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For the first time in over five years of delay and evasion the Secretary of Defence has at last told us that the Government is looking at an alternative to the French submarine. Our corporate media has failed to hold the government to account in its scandalous handling of the $90 billion French IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its MAX SUICH, CHINA AND THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF OUR As Suich points out, the message to China, whether intentional or not, was that “the US alliance would be explicitly valued at a price we would have to accept – trade retribution and hostility from China.”. The cost so far in economic terms is $20 billion and counting. While this unnecessary and pointless self-inflicted economicdamage is
OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS Our Christian heritage and the culture wars. The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenoushistory.
AUSTRALIA AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT A new public opinion survey finding that Australians hold surprisingly balanced views about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict offers scope for the government to ditch its short-sighted, partisan approach. But will it? The Crossroads21 survey conducted for Plus61J Media was completed by 3,459 respondents and covered three themes: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; antisemitism; the knowledge base PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Mice and men: the mouse plague and aggressive land clearing. Over the years, Australian authorities have made many poor decisions about allowing the introduction of biocidal agents into the environment. In most cases, such decisions have been based on the demands of powerful minorities with no responsibility to the general community. THE FRENCH SUBMARINE BOONDOGGLE IS AUSTRALIA’S BIGGESTAUTHOR: JOHNMENADUE
For the first time in over five years of delay and evasion the Secretary of Defence has at last told us that the Government is looking at an alternative to the French submarine. Our corporate media has failed to hold the government to account in its scandalous handling of the $90 billion French IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its MAX SUICH, CHINA AND THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF OUR As Suich points out, the message to China, whether intentional or not, was that “the US alliance would be explicitly valued at a price we would have to accept – trade retribution and hostility from China.”. The cost so far in economic terms is $20 billion and counting. While this unnecessary and pointless self-inflicted economicdamage is
OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS Our Christian heritage and the culture wars. The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenoushistory.
AUSTRALIA AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT A new public opinion survey finding that Australians hold surprisingly balanced views about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict offers scope for the government to ditch its short-sighted, partisan approach. But will it? The Crossroads21 survey conducted for Plus61J Media was completed by 3,459 respondents and covered three themes: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; antisemitism; the knowledge base BEHAVIOUR, THE PANDEMIC, AND CLIMATE CHANGE Implementation of carbon reduction and other global warming-related policies will be an inordinately difficult challenge. The inability of governments to effect widespread, sustained behavioural change has been an outstanding feature of the past eighteen months of the pandemic. In preparation for the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-adapted future, the past assumptions underlying policy EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called AGEISM AND THE SECRET TO LIVING A LONG LIFE. 1 day ago · The Archibald is 100 and Peter Wegner has won the 2021 prize for his portrait of 100-year-old artist Guy Warren who commented, “One hundred years is a hell of a lot of experience. I’ve survived the Great Depression, a war, I’ve survived serious medical difficulties and I’ve survived COVID – touch wood. The secret to Continue reading » AFTER THE G7, THE G20 AND COP 26 IN GLASGOW, WHAT MIGHT BE We’ve had President Biden’s ‘zoom’ climate Summit. The G7 meeting in Cornwall this week is looking to ramp up ambition on climate response. And the most significant UN meeting on climate change since Paris is taking place in Glasgow in November. Expectations are high. But with intense geo-political tensions and covid response concentrating attention, what Continue reading » SHARE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON COVID-19 VACCINES Intellectual Property must serve the global good, rather than humanity serving the interests of a few private companies. And in the case of COVID-19, the global good is not in doubt: rapid worldwide immunization, in order to save lives, prevent the emergence of new variants, and end the pandemic. CLIMATE TIPPING POINT LOOMS 1 day ago · It is ironic that the most successful film – in box office terms – about climate change and dramatic changes to the earth was made by Rupert Murdoch’s 20th Century Fox. It was called The Day after Tomorrow; took about half a billion dollars at the box office; and featured events loosely based WHAT WILL FRYDENBERG FORECAST FOR THE BUDGET IN THE 2021 Abul Rizvi PhD was a senior official in the Department of Immigration from the early 1990s to 2007 when he left as Deputy Secretary. He was awarded the Public Service Medal and the Centenary Medal for services to development and implementation of immigration policy, including the reshaping of Australia's intake to focus on skilled migration, slow Australia's rate of population ageing and boost WHY THE WESTERN NARRATIVE OF CHINA’S ‘DEBT TRAP DIPLOMACY 1 day ago · To work well, the lie must be introduced early, repeated often and insulated from contradiction by a narrative of “fake news” and accusations of “witch hunts”. I was reminded of the law by the latest claims of the “debt trap diplomacy” China has allegedly employed across the developing world, supposedly with the express aim of Continue reading » 'THIS IS THE PRICE OF WAR': ISRAELI NEWSPAPER HAARETZ “Conversations around Israel/Palestine are changing in Jewish communities across the globe,” said rabbi and author Abby Stein. “It’s about time.” Human rights advocates and journalists applauded the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its “unprecedented” cover story Thursday—one featuring the photos and stories of 67 Palestinian children killed in the latest bombardment campaign by INDIA’S SUSPECT ‘QUAD’ CREDENTIALS According to World Bank figures, India’s annual GDP growth tumbled from 8.3% in 2016 to 4.2% in 2019. It contracted by 7.3% in 2020–2021 and the 2021 GDP forecast has been downgraded by around 17% — the worst among the G20 countries. India got the worst of both worlds: a smashed economy and a massive COVID-19 toll that peaked inMay with
PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Mice and men: the mouse plague and aggressive land clearing. Over the years, Australian authorities have made many poor decisions about allowing the introduction of biocidal agents into the environment. In most cases, such decisions have been based on the demands of powerful minorities with no responsibility to the general community. THE FRENCH SUBMARINE BOONDOGGLE IS AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST For the first time in over five years of delay and evasion the Secretary of Defence has at last told us that the Government is looking at an alternative to the French submarine. Our corporate media has failed to hold the government to account in its scandalous handling of the $90 billion French 'THIS IS THE PRICE OF WAR': ISRAELI NEWSPAPER HAARETZ “Conversations around Israel/Palestine are changing in Jewish communities across the globe,” said rabbi and author Abby Stein. “It’s about time.” Human rights advocates and journalists applauded the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its “unprecedented” cover story Thursday—one featuring the photos and stories of 67 Palestinian children killed in the latest bombardment campaign by IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS Our Christian heritage and the culture wars. The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenoushistory.
