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In a previous life I administered the funding and programming of Victoria’s L2P program, as well as various regional workforce pilots dealing with regional disadvantage/transport. What follows is not the account of a real individual […]

In reply to Bernard Keane, Crikey, The Regime Change we Need? Remove Trump in Washington, 2 April 2026 Bernard Keane puts it neatly: Donald Trump is either a toddler who has tired of his own […]

I was a very crook 16-year-old kid, lying in a cot in the detox ward of the Bridge Centre in Sydney, when a Captain of the Salvation army pulled a chair up to my bed […]

With the Iran War groaning along, the Trump administration is getting increasingly indignant. Plumes of childish anger can be seen coming out of the White House and Pentagon. Having joined an illegal, joint enterprise with […]

When all groups work together there are better results for locals By Callen Sorensen Karklis Redland City Council Era (Increasing division since 2012) Since the late 2000s, Redland City has become increasingly populated and urbanised. […]

One of my early jobs when I left the social research sector was designing interventions for “first in family” students to help feel more included in TAFE and University courses and achieving stronger outcomes in […]

How Australia’s Government Backed an Illegal War and Left Australians to Foot the Bill The Speed of Capitulation When American and Israeli missiles began striking Iranian cities in the final days of February 2026, the […]

On March 20, 2026, US District Senior Judge Paul Friedman found for The New York Times in a ruling deeming the Pentagon’s media access policy in breach of the US Constitution. Central to the policy […]

An ambassador who calls dead journalists terrorists. A death penalty for Palestinians only. A government that says nothing. And a Press Club that provides the stage. I. The Spectacle On March 31, 2026, the National […]

I once managed the fieldwork for a longitudinal study into homelessness, the below is not an individual/real person but rather a compilation of countless stories I heard throughout this study. The car park is never […]

Why Operation Epic Fury is Burning Down without Burning Out Thirty-two days into this firestorm, the grim ledger grows heavier by the hour. Thirteen U.S. service members now rest in flag-draped coffins at Dover Air […]

By Walt Zlotow Tho scrubbed from mainstream news, Trump attacked Iran February 28 because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded, begged, demanded he do so. Trump’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio, revealed this when he stupidly […]

The idea of nuclear non-proliferation has come in for some heavy punishment of late. For one thing, powers with nuclear weapons, pre-eminently the United States, have been shown up as blackguards in seeking to prevent […]

At 5:12am, the alarm goes off. The kettle clicks on. A lunchbox is packed, checked, then opened again because one more thing needs changing. A small hand appears at the edge of the table, as […]

Truth may well be the first casualty of war, but death, injury and environmental degradation are bound to be keeping up in the hit lists. Attacks on gas fields, oil refineries and petrochemical plants will […]