff, an asset base of $14m, a full order book of small ship design and builds worth $12m, all approved by the Government’s Export Finance department and an interest rate at the time of 22% for an overdraft, what could possibly go wrong? Economics - Stuart Ballantyne - 4 comments
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Why the UN is actively lobbying for the recognition of this fictitious state is a matter that Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Tor Wennesland need to explain and justify. International - David Singer - 2 comments
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Thursday, May 2, 2024
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The case of intelligence community and leftist leadership giving Wikipedia a bias is serious. Wikipedia is where the young are getting their information. Law & Liberties - Murray Hunter - 5 comments
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Forty-two percent of prisoners in NSW jails are on remand, jailed without a trial. Law & Liberties - Bettina Arndt - 6 comments
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
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Many of the same Labor and Green members of that former Senate committee, including Senator Gallagher, that had advocated a royal commission, voted it down. Law & Liberties - Scott Prasser - 1 comment
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When I was a kid living on a small dairy farm in Queensland, we relied on green energy - horses and human muscles provided most motive power; fire-wood and beeswax candles supplied heat and light. Environment - Viv Forbes - 8 comments
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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It's a mystery as to why Julie Inman Grant would attempt to ban a single blurry instance of terrorism while leaving most completely alone. Law & Liberties - Graham Young - 3 comments
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Forget 2050 or even the target of 82 percent renewables by 2030, ZEN's aim is to achieve Environment - John Mikkelsen - 7 comments
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Monday, April 29, 2024
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The United States is on the path of decline, while Xi Jinping and his cohorts in Zhongnanhai foresee a 'rise in the East and fall in the West'. International - Chin Jin - 3 comments
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This war of grinding, nannying censorship – which is what it is – was the prelude for other agents of information control and paranoia to join the fray. The Labour Albanese government, for instance. Law & Liberties - Binoy Kampmark - 1 comment
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