ISRAELI DECEIT AND US COMPLICITY IN ATTACKS ON Israeli deceit and US complicity in attacks on Palestinians. By John Menadue. May 25, 2021. Credit - Unsplash. ‘We are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier.’..Hanan Ashrawi. ‘America is behind this war and I am ashamed to be an American’Anthony Hopkins. WHAT WOULD US-CHINA WAR REALLY MEAN? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates that the United States has 5,800 nuclear warheads and China 320. The Union of Concerned Scientists believes that fewer than a hundred Chinese warheads and bombs could reach the United States. But even a fraction of that number could kill hundreds of thousands of people. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ON OUR DOORSTEP BUT WE SAY NOTHING Human rights abuses on our doorstep but we say nothing. By Duncan Graham. May 5, 2021. We know this order will lead to more killing, more torture, more suffering of my people. The Speaker of the Indonesian House , Bambang Soesatyo, has urged the Government to “destroy them first. We will discuss human rightsmatters later”.
MR MURDOCH GOES TO HELL Credit – Unsplash. When the Devil read Rupert Murdoch’s life work, he let out a sulphurous roar. “Welcome to Hell Rupert! I have been expecting you for a very long time. Mind your head now,” he cackled. “Many of your mates are already here so it’s a bit crowded,” the Devil said. “We are expecting Little Johnny and the Trumpettes PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Mice and men: the mouse plague and aggressive land clearing. Over the years, Australian authorities have made many poor decisions about allowing the introduction of biocidal agents into the environment. In most cases, such decisions have been based on the demands of powerful minorities with no responsibility to the general community. THE FRENCH SUBMARINE BOONDOGGLE IS AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST For the first time in over five years of delay and evasion the Secretary of Defence has at last told us that the Government is looking at an alternative to the French submarine. Our corporate media has failed to hold the government to account in its scandalous handling of the $90 billion French 'THIS IS THE PRICE OF WAR': ISRAELI NEWSPAPER HAARETZ “Conversations around Israel/Palestine are changing in Jewish communities across the globe,” said rabbi and author Abby Stein. “It’s about time.” Human rights advocates and journalists applauded the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its “unprecedented” cover story Thursday—one featuring the photos and stories of 67 Palestinian children killed in the latest bombardment campaign by IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS Our Christian heritage and the culture wars. The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenoushistory.
ISRAELI DECEIT AND US COMPLICITY IN ATTACKS ON Israeli deceit and US complicity in attacks on Palestinians. By John Menadue. May 25, 2021. Credit - Unsplash. ‘We are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier.’..Hanan Ashrawi. ‘America is behind this war and I am ashamed to be an American’Anthony Hopkins. WHAT WOULD US-CHINA WAR REALLY MEAN? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates that the United States has 5,800 nuclear warheads and China 320. The Union of Concerned Scientists believes that fewer than a hundred Chinese warheads and bombs could reach the United States. But even a fraction of that number could kill hundreds of thousands of people. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ON OUR DOORSTEP BUT WE SAY NOTHING Human rights abuses on our doorstep but we say nothing. By Duncan Graham. May 5, 2021. We know this order will lead to more killing, more torture, more suffering of my people. The Speaker of the Indonesian House , Bambang Soesatyo, has urged the Government to “destroy them first. We will discuss human rightsmatters later”.
