Health
The Day Democracy Died
By James Moore (I am offering below a piece I began writing years ago regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I have published it previously but will likely do so again in the […]
Year: 2025
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Delivering HAFF right will change lives, the sector, and the future
Australian Community Housing Media Release The Albanese Government’s third and largest Housing Australia Future Fund round will be life changing for tens of thousands of Australians by significantly boosting Australia’s social and affordable housing. “Twenty-one […]
Politics
The Great Betrayal: How the Albanese Government Perfected the Art of Accountability Laundering
They were elected on a promise of integrity. They vowed to be kinder, more transparent, and to govern for all Australians. The Albanese government presented itself as the antidote to a decade of Coalition cruelty […]
Politics
Quiet, Piggy: How Calling a Female Reporter Livestock Became Just Another Tuesday in the Death of American Democracy (Part 3)
This is the final part of a three-part analysis examining how Donald Trump’s “quiet piggy” comment reveals the systematic dismantling of democratic norms. Part One explored how the flood-the-zone strategy and attention economy make outrages […]
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How Decolonising Australia’s Economy Can Build a Just Future
By Denis Hay Description Decolonising Australia. Discover how Australia can decolonise its economy using Indigenous-led models, justice-driven policy, and monetary sovereignty. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction: The Invisible Chains of Colonisation […]
Health
Asset-Stripping a Nation: How Australia’s Government is Trading Your Future for Empire
A third of Australian families are food insecure. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is being pared back to the bone. Welfare recipients face punitive new laws. Meanwhile, the government has committed up to $368 […]
Politics
Time never diminishes the crime. The crime of ignorance, that is
After more than 15 years of missteps and miscalculations regarding climate change policy, the Liberal and National parties have repeatedly demonstrated an alarming level of ignorance. Their failure to grasp the urgency and complexity of […]
Politics
The USA: A democracy on life support
When a President Demands the Death Penalty for His Opponents, Democracy Is Already on Life Support There are moments in political life so shocking, so fundamentally corrosive, that they should stop a nation in its […]
Politics
Quiet, Piggy: How Calling a Female Reporter Livestock Became Just Another Tuesday in the Death of American Democracy (Part 2)
Part Two: The Nine Year War on Women Who Dare to Speak This is the second of a three part analysis examining how Donald Trump’s “quiet piggy” comment reveals the systematic dismantling of democratic norms. […]
Politics
Things Happen: Trump, the Crown Prince and Killing Khashoggi
The Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is at it again. Gulling, wooing, and grinning his way into the establishment of another country, he is greasing palms and making deals. Effusive and flattering of […]
Politics
How to hand the youth vote to Labor and the Teals
Liberals Dumped Net Zero – and Handed the Youth Vote to Labor and the Teals on a Silver Platter By Peter Brown By abandoning the 2050 target, Sussan Ley’s party has turned a slow bleed […]
Your Say
Your Fear is Real, But Your Monster is Fake: The Digital Trap of Misdirected Dread
The comments on one of my recent articles are a chorus of alarm. “Satan says Digital ID is a good idea!” “Beware the mark of the beast!” Visions of the Terminator and a world where […]
Health
Inside the Support at Home Rollout: Why Aged-Care Workers Say the System Is Not Ready – And Seniors Are At Risk
Australia’s long-awaited Support at Home (SAH) reforms were meant to simplify access to aged-care services. Instead, frontline assessors across every state and territory are warning that the rushed rollout of the new Integrated Assessment Tool […]
Politics
Quiet, Piggy: How Calling a Female Reporter Livestock Became Just Another Tuesday in the Death of American Democracy
Part One: The Machinery of Forgetting This is the first of a three part analysis examining how Donald Trump’s “quiet piggy” comment to a female reporter reveals the systematic dismantling of democratic norms. Part One […]
Politics
Why CSIRO Funding Cuts Are a Labor Failure
By Denis Hay Description CSIRO funding cuts and rising defence science programs show a national priority problem. Here is why it matters now. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? Press play Introduction Ordinary […]