Health
The first casualty
They told you Iran’s missiles were being swatted from the sky like blowflies at a backyard barbecue. They told you the Iron Dome was holding the line, the Patriot batteries were doing their job, US […]
Year: 2026
Politics
Iran to Trump: ‘No unconditional surrender, no ceasefire, no negotiations for you’
By Walt Zlotow Trump is seeking an exit from his lost war against Iran. US bases are being systematically damaged in 6 neighboring nations. Israel is suffering the most serious damage in its 78 year […]
Politics
Middle Power Nonsense: Australia, Canada and Capitulating to the Iran War
In his January speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave the impression of a banker turned soothsayer, a Daniel coming to judgment. Here was a born-again man of […]
Politics
The Siege of a National Treasure: Why ‘Our ABC’ Feels Like a Stranger
There was a time when the Australian Broadcasting Corporation was as reliable and unremarkable as the morning sun. It was, in the truest sense, “Our ABC.” You might grumble about a show you didn’t like, […]
Politics
ACOSS statement on NACC Robodebt Investigation
ASOSS Media Release The findings of the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s Robodebt investigation will be devastating to the victims and their loved ones today. The NACC found two public servants engaged in ‘serious corrupt conduct’ – […]
Politics
The Price of Complicity: Australia’s Military Spending vs. the Cost of Living Crisis
A Report for the Australian People and Their Parliament In 2017, I asked a simple question: why does Australia spend nearly a billion dollars per Joint Strike Fighter while homelessness services scrape by on $250 […]
Politics
Netanyahu, MBS, Putin and the Useful Idiot
PART THREE OF THREE This is the concluding part of a series that began as two pieces and became three, for the same reason this war began as a targeted operation and is becoming something […]
Politics
Why should Trump get all the blame?
I’ve just read an article about planning nuclear power for a “post-Trump world” I’m wondering how many people are actually doing just that – planning for a “post Trump world.” Well, Donald Trump isn’t one […]
Politics
Starmer’s Self-Defence Fudge: The UK’s Growing Involvement in the Iran War
Wars can distract, and for leaders in political purgatory, they can be particularly useful. It remains to be seen whether the UK’s increasing involvement in the illegal war being waged on Iran by Israel and […]
Politics
Trump, Netanyahu down to last card in criminal Iran war
By Walt Zlotow President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister began their second war on Iran in 7 months with just 2 war crime cards to play. The first card was the US, Israeli version of […]
Health
The Howard Invoice
By Ricky Pann False Economics, Infrastructure Deficits, Dishonest Legacy, Luddites in Digital delusion, Housing affordability and the crisis of blame and hate in political populism. I have always considered John Howard a fraud: the weedy […]
Health
Aged care funding: Pay now, or pay later – but later always costs more
Australia’s aged care system is confronting a strange paradox. Across the country, older Australians are being formally assessed as needing support – yet many must wait months before that support actually begins. The official justification […]
Politics
Political Futures: Revitalizing Federal Labor’s Social Housing Fortunes
Time is running out for Labor to rekindle interest in commitment to its affordable housing solutions with support from the most interested state and territory governments as in 2025. Containing the momentum of One Nation […]
Politics
Tony Abbott volunteers Australia for a war nobody asked us to join
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has criticised the Albanese government for what he describes as Australia’s “shameful” failure to support the United States and Israel as they strike Iran. In Abbott’s telling, Australia has abandoned […]
Politics
Tehran and the World on Fire: the Match Bearers
I. The Fire The world is burning. Not metaphorically. Not in the cautious language of diplomats and evening news anchors. Actually burning. From the Strait of Hormuz to the suburbs of Tehran, from the beaches […]