Politics
Democracy: Swings and Merry-go-rounds
Jimmy Carter’s Law Day Speech 4 May 1974: ‘I’m not a qualified to talk to you about law, because in addition to being a peanut farmer, I’m an engineer and nuclear physicist, not a lawyer… […]
Year: 2025
Politics
AUKUS: Flawed and Sinking
A stillborn agreement treated as thrivingly alive; an understanding celebrated as consensual and equal. The AUKUS security arrangement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, envisaging the transfer and building of nuclear-powered submarines […]
Politics
What would Donny do?
P. Duddy turns orange Is the LN/P adopting GOP dirty deeds and agitprop and looking to the MAGAt for inspiration? Malignant tuber P. Duddy is far more inclined to pluck Gina Rinehart’s chin hairs than […]
Environment
Duty of Care on climate pollution
Former Liberal Leader, Nobel Laureates and Australia’s most decorated Olympian join calls to legislate a Duty of Care on climate pollution as 2024 confirmed hottest year on record. A host of well-known Australians have signed […]
AIM Extra
Blame it on the Media?
By James Moore “If you don’t want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and […]
Politics
A firestorm of misinformation
Meta’s decision to stop factchecking its platforms was announced in the same week as LA continues to be devastated by wildfires. The two events are long in the making and related. Wearing a $900,000 watch, […]
Satire
Will Trump Rename The Great Australian Bight Because It’s Misspelt?
Now it’s only a few days until Trump takes the reigns of the presidency… Yes, yes I know it’s normally spelled “reins” but surely one of his first acts will be to announce his emperoracy […]
Politics
Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 6)
By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 5 The Lost Archive: Government House Guest Books In 2010, I first requested access to the Government House guest books held by the Archives, which provide the details of […]
Politics
Prelude to an election: Voters beware (Part 2)
Continued from Part 1 1 Evaluating how much the average citizen understands government in general is challenging. Many people are generally aware of economic issues and blame government entities for their struggles. For example, when […]
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The California wildfires and the unmentioned threat of nuclear radiation
So far, the corporate media is not mentioning the potential threat of the Los Angeles horror fires to the Santa Susana Field Nuclear Laboratory. The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) is located approximately 18 miles […]
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My Kangaroo Island
The looks of excitement on our faces was sure evidence that Mr Borham’s idea was met with class approval. It was 1966. Trevor Borham was our class teacher at the Parndana Area School on Kangaroo […]
Environment
Australian Conservation Foundation warns of more climate catastrophes as LA wildfires burn and 2024 declared hottest year on record
Australian Conservation Foundation Media Release With 2024 now officially declared the hottest year on record, and wildfires continuing to rage in California, the Australian Conservation Foundation says urgent action is needed to phase out fossil […]
Politics
Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 5)
By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 4 On the afternoon of 11 November 1975, Kerr revealed that he had secretly met with the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Sir Garfield Barwick, the […]
Politics
Prelude to an election: Voters beware (Part 1)
The golden sun bathes our lands in warm light, casting a joyful glow as people revel in the delights of summer. Laughter and cheer fill the air as holidaymakers engage in carefree play, focusing solely […]
Politics
Refugees as Business: The Paladin Group Contract
Though our original site will still be up for another couple of years, it is a horrid thought knowing that it will eventually be gone, and with it, thousands of articles that are a record […]