Month: July 2025

By Peter Brown   Since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, global opinion of the United States has shifted dramatically – and not for the better. While some world leaders made polite […]

Australia, in keeping with its penal history, has a long record of paranoid officialdom and paternalistic wowsers. Be it perceived threats to morality, the tendency of the populace to be corrupted, and a general, gnawing […]

In a world where information moves faster than fact-checkers can keep up, the last decade has marked a turning point in the history of misinformation. Fake news – once the stuff of fringe tabloids and […]

UNSW Sydney Media Release Lack of affordable housing in Australia is hurting productivity, costing billions, and making it harder for employers to attract and retain workers. The housing crisis is often framed as a social […]

For a brief, confused moment in July 2025, Scotland became the darling of the MAGA crowd. American far-right accounts gushed about its rugged beauty, its deep sense of tradition, and of course, its supposed love […]

RMIT University Media Release Harmful content outweighs educational content as YouTube falls under the social media ban  The Albanese government has decided to include YouTube in its world-first social media ban for under-16s. Initially exempt […]

The enthusiasm in this tweet is palpable: But this excitement glosses over the downstream effects. Tariffs may spur domestic production, but they hit consumers and businesses hard with higher prices. Retaliatory tariffs from other countries […]

Mr Neal is Entitled to Be an Agitator, directed by Daryl Dellora, is a compelling and thought-provoking documentary that chronicles the tumultuous career of Lionel Murphy, a polarising Australian High Court Justice whose progressive ideals […]

Plan International Australia Media Release Plan International Australia has today joined global calls to clear the way for urgent aid to flow into Gaza. On Monday Israel agreed to pause military operations for 10 hours […]

It’s been almost an article of faith among Israeli officials: the state they represent is incapable of genocide, their actions always spurred by the noblest, necessary motivations of self-defence against satanic enemies who wish genocide […]