MR MURDOCH GOES TO HELL Credit – Unsplash. When the Devil read Rupert Murdoch’s life work, he let out a sulphurous roar. “Welcome to Hell Rupert! I have been expecting you for a very long time. Mind your head now,” he cackled. “Many of your mates are already here so it’s a bit crowded,” the Devil said. “We are expecting Little Johnny and the Trumpettes AGEISM AND THE SECRET TO LIVING A LONG LIFE. 3 hours ago · The Archibald is 100 and Peter Wegner has won the 2021 prize for his portrait of 100-year-old artist Guy Warren who commented, “One hundred years is a hell of a lot of experience. I’ve survived the Great Depression, a war, I’ve survived serious medical difficulties and I’ve survived COVID – touch wood. The secret to Continue reading » RIGHT AND LEFT: DUMB AND DUMBER 1 day ago · When it comes to thinking, progressives do it better than conservatives do. Progressives embrace novelty, nuance and complexity, while social conservatives struggle to process complex tasks. A decade of brain scans suggests why. The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. W B Yeats. So, who do you want running Continue reading » AFTER THE G7, THE G20 AND COP 26 IN GLASGOW, WHAT MIGHT BE 1 day ago · We’ve had President Biden’s ‘zoom’ climate Summit. The G7 meeting in Cornwall this week is looking to ramp up ambition on climate response. And the most significant UN meeting on climate change since Paris is taking place in Glasgow in November. Expectations are high. But with intense geo-political tensions and covid response concentrating attention, what Continue reading »JOBS VERSUS CLIMATE
1 day ago · A debate between having a job and acting on climate change is painful for everyone involved and will not end well. Yet the absence of a clear narrative from our political leaders to clarify the issue is leaving many Australian communities in exactly that position. Australians – and Australian political leaders – broadly understand and Continue reading » COMPETITION ISN’T IMPROVING THE AGED CARE SECTOR 1 day ago · A new study finds more competition isn’t associated with better quality of care or lower prices in aged care, prompting policy reform to address sources of market failures. In Australia, competition and consumer choice have been key components in aged care reforms since the 2011 Productivity Commission Report. On 26 June 2013, the Australian government Continue reading » THE VALUE PACK RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA 3 hours ago · Relations with China are increasingly discussed in terms of values. “Liberal values” featured in the Prime Minister’s speech in Perth this week. I propose the need to define the term and to rectify the name, as Confucius said, and to consider how and where it is applied. Then, and only then CLIMATE TIPPING POINT LOOMS 3 hours ago · It is ironic that the most successful film – in box office terms – about climate change and dramatic changes to the earth was made by Rupert Murdoch’s 20th Century Fox. It was called The Day after Tomorrow; took about half a billion dollars at the box office; and featured events loosely based AGEISM IN THE TIME OF COVID Ageism in the time of Covid. By Ian Webster. May 24, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic must cause us to re-appraise the value we attach to the lives of others, especially vulnerable people and those who are old. Time speeds up with ageing. A cohort of experience, contacts andpast and
SHARE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON COVID-19 VACCINES Intellectual Property must serve the global good, rather than humanity serving the interests of a few private companies. And in the case of COVID-19, the global good is not in doubt: rapid worldwide immunization, in order to save lives, prevent the emergence of new variants, and end the pandemic. WHY THE WESTERN NARRATIVE OF CHINA’S ‘DEBT TRAP DIPLOMACY 4 hours ago · To work well, the lie must be introduced early, repeated often and insulated from contradiction by a narrative of “fake news” and accusations of “witch hunts”. I was reminded of the law by the latest claims of the “debt trap diplomacy” China has allegedly employed across the developing world, supposedly with the express aim of Continue reading » PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Hong Kong will hold elections to a newly enlarged Legislative Council in December. This is the first election held since Beijing enacted national security legislation for the territory in June 2020. It is doubtful that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “pan-dems”, who dominated the former legislature, will win even a handful of seats. Ifthey do
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments toRELIGION AND FAITH
The religious recession. A Gallup poll released on Monday, March 29 , 2021, indicates that the proportion of Americans who consider themselves members of a church or synagogue has now dropped below 50%. The results highlight a dramatic shift away from religious affiliationin
GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ON OUR DOORSTEP BUT WE SAY NOTHING Human rights abuses on our doorstep but we say nothing. By Duncan Graham. May 5, 2021. We know this order will lead to more killing, more torture, more suffering of my people. The Speaker of the Indonesian House , Bambang Soesatyo, has urged the Government to “destroy them first. We will discuss human rightsmatters later”.
EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS Our Christian heritage and the culture wars. The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenoushistory.
THE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHERN CROSS. A REPORT ON CATHOLIC PEARLS And IRRITATIONS. Religion and Faith. The Light From the Southern Cross. A Report on Catholic Church Governance. By Francis Sullivan. Jun 11, 2020. The Church culture of the past is still the culture we have today. And that is fundamentally what the Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) had to confront. How to navigatethe realpolitik of
WHAT IS 'MIDDLE INCOME' IN AUSTRALIA? In fact, most ‘workers’ earn incomes well below those taxed at the highest marginal rates. The mean (average) wage/salary in May 2019 was $88,182 for full-time workers or $64,428 for all workers, but median (middle) earnings (in August 2019) were $71,500 PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Hong Kong will hold elections to a newly enlarged Legislative Council in December. This is the first election held since Beijing enacted national security legislation for the territory in June 2020. It is doubtful that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “pan-dems”, who dominated the former legislature, will win even a handful of seats. Ifthey do
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments toRELIGION AND FAITH
The religious recession. A Gallup poll released on Monday, March 29 , 2021, indicates that the proportion of Americans who consider themselves members of a church or synagogue has now dropped below 50%. The results highlight a dramatic shift away from religious affiliationin
GODFREE ROBERTS, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS After graduating from the University of Queensland, Godfree Roberts received his doctorate from UMass, Amherst. His newsletter, 'Here Comes China', reflects his fifty years' study of Chinese civilization. His book, 'Why China Leads the World: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom', re-examines everything we think we know about China–its government, its economy, its DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ON OUR DOORSTEP BUT WE SAY NOTHING Human rights abuses on our doorstep but we say nothing. By Duncan Graham. May 5, 2021. We know this order will lead to more killing, more torture, more suffering of my people. The Speaker of the Indonesian House , Bambang Soesatyo, has urged the Government to “destroy them first. We will discuss human rightsmatters later”.
EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE WARS Our Christian heritage and the culture wars. The culture war drum-beats are sounding again – pounded out by the usual suspects in the Murdoch media and among shock jocks and the Morrison Government. The mounting hysteria this time is about a new national curriculum which its enemies claim places too much emphasis on Indigenoushistory.
THE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHERN CROSS. A REPORT ON CATHOLIC PEARLS And IRRITATIONS. Religion and Faith. The Light From the Southern Cross. A Report on Catholic Church Governance. By Francis Sullivan. Jun 11, 2020. The Church culture of the past is still the culture we have today. And that is fundamentally what the Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) had to confront. How to navigatethe realpolitik of
WHAT IS 'MIDDLE INCOME' IN AUSTRALIA? In fact, most ‘workers’ earn incomes well below those taxed at the highest marginal rates. The mean (average) wage/salary in May 2019 was $88,182 for full-time workers or $64,428 for all workers, but median (middle) earnings (in August 2019) were $71,500 RIGHT AND LEFT: DUMB AND DUMBER 8 hours ago · When it comes to thinking, progressives do it better than conservatives do. Progressives embrace novelty, nuance and complexity, while social conservatives struggle to process complex tasks. A decade of brain scans suggests why. The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. W B Yeats. So, who do you want running Continue reading » AFTER THE G7, THE G20 AND COP 26 IN GLASGOW, WHAT MIGHT 8 hours ago · We’ve had President Biden’s ‘zoom’ climate Summit. The G7 meeting in Cornwall this week is looking to ramp up ambition on climate response. And the most significant UN meeting on climate change since Paris is taking place in Glasgow in November. Expectations are high. But with intense geo-political tensions and covid response concentrating attention, what Continue reading » COMPETITION ISN’T IMPROVING THE AGED CARE SECTOR 8 hours ago · A new study finds more competition isn’t associated with better quality of care or lower prices in aged care, prompting policy reform to address sources of market failures. In Australia, competition and consumer choice have been key components in aged care reforms since the 2011 Productivity Commission Report. On 26 June 2013, the Australian government Continue reading » AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY IS FADING FAST Australian democracy is fading fast, with little care on the part of the Coalition and mainstream media or realisation on the part of Labor. It was John Howard who locked refugees in concentration camps in the desert. It was John Howard who curled his lip and sneered we, meaning himself, will decide LIBERAL PARTY ACCUSATIONS ON PREMIER ANDREWS' SPINAL 8 hours ago · The Victorian Liberal Opposition has been clutching at straws for some time – witness their landslide loss at the last election – but now they are now sinking into desperate measures with this latest attack on Premier Daniel Andrews. Premier Daniel Andrews has been off work after damaging his WE'VE GOT YOU ON FILE: AUSTRALIA'S MCCARTHYIST MOMENT Some people think that McCarthyism – casting doubt, without evidence, on the loyalties of people in public life – was dead and buried with the Cold War. We might wish it were so, but the label fits the way Australia’s most important research-funding institution has been brow-beaten into putting supposed national-security concerns ahead of academic Continue reading » EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called MR MORRISON, THE G7 SUMMIT AND THE REPORT "BIODIVERSITY 1 day ago · When Mr Morrison arrives at the G7 Leaders Summit later this week he will have before him a report on Biodiversity and if he reads and understands it he will realise that Australia’s reformed gross domestic product (GDP) would almost certainly be in negative territory and likely to fall further because of our poor record in maintaining natural resources. LETTER REGARDING AFGHAN STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED FROM THE The undersigned are a group of Australians who have worked in the Indo Pacific in government, business and the media from the sixties until the present day. We would ask you and your ministerial colleagues to arrange residence visas for those Afghan staff who have worked for theAustralian
A DOSSIER OF LIES AND FALSEHOODS FROM CRIKEY A dossier of lies and falsehoods from Crikey. By Crikey. May 27, 2021. Here are 27 examples of how Prime Minister Scott Morrison manipulates the truth. 1. Morrison: “As a government, we believe in the two-state solution. It seems now in politics here in Australia that is no longer a bipartisan view, and I think that’s disappointing.” 1. PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Hong Kong will hold elections to a newly enlarged Legislative Council in December. This is the first election held since Beijing enacted national security legislation for the territory in June 2020. It is doubtful that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “pan-dems”, who dominated the former legislature, will win even a handful of seats. Ifthey do
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called WHAT WOULD US-CHINA WAR REALLY MEAN? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates that the United States has 5,800 nuclear warheads and China 320. The Union of Concerned Scientists believes that fewer than a hundred Chinese warheads and bombs could reach the United States. But even a fraction of that number could kill hundreds of thousands of people. DAVID SHEARMAN, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS DAVID SHEARMAN. Climate change diplomacy, one big step for humanity. As fire, flood and drought ravage swathes of the Earth, communities around the world are realising that climate change is accelerating and climate emergencies are declared. WHAT IS 'MIDDLE INCOME' IN AUSTRALIA? In fact, most ‘workers’ earn incomes well below those taxed at the highest marginal rates. The mean (average) wage/salary in May 2019 was $88,182 for full-time workers or $64,428 for all workers, but median (middle) earnings (in August 2019) were $71,500 MR MURDOCH GOES TO HELL Credit – Unsplash. When the Devil read Rupert Murdoch’s life work, he let out a sulphurous roar. “Welcome to Hell Rupert! I have been expecting you for a very long time. Mind your head now,” he cackled. “Many of your mates are already here so it’s a bit crowded,” the Devil said. “We are expecting Little Johnny and the Trumpettes SUSAN RYAN: A FIGHTER FOR A ‘FAIR GO’ Susan Ryan: a fighter for a ‘fair go’. Labor politician and lifelong proponent of equality opportunity, Susan Ryan’s commitment to social justice was fostered by years at Brigidine schools. Susan Ryan was a lapsed Catholic, said her life-companion, Rory Sutton, ather State
