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By Walt Zlotow   Hegseth might as well have told Congress that: “I have no idea who I’m murdering on the high seas… and I don’t care.” Pete Hegseth’s War Dept held a briefing Wednesday […]

By James Moore “Hunger in America is not a matter of scarcity but of political will. We have the food. We have the programs. What we lack is the national commitment to end the suffering.” […]

This is not the profile of a Labor minister. This is a portrait of embedded capitalism in clerical collar. Jason Koutsoukis’ latest federal government puff piece in The Saturday Paper, “Meet the man who controls […]

One, Two, Three, Four! Everybody’s talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a […]

Imagining Australia as a New Republic – Part 3: Building Integrity and Trust Into the System Building Integrity and Trust Into the System In the first two parts, we explored why Australia needs to begin […]

By Maria Millers   🎼 You’ve got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em Know when to walk away, and know when to run. 🎼 The Spring Racing Carnival has been […]

The Road Not Taken Norway established steep taxation on oil companies. They created Statoil, a state-owned enterprise that took 50 percent ownership of every new oilfield. The Norwegian Labour government, with cross-party support, ensured the […]

Part 1: Why We Need to Begin Again The Preamble We, the people of Australia, standing upon lands, waters, and skies cared for by the First Peoples since time beyond measure, acknowledge that their sovereignty […]

Nuclear weapons have made the world safe for hypocrisy and unsafe in every other respect. Astride the nonsense that is nuclear apartheid – the forced separation of the states that are permitted to have nuclear […]

Australia’s mining sector isn’t collapsing; it’s devouring its own future while the PR machine drowns out the sound of detonators. Here’s what happens when an industry offshores its profits, abandons 80,000 toxic craters, and calls […]

New telehealth rules starting today will restrict nurse practitioners’ (NP) ability to deliver high-quality healthcare – a loss to Australians, particularly in remote and regional areas. Patients of independent nurse practitioners will now be required […]