Month: May 2026

Media Release 11 Australians departed from Türkiye on Thursday night (Australian time) in the final phase of the Global Sumud Flotilla mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and break Israel’s illegal naval blockade. They […]

Cartel members are not always a congenial bunch. Relations can get frosty and brittle over time. With the United Arab Emirates, membership of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has not been without […]

Having watched the address in reply from Opposition Leader, Angus Taylor, I am quite convinced that Federal Labor must continue to join the debate on commitment to national values with added vigour. Regrettably, the LNP’s […]

By Chen Ziqi   US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a new round of face-to-face talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping from May 14 to 15, a meeting arriving at a […]

By Rob Mellett A Brisbane man who alleges his religious beliefs were unlawfully overridden by Queensland’s Covid-19 vaccine mandates has likely cleared a major legal hurdle, setting the stage for a landmark human rights trial. […]

By Denis Hay Description Labor 2026 budget analysis examines housing, cost of living, and why governments avoid deeper reforms Australians want. Introduction – Australians Want More Than Small Relief The Labor 2026 budget analysis now […]

How the Albanese Government Uses Antisemitism to Hide Its Cost‑of‑Living Failures Dedication: To my wife ‘S’ – who knows where the money goes. She is an economist. Only days ago, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood […]

In which Jim Chalmers breaks several promises and the planet simultaneously Many years later, as he faced the press gallery, “Lucky” Jim Chalmers would remember that distant afternoon when his father first explained to him […]

By Walt Zlotow Marco Rubio is America’s 72nd Secretary of State – the first being John Jay in 1789. While serving as the President’s top foreign affairs advisor, overseeing diplomatic missions, managing international relations, promoting […]

On May 10, Robert Kagan, the high priest of neoconservative thought, the bell ringer for muscular interventionism and general American meddlesomeness, lamented in The Atlantic that the United States had suffered a unique defeat in […]

The 2026–27 Budget: A Masterclass in Theatrical Governance By Andrew Klein and Sera Klein – Long‑standing analysts, co‑authors and collaborators On 12 May 2026, Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down a federal budget framed as a […]

On the night of 9 May 2026, One Nation won its first federal lower house seat. The journalists covered who won. Too few asked what winning means. David Farley of One Nation defeated independent Michelle […]