ROBERT MANNE. MURDOCH'S WAR. Jul 8, 2016. In July 2005, Robert Manne in The Monthly Essays, outlined Rupert Murdoch’s role and that of some of his senior journalists in support of the invasion of Iraq. Robert Manne notes that ‘of the 175 Murdoch owned newspapers worldwide, all supported the invasion’. The opponents of the war were described in Murdoch’s newspapers PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Hong Kong will hold elections to a newly enlarged Legislative Council in December. This is the first election held since Beijing enacted national security legislation for the territory in June 2020. It is doubtful that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “pan-dems”, who dominated the former legislature, will win even a handful of seats. Ifthey do
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called WHAT WOULD US-CHINA WAR REALLY MEAN? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates that the United States has 5,800 nuclear warheads and China 320. The Union of Concerned Scientists believes that fewer than a hundred Chinese warheads and bombs could reach the United States. But even a fraction of that number could kill hundreds of thousands of people. DAVID SHEARMAN, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS DAVID SHEARMAN. Climate change diplomacy, one big step for humanity. As fire, flood and drought ravage swathes of the Earth, communities around the world are realising that climate change is accelerating and climate emergencies are declared. WHAT IS 'MIDDLE INCOME' IN AUSTRALIA? In fact, most ‘workers’ earn incomes well below those taxed at the highest marginal rates. The mean (average) wage/salary in May 2019 was $88,182 for full-time workers or $64,428 for all workers, but median (middle) earnings (in August 2019) were $71,500 MR MURDOCH GOES TO HELL Credit – Unsplash. When the Devil read Rupert Murdoch’s life work, he let out a sulphurous roar. “Welcome to Hell Rupert! I have been expecting you for a very long time. Mind your head now,” he cackled. “Many of your mates are already here so it’s a bit crowded,” the Devil said. “We are expecting Little Johnny and the Trumpettes SUSAN RYAN: A FIGHTER FOR A ‘FAIR GO’ Susan Ryan: a fighter for a ‘fair go’. Labor politician and lifelong proponent of equality opportunity, Susan Ryan’s commitment to social justice was fostered by years at Brigidine schools. Susan Ryan was a lapsed Catholic, said her life-companion, Rory Sutton, ather State
ROBERT MANNE. MURDOCH'S WAR. Jul 8, 2016. In July 2005, Robert Manne in The Monthly Essays, outlined Rupert Murdoch’s role and that of some of his senior journalists in support of the invasion of Iraq. Robert Manne notes that ‘of the 175 Murdoch owned newspapers worldwide, all supported the invasion’. The opponents of the war were described in Murdoch’s newspapersABOUT JOHN MENADUE
John Menadue has had a senior professional career in the media, public service and airlines. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1985 for public service. In 1997, he received the Japanese Imperial Award, The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (Kun-itto Zuiho-sho), the highest honour awarded Continue reading » WHAT HAS THE US DONE THAT CHINA HASN'T? 1 day ago · Assassinate people who might be terrorists anywhere on earth as well as bomb wedding parties. Operate 800 military bases around the world. Defends all of this in terms of its suspect democracy and manifest destiny. John Menadue is the publisher ofPearls &
POLITICS - PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS - JOHN MENADUE A national disgrace: the National Archives turns to crowdfunding to save irreplaceable historic records. This week marks one year since the High Court handed down its landmark decision in the Palace letters case that letters between the Queen and the Governor-General Sir John Kerr are considered public documents, ending the Queen’s embargo and leading the Archives to release them. THE STENCH OF COVID COVERUPS. 1 day ago · Most of us who read Pearls & Irritations are not virologists, mainstream media journalists, Americans, or Chinese. As the nasty details about the pandemic emerge, that’s just as well, if we want the truth. For reliable information about who’s responsible for COVID-19 we have to look elsewhere – not to politicians, Murdoch or Fairfax/Channel 9, Continue reading » ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE HITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN New data released on Monday showed atmospheric carbon dioxide reached a monthly average level of 419 parts per million in May, which is not only the maximum reading ever recorded since accurate measurements began 63 years ago but also the highest level the planet has experienced in more than four million years. WE'VE GOT YOU ON FILE: AUSTRALIA'S MCCARTHYIST MOMENT Some people think that McCarthyism – casting doubt, without evidence, on the loyalties of people in public life – was dead and buried with the Cold War. We might wish it were so, but the label fits the way Australia’s most important research-funding institution has been brow-beaten into putting supposed national-security concerns ahead of academic Continue reading » MR MORRISON, THE G7 SUMMIT AND THE REPORT "BIODIVERSITY 9 hours ago · When Mr Morrison arrives at the G7 Leaders Summit later this week he will have before him a report on Biodiversity and if he reads and understands it he will realise that Australia’s reformed gross domestic product (GDP) would almost certainly be in negative territory and likely to fall further because of our poor record in maintaining natural resources. GOVERNMENT RORTING IS NOW THE AUSTRALIAN WAY OF DOING Australia has moved to a deeply corrupted system of doling out consultancy contracts to mates by pure discretion, in circumstances which in the classic Morrison style are compulsively secretive, and vague in sums and contract terms. Typically, government claims complete exemption from producing reports on the grounds that they were prepared for Cabinet or are Continue reading » THE ABC DOES NOT HAVE AN "EDITOR-IN-CHIEF" Both Morris and Lyons have strong backgrounds in journalism. The “buck” stops with them. The notion off the managing director being “editor-in chief” was invented by former managing director David Hill in the middle of a controversy within the ABC where I was head of TV News and Current Affairs in the ABC in the early 1990s and he and I were at odds about coverage of the Iraq War. LETTER REGARDING AFGHAN STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED FROM THE The undersigned are a group of Australians who have worked in the Indo Pacific in government, business and the media from the sixties until the present day. We would ask you and your ministerial colleagues to arrange residence visas for those Afghan staff who have worked for theAustralian
PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Hong Kong will hold elections to a newly enlarged Legislative Council in December. This is the first election held since Beijing enacted national security legislation for the territory in June 2020. It is doubtful that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “pan-dems”, who dominated the former legislature, will win even a handful of seats. Ifthey do
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called WHAT WOULD US-CHINA WAR REALLY MEAN? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates that the United States has 5,800 nuclear warheads and China 320. The Union of Concerned Scientists believes that fewer than a hundred Chinese warheads and bombs could reach the United States. But even a fraction of that number could kill hundreds of thousands of people. DAVID SHEARMAN, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS DAVID SHEARMAN. Climate change diplomacy, one big step for humanity. As fire, flood and drought ravage swathes of the Earth, communities around the world are realising that climate change is accelerating and climate emergencies are declared. WHAT IS 'MIDDLE INCOME' IN AUSTRALIA? In fact, most ‘workers’ earn incomes well below those taxed at the highest marginal rates. The mean (average) wage/salary in May 2019 was $88,182 for full-time workers or $64,428 for all workers, but median (middle) earnings (in August 2019) were $71,500 MR MURDOCH GOES TO HELL Credit – Unsplash. When the Devil read Rupert Murdoch’s life work, he let out a sulphurous roar. “Welcome to Hell Rupert! I have been expecting you for a very long time. Mind your head now,” he cackled. “Many of your mates are already here so it’s a bit crowded,” the Devil said. “We are expecting Little Johnny and the Trumpettes SUSAN RYAN: A FIGHTER FOR A ‘FAIR GO’ Susan Ryan: a fighter for a ‘fair go’. Labor politician and lifelong proponent of equality opportunity, Susan Ryan’s commitment to social justice was fostered by years at Brigidine schools. Susan Ryan was a lapsed Catholic, said her life-companion, Rory Sutton, ather State
ROBERT MANNE. MURDOCH'S WAR. Jul 8, 2016. In July 2005, Robert Manne in The Monthly Essays, outlined Rupert Murdoch’s role and that of some of his senior journalists in support of the invasion of Iraq. Robert Manne notes that ‘of the 175 Murdoch owned newspapers worldwide, all supported the invasion’. The opponents of the war were described in Murdoch’s newspapers PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Hong Kong will hold elections to a newly enlarged Legislative Council in December. This is the first election held since Beijing enacted national security legislation for the territory in June 2020. It is doubtful that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy “pan-dems”, who dominated the former legislature, will win even a handful of seats. Ifthey do
IS THE TIDE TURNING AGAINST ISRAEL? This is a mistake. At the risk of imputing more significance to recent developments than is justified, a number of new factors are at play which, taken together, could turn the tide against Israel’s settler colonialism in Palestine. The first is the ubiquity of camera phones and social media. It is now much more difficult for governments to DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Apr 28, 2021. It might be surprising given the scale of the problem, but there is an emerging consensus about the current status of the science of misinformation and its debunking in respect to climate change. Arguably there was some evidence emerging in the US in November last year about the rejection of lies and misinformation buteven then
