Month: September 2026

By Denis Hay   Quick answer Israeli government influence in Australia includes documented public pressure and diplomatic retaliation intended to shape Australian policy. Israeli allegations also prompted a consequential Australian aid-funding decision. Those actions warrant scrutiny […]

Countries have a duty to see that migrants who leave their birthplace for richer countries do so under conditions that make sense. If Australia’s public health services actively recruit nurses from other countries, and that […]

A post-human guide to aged care on Planet Bureaucratia Humanity disappeared centuries ago. The paperwork survived. Nobody was entirely sure what finished the humans. The cockroaches suspected climate change. The surviving satellites blamed social media. […]

Continued from What Went Wrong? (Part 4) Part 5 – The Vacuum At the end of Part 4, I suggested that we had reached the next stage of this story. When people lose faith in […]

Politicians are right to be worried that economic insecurity can fuel radical politics. Labor should understand why some economically pressured voters are moving to parties it fears. There is something oddly comforting about this argument; […]

By Tim Dixon   Until a couple of days ago, I believed Elon Musk was the most dangerous person on the planet – completely deranged, the world’s richest man, and someone with no grasp of how […]

By Chen Ziqi The opening of the Pinglu Canal in southern China on September 16 is more than the launch of a new waterway. By creating a shorter route from southwest China to the sea, […]

Recent election results in Germany have seen the AfD, a right wing, neo-Nazi party achieve gains in regional elections. Likewise in Sweden and Norway, The Netherlands, Britain, France and Italy, right leaning parties are winning […]

It’s bleak. “They are racing straight toward self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” So stated researcher Jacob Coxon on those artificial intelligence firms so keen on imposing their jaundiced visions upon humanity in the […]

By James Moore The TV news helicopter crash in Los Angeles that killed three people is prompting this piece repost. I wrote it a few years ago, and it speaks to what I personally view […]

Continued from What Went Wrong? (Part 3) Part 4 – The Present At the beginning of this series, I asked a simple question: What went wrong? I began with the optimism I felt when Barack […]

Olympic White Elephants: Lessons from Barrambin and Birkdale An Overview of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics By Callen Sorensen Karklis While campaigning for Redlands Mayor Cr Jos Mitchell during the 2024 Redlands local government election, I […]