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What is a dummy spit? A dummy spit is an Australian term describing the act of reacting to disappointment with disproportionate outrage. Americans may know it as: A meltdown. A tantrum. A Truth Social post. […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock   What began as Israel’s obliteration in Gaza now extends to Lebanon, Iran and the Gulf, thanks to US arms and finance. If diplomacy fails to interrupt this trajectory, the expansive […]

Call it a repeating script, a rusty template, or simply a creaky model to emulate time and again. The structural and homicidal destruction of Gaza undertaken by Israeli forces is now finding full expression in […]

You would have been living under a rock with earmuffs on if you had not heard the confected outrage from the Liberal, National, and One Nation Parties’ coalition of grievance and misinformation, underscored by the […]

It’s all too easy to be harsh on Donald Trump. Because of his fabulous depravity, his magpie greed, his gift for finding the cruellest option and mistaking it for strength, his colossal, if not grotesque […]

“The stars are quiet. The files are a spectacle. And the only mystery worth solving is right here, right now.” Dedication: To my wife – who knows exactly what to do when I mutter “beam […]

The Albanese Government should be basking in the rewards from those four years of cautious financial policy priorities. The benefits of prudent economic management, avoidance of unnecessary military engagement and outstanding energy transition agendas have […]

It sounds like an acute sewerage burst, but as much political commentary rests on the tired cliché, we see the language of liquid velocity apply to parties that suddenly emerge in the polls as portentously […]

It is a rather nauseating entertainment, watching Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles wriggling around to con the public into believing that it will be cheaper for Australia to buy used nuclear submarines, than to buy […]

By Denis Hay   Description Government bailouts in Australia often protects private firms. Should the public receive ownership and future profits in return? Government Bailouts in Australia: Should the Public Own What It Saves? Imagine waking […]

One can never accuse the Australian political palette of being too demanding, let alone attentive. When it comes to matters of defence, that palette is happy to be deceived, remaining credulous to the notion it […]

OK, can we stop this rubbish for a second or two, and can we please get back to relevancy in politics and not just outright propaganda? Maybe just for a couple of minutes? This whole […]