EXPLAINING THE ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOTS: WHAT ARE OUR RISKS Australian governments are advising people under the age of 50 not to pursue vaccination with the now locally produced AstraZeneca vaccine. Given Australia’s control over community transmission, any risk posed by the AZ vaccine is unacceptable, particularly, for not at-risk populations. Explaining the AstraZeneca complications Travelling through our body, in our bloodstream, are cells called WHAT WOULD US-CHINA WAR REALLY MEAN? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimates that the United States has 5,800 nuclear warheads and China 320. The Union of Concerned Scientists believes that fewer than a hundred Chinese warheads and bombs could reach the United States. But even a fraction of that number could kill hundreds of thousands of people. DAVID SHEARMAN, AUTHOR AT PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS DAVID SHEARMAN. Climate change diplomacy, one big step for humanity. As fire, flood and drought ravage swathes of the Earth, communities around the world are realising that climate change is accelerating and climate emergencies are declared. WHAT IS 'MIDDLE INCOME' IN AUSTRALIA? In fact, most ‘workers’ earn incomes well below those taxed at the highest marginal rates. The mean (average) wage/salary in May 2019 was $88,182 for full-time workers or $64,428 for all workers, but median (middle) earnings (in August 2019) were $71,500 MR MURDOCH GOES TO HELL Credit – Unsplash. When the Devil read Rupert Murdoch’s life work, he let out a sulphurous roar. “Welcome to Hell Rupert! I have been expecting you for a very long time. Mind your head now,” he cackled. “Many of your mates are already here so it’s a bit crowded,” the Devil said. “We are expecting Little Johnny and the Trumpettes SUSAN RYAN: A FIGHTER FOR A ‘FAIR GO’ Susan Ryan: a fighter for a ‘fair go’. Labor politician and lifelong proponent of equality opportunity, Susan Ryan’s commitment to social justice was fostered by years at Brigidine schools. Susan Ryan was a lapsed Catholic, said her life-companion, Rory Sutton, ather State
ROBERT MANNE. MURDOCH'S WAR. Jul 8, 2016. In July 2005, Robert Manne in The Monthly Essays, outlined Rupert Murdoch’s role and that of some of his senior journalists in support of the invasion of Iraq. Robert Manne notes that ‘of the 175 Murdoch owned newspapers worldwide, all supported the invasion’. The opponents of the war were described in Murdoch’s newspapers WHAT HAS THE US DONE THAT CHINA HASN'T? 1 day ago · Assassinate people who might be terrorists anywhere on earth as well as bomb wedding parties. Operate 800 military bases around the world. Defends all of this in terms of its suspect democracy and manifest destiny. John Menadue is the publisher ofPearls &
THE STENCH OF COVID COVERUPS. 1 day ago · Most of us who read Pearls & Irritations are not virologists, mainstream media journalists, Americans, or Chinese. As the nasty details about the pandemic emerge, that’s just as well, if we want the truth. For reliable information about who’s responsible for COVID-19 we have to look elsewhere – not to politicians, Murdoch or Fairfax/Channel 9, Continue reading »ABOUT JOHN MENADUE
John Menadue has had a senior professional career in the media, public service and airlines. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1985 for public service. In 1997, he received the Japanese Imperial Award, The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (Kun-itto Zuiho-sho), the highest honour awarded Continue reading » AUSTRALIAN TRADITIONAL CULTURE UNDER THREAT AGAIN AND 1 day ago · The changing of a word in the national anthem from ‘young’ to ‘one’ indicates that Australia did not begin in 1788. So aspects of society going back beyond that date are clearly Australian culture. Around Bathurst today, real Australian culture has been threatened by inappropriate and unnecessary developments. All Australians should object. Huge gaps exist Continue reading » POLITICS - PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS - JOHN MENADUE A national disgrace: the National Archives turns to crowdfunding to save irreplaceable historic records. This week marks one year since the High Court handed down its landmark decision in the Palace letters case that letters between the Queen and the Governor-General Sir John Kerr are considered public documents, ending the Queen’s embargo and leading the Archives to release them. INDIA’S SUSPECT ‘QUAD’ CREDENTIALS Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s carefully cultivated competence bubble has been punctured by his government’s ineffectiveness amid the second wave of the COVID-19 virus that has ravaged his country. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue process brings together Japan, Australia, India and the United States as an Continue reading » CHINA PANIC: AUSTRALIA’S ALTERNATIVE TO PARANOIA AND 1 day ago · This is a truly excellent account of the “panic” surrounding Australia-China relations over the last few years, especially since 2017. It is well-researched, analytical, nuanced and very well written in a highly accessible style that is both scholarly and colloquial. One of the book’s strong features is a whole chapter covering the role China assumes Continue reading » GOVERNMENT RORTING IS NOW THE AUSTRALIAN WAY OF DOING 1 day ago · Australia has moved to a deeply corrupted system of doling out consultancy contracts to mates by pure discretion, in circumstances which in the classic Morrison style are compulsively secretive, and vague in sums and contract terms. Typically, government claims complete exemption from producing reports on the grounds that they were prepared for Cabinet or are Continue reading » THE POLITICS OF ANTI-ASIAN RACISM The celebration of the Asian Heritage Month in May is marred by the fact that Asian communities around the world — from the United States, Canada, Europe to Australia — are experiencing a spike in anti-Asian racism and hate crimes. While the slaying of Asian women in Atlanta in March was the most violent of these crimes, much of the racism directed at Continue reading » AUSTRALIAN BARRIERS TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND BATTERIES 1 day ago · There are two significant barriers to the take-up of electric vehicles (EVs) in Australia – publicly accessible charging infrastructure suitable for a large country, and Scott Morrison. Back in 2019 when the Labor Opposition set a target of 50% EVs by 2030, Scott Morrison scoffed, reprising one of his parliamentary over-the-top rants saying Labor wanted to Continue reading » PEARLS AND IRRITATIONS Public policy journalSkip to content
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THE BRERETON REPORT: THE FAILURE OF POLITICAL AND MILITARY LEADERSHIPBy Michael McKinley
| On 23 November
2020
