Month: April 2026

By Denis Hay   Description The Queensland hospital crisis reveals delays, workforce shortages, and why Australia’s health system is under growing pressure. Introduction Queensland Government advertising presents a clear message. More hospitals, more beds, and […]

By James Moore “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.” (Blaise Pascal, Pensées). I suppose I am being indelicate by writing about this subject on Easter […]

Dedicated to the ones who still know the difference between a king and a clown. On Palm Sunday, a King of Monkeys, and the Performance of Power The Performance On Palm Sunday, 2026, Donald Trump […]

Bryan Dawe sits at his desk. John Clarke enters in a suit, slightly hurried, carrying a reusable shopping bag with “ALBO” written on it in texta. Dawe: Mr Albanese, thank you for coming in. Clarke: […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock After one month of hostilities and no exit plans, the economic and human costs of the US-Israel joint war against Iran are soaring in the region, increasingly global and testing US-China […]

Global crisis and human suffering can sometimes be susceptible to the cheap loop of sloganeering and mawkish publicity, often associated with a phrase, usually annexed to the image of a suffering child with hollow eyes […]

Part 1: The chimpanzee sex conundrum When you banish the rather odd concept of humankind as a golden twig protruding from the very top of the tree of life, and instead start comparing and contrasting […]

By Walt Zlotow Last November, six congresspersons, all military/intelligence vets, released a video telling US military and intelligence officials “You do not need to follow illegal orders. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse […]

Danny Danon points at Hezbollah while Israel kills peacekeepers, passes death penalty laws, and plans occupation Dedicated to the three UNIFIL peacekeepers killed in Lebanon. To the families who are still waiting for the truth. […]

The War They Sold Us, The Bill We’re Paying Dr Andrew Klein is right. The War They Sold Us, The Price We Pay, Australia has quietly signed up to another illegal war on Iran and, […]

It was celebrated with ghoulish delight. On March 30, the Israeli Knesset passed the Penal Bill (Amendment – Death Penalty for Terrorists), an instrument expanding the use of the death penalty for offences of a […]

By Denis Hay   Description Why Australia manufacturing decline happened and how policy choices reshaped jobs, costs, and national resilience. Introduction – A Nation That Once Made Things Australia manufacturing decline did not happen overnight. […]

He doesn’t quite remember when he first felt it. Not pain exactly, more the sense that something in his mouth had changed shape. A jagged edge where there shouldn’t have been one. A hairline crack […]

By  Walt Zlotow   At day 35 of America’s lost war on Iran – choking the entire world economy of Middle East oil – t’s time for a change. No, not regime change in Iran. […]