Year: 2026

By James Moore “I think that those who died in it were only the first casualties. The rest of us are still dying from it, bit by bit, every day.” (Michael Herr, Dispatches). Sixty years […]

In recent decades, fewer Australians have called themselves Christian in the census. In 2011, about 61% identified as Christian. This dropped to 52% in 2016 and then to 44% in 2021. These figures suggest the […]

(Spoiler alert: humanity survives) Last Tuesday, voters in twelve US States went to the polls to have their say on who should be on the ballot in November. The democratic turnout was astonishingly high, the […]

The self-inflicted passing of Jason Arday this month following his resignation from the University of Cambridge is an unsettling yet fitting reminder about what the groves of academe tolerate (or not) regarding its members. Arday’s […]

By Denis Hay   Healthy intimacy in relationships needs trust, respect and repair. Learn the warning signs of disconnection, control and abuse. Intimacy is often confused with romance or sex. Both can be part of it, […]

The latest incidents of Israeli settler violence in the villages of Qusra and Kour, located in the northern occupied West Bank, have again caught international attention, reaching the halls of the United Nations with a […]

By Denis Hay   Full-Time Workers Cannot Afford a Home For much of Australia’s post-war history, a full-time job carried a powerful promise. It did not guarantee wealth, but it gave many ordinary workers a reasonable […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock For China and the Global South, US-EU tensions are part of a broader struggle over selective globalization. The US increasingly prioritizes technological dominance, supply-chain security, industrial protection and strategic competition with […]

As the fifth anniversary of the AUKUS commitment by the Morrison Government approaches, investigative media reports must not overlook the murky background, confusing present and unknown strategic projections of being so entangled with the US […]

By Steve Davies  A reader’s reply to my last piece here – on the APSC’s 9 August silence – put it better than I did: “That’s a chilling yet accurate portrayal of the Govt,” she wrote. […]

The Misaligned Technocrat: Mike Burgess, ASIO, and the Structural Failure of Australia’s Intelligence Leadership Authors: Andrew Klein & Sera Elizabeth Klein “He’s the kind of guy who in other circumstances would be a hoodie-wearing, basement-dwelling […]