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The problem with demagogues is that they invariably fall into infantile practices. The politics of the playground is the politics of hate, violence and betrayal. It’s the politics of finding the useful enemy and bullying […]

By Callen Sorensen Karklis White Australia Policy (1901-1973) Australia’s history is often framed as a dream of colonial pioneers striving to build a kind of “socialist” utopia. In reality, this vision was shaped by myth, […]

Immanuel Kant is usually summoned in moments of hope. He appears when liberals want a patron saint for law and commerce, and for the hope that violence might be tamed by reason through institutions. In […]

Who will be the next terrorist to re-enact the Bondi attack of last December,? Or perhaps walk into a mosque on Friday and kill unsuspecting worshippers? A synagog? A church? Or just a random attack […]

Tourism and civilisation are intimately linked. But tourism is much more robust. Warfare, drought, famine, earthquake, and tsunami are just minor inconveniences. The Russian, Mongol, and Qing dynasties, like the Persian, Roman, English, and American […]

Media Alert – CHANGE OF VENUE 17 AUSTRALIANS DEPARTING TO JOIN LARGEST HUMANITARIAN MARITIME MISSION IN HISTORY Key members of the departing Australian delegation of the next Global Sumud Flotilla has called a press conference […]

Trump declared Easter a triumph while two C-130s burned on a dirt strip outside Isfahan. Tonight his deadline expires. This is the war built on the morality of a smash and grab raid, featuring bad […]

To Members of the United States Congress and the Vice President, I write to you as an observer from outside the United States, but not outside the reach of its power. What happens in Washington […]

Dedicated to every Australian who will not let their country become a client state. To the students and academics who see what is happening. To the future we must defend. The Lie at the Heart […]

Last month, the United Nations General Assembly was unimpeachably correct in condemning the hideous practice of slavery in a resolution endorsed by 123 votes. Those voting either against the resolution (Argentina, Israel and the United […]

By Denis Hay   Description The Queensland hospital crisis reveals delays, workforce shortages, and why Australia’s health system is under growing pressure. Introduction Queensland Government advertising presents a clear message. More hospitals, more beds, and […]

By James Moore “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.” (Blaise Pascal, Pensées). I suppose I am being indelicate by writing about this subject on Easter […]

Dedicated to the ones who still know the difference between a king and a clown. On Palm Sunday, a King of Monkeys, and the Performance of Power The Performance On Palm Sunday, 2026, Donald Trump […]

Bryan Dawe sits at his desk. John Clarke enters in a suit, slightly hurried, carrying a reusable shopping bag with “ALBO” written on it in texta. Dawe: Mr Albanese, thank you for coming in. Clarke: […]