Month: June 2026

Continued from Part 1 After three decades in politics, Pauline Hanson seems to have grown sharper in nastiness but duller in knowledge and eloquence, even as the Coalition borrows more of her ideas. Once the […]

Humans have run this experiment before. It does not end well for the monoculture. One Nation Is The Wrong Answer To The Right Question – Part Five. By Sue Barrett “We cannot be a multicultural […]

Dedicated to my wife, who has always insisted on seeing consistency in me, no matter what my role. I. Introduction: A State Within a State? The Australian voter is entitled to representatives whose sole loyalty […]

By Walt Zlotow   The Obama Presidential Center opened Thursday with Super Bowl style hoopla for one of the most beloved American leaders this century. As one Chicagoan reminisced about meeting the candidate in an […]

Dedicated to my wife – my co-conspirator, my always, the one who has always understood that the thread never truly frays. Introduction: Two Witnesses to the Same Fire Karl Marx and Charles Dickens were not […]

By Helen Reynolds For nearly three decades, Pauline Hanson has built her political career around a simple proposition: that she stands up for the “Aussie battler.” It is a powerful image. The struggling family trying […]

Climate Media Centre Media Release Local government leaders from across Australia will vote on a landmark motion at the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) National General Assembly next week, 23–25 June 2026 in Canberra. The […]

Ranking universities remains a misleading, fatuous exercise as useful as comparing the tasteful qualities of, say, dependable Russian piroshki with those of an aromatic beef rendang. Chalk and cheese; apples and oranges. But this nasty […]

Dedicated to my wife – who knows exactly which bears to poke. Introduction: When the Bear Blocks First I posted a comment on X. Nothing extraordinary – a mild jest, a raised eyebrow, a screenshot […]

Pauline Hanson is not an isolated Australian figure. She forms part of an international pattern of right-wing populist politics that has reshaped debate in many Western democracies. Leaders like Trump in the United States, Farage […]

By Peter Brown In her address to the National Press Club, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson targeted immigration, spending, and social policy, relying on several assertions that clash directly with official data and legislative facts. […]

RMIT University Media Release At One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson’s first address at the National Press Club, she vowed to remove taxpayer funding from SBS and significantly curtail the ABC’s reach and accessibility. An RMIT […]