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On 26 February 2027, I will turn 86 – well beyond the average lifespan of an Australian male. This realisation shapes my perspective. My core message: every day matters, and openly facing mortality motivates me […]

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted interest rates again – and for many Australians, the reaction will not be confusion, but exhaustion. On paper, the logic is familiar. Higher interest rates are meant […]

Australia did not become itself by accident. We are one of the most successful multicultural societies in the world. Walk through any suburb in Melbourne or Sydney and you will hear languages from every continent. […]

By Peter Brown When the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran, the immediate international reaction ranged from firm endorsement to urgent calls for restraint. In Canberra, the response was swift and clear. […]

By Tracie Aylmer   On the night of 17 May 2018, at 10:30pm, I impatiently received a knock on my door from someone I used to know, along with her boyfriend. It was late for […]

The international response to the Gaza genocide of 2023-2026 reveals a pathology deeper than political failure or media bias. It exposes a fundamental civilisational malaise: a state of Informed Ignorance that actively chooses simplicity over […]

This article posits that the terminal phase of an extractive empire is not marked by military defeat, but by a descent into surreal, self-justifying absurdity. I examine the current moment where the United States and […]

As the 2026 Winter Olympics commence in Italy, a choreographed spectacle of “global unity” and “human excellence” unfolds against the backdrop of the live-streamed genocide in Gaza. This anrticle argues that the Olympics are not […]

We live in an age of wonders, carrying powerful computers in our pockets and enjoying services that feel like magic. But this magic has a dark, hidden cost. A new economic order has emerged, one […]

We are drowning in commentary. We are inundated with analysis of markets, debates over policies, and warnings about technological threats. These discussions have their place, but they have become a cacophony that drowns out a […]

We have identified the pattern: a state of never-ending war, from the global stage to the living room. But a war cannot continue without soldiers, without taxpayers, without a populace that accepts it as inevitable. […]

Abstract This article posits that the most resilient and effective human structures are built upon a fundamental, organic triad mirroring the familial unit. Using military organisation as a primary case study, it demonstrates how this […]

By Walt Zlotow   On Rev. Martin Luther King Day I always reflect on the last year of his life he kicked off with his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence” at New York’s […]

In an age where our public square is owned and operated by private corporations, a new form of censorship has emerged. It is not the dramatic, state-ordered banning of a century past, but a quiet, […]

We live in an age of curated calm, a brief and precious breathing space in the long human story. For a generation, the great and terrible scale of war has been, for many, a thing […]