_Our political leadership will never be the subjects of the Office of the Special Investigator or the Australian Federal Police, nor, therefore, will they ever be charged. Indeed, in their exaggerated innocence they will display only the inevitable hypocrisy of the failed war-maker: a passion for condemning others and a total unwillingness to accept responsibility for their role in their crimes._ Continue reading → Posted in Defence and Security, Top 5
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ROBODEBT IS FAR FROM DEAD, BURIED AND CREMATED By Ian Cunliffe | On23 November 2020
_Those who closely follow the news will believe that the dreaded Robodebt has been slain, “dead, buried and cremated”, with the Federal Government agreeing at the door of the court on 16 November to settle the Robodebt class action. But it’s not as simple as that._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics |Leave a comment
WE WERE WARNED ABOUT THE BRERERTON REPORT – IT IS STILL SHOCKING By Mungo MacCallum |On 23 November 2020
_Scott Morrison warned us that we would be shocked by the Brereton report on alleged war crimes and this is one promise he has kept._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics | 1Comment
RESPONSIBLE LENDING? COALITION’S LEFT HAND NOT SURE WHAT ITS RIGHTHAND IS DOING
By Elizabeth Minter | On23 November 2020
_The Coalition government is pushing hard to get rid of responsible lending obligations, but it doesn’t seem to realise that removing these obligations will pull the rug out from one of its signature pieces of legislation that Scott Morrison championed when he was treasurer – mandatory comprehensive credit reporting. Continuereading →
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THE ESCALATING RISK TO AUSTRALIA’S VEHICLE FLEET. AUSTRALIA APPLIES THE BRAKES AGAIN AND AGAIN. By Cameron Rimington| On 23 November
2020
_Gas-guzzlers in Europe are quickly becoming a thing of the past – so guess where they’re headed instead. _ Continue reading → Posted in Infrastructure| 1 Comment
AUSTRALIA-JAPAN AND THE MORRISON/SUGA AGENDA. DO WE SHARE THE VALUESOF YOSHIHIDE SUGA?
By Gavan McCormack
| On 23 November 2020 _Most members of the Suga (and Abe) governments of 2012-2020 belong to rightist, cult type historical revisionist organizations committed to restoring the emperor’s role to its pre-war centrality. Continuereading →
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BREXIT – DENOUEMENT OR DISASTER By Andrew Farran | On23 November 2020
_As the process towards a post-Brexit agreement with the EU staggers towards its denouement (or otherwise) the gathering scene is looking increasingly bizarre. What has gone wrong to date is almost bound to go wrong again, as 31 December deadline approaches._ Continue reading→
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A WARRIOR CULTURE
By George Browning
| On 23 November 2020 _The Prime Minister warned us that we would be in for some shocking reading as the report into Australian war crimes in Afghanistan was released. That there were 39 alleged murders, and 19 Australian soldiers involved, is indeed shocking._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics ,Religion and Faith
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CONSPIRACY THEORIES – THE BIG CON By Richard Hil | On 23November 2020
_There was a time, I’ll admit, when I thought that so-called conspiracy theories were quixotic, mildly interesting, and largely benign. Not any more. _ Continue reading → Posted in World Affairs| Leave a comment
SUNDAY ENVIRONMENTAL ROUND UP, 22 NOVEMBER 2020By Peter Sainsbury
| On 22 November 2020 _Wealthy people and wealthy nations cause it but it’s the poor and vulnerable who suffer the most from climate change. Adani is behaving badly in Australia but moving into renewables in India. Recycling plastic recycling. Spotted and striated, pardalotes charmalot._ Continue reading →Posted in Climate
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BORIS SPENDS BIG ON DEFENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE By Colin Chapman | On22 November 2020
_While facing what officials describe as a scary economic outlook with Britain’s finances in their worst state since World War II, Boris Johnson has announced a surge in public spending of over A$50 billion to combat climate change and modernise its military._ Continue reading→
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MINISTERIAL WAR CRIMES By Paul Malone | On 22November 2020
_Those who will not be put on trial as a result of investigations into Australian operations in Afghanistan will be those most responsible – the ministers who committed Australian troops to a protracted war where our forces could not readily distinguish friend from foe_. Continue reading → Posted in Politics |Tagged mw | 14
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HENRY KISSINGER URGES U.S. RESUMPTION OF ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA By MENG YAPING and XIA CHENG | On 22 November2020
_Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Monday called for Joe Biden to restore communication with China and warned that otherwise the world would suffer a catastrophe like World War I. _ Continue reading →Posted in China
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BIDEN PLANS TO REOPEN AMERICA TO REFUGEES AFTER TRUMP SLASHED ADMISSIONS (NPR NOV 11, 2020) By NPR | On 22 November 2020 _President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to reassert America’s commitment to refugees after the Trump White House’s slashing of the resettlement program, part of the current president’s anti-immigration drive._ Continue reading → Posted in Immigration, refugees, World
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SOLDIERS VS WARRIORS: A DISTINCTION BETWEEN AUSTRALIAN AND US TROOPSAND KERRY STOKES!
By Noel Turnbull | On22 November 2020
_What’s the difference between a soldier and a warrior? And in what environment is the distinction in danger of being lost?_ _If Kerry Stokes wants to get involved he is entitled to – but, if he does, he should also step aside from his role at the Australian War Memorial._ Continue reading → