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What went wrong? (Part 5)
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 […]
Year: 2026
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Welfare-barrelling
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; […]
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Something happened…
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 […]
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Pinglu Canal: From a shorter route to closer China – ASEAN ties
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, […]
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The rise and rise of the right
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 […]
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Counterfeit Righteousness: Anthropic, AI and the Pacing Fallacy
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 […]
Politics
When Being Woke It’s Better To Have It Done Gently…
Every few years some student test will show us that the vast majority of opinion writers don’t understand basic numeracy. Take the latest PISA results. Australian students showed a significant drop since 2000. Of course […]
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The Day the News Fell from the Sky
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 […]
Environment
Industry and investors welcome government commitment to homegrown climate tech
Climate Energy Finance, Climate Capital Forum Media Release Climate Capital Forum has welcomed the Australian Government’s new Launchpad funding program for early-stage climate and renewable energy startups, announced by Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) alongside […]
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What went wrong (Part 4)
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 […]
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Olympic White Elephants: Lessons from Barrambin and Birkdale
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 […]
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Commissioners condemn Senator Hanson’s racist remarks targeting First Peoples
Australian Human Rights Commission Media Release The Commissioners responsible for First Peoples social justice and combating race discrimination have rejected racist, dehumanising comments against First Peoples by Senator Pauline Hanson. ‘This country prides itself on […]
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Money Morals: Leon Black in Epstein Land
It has been a source of wonder how celebrity paedophile, flesh presser, sex trafficker and financier Jeffrey Epstein managed to obtain his lucre. Was he more than a deft confidence trickster, a liar with astonishing […]
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What went wrong? (Part 3)
Continued from What Went Wrong? (Part 2) Part 3 – The Reset Button By the time Donald Trump left the White House in January 2021, Americans were exhausted. Exhausted by the anger, exhausted by the […]
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Hubris in Action: Netanyahu and the Warnings of October 7
Whatever awaits him this coming November, few politicians could claim to have the endurance, bloody mindedness and sense of granite staying power than Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu. With some prowess, he has wooed, deceived, and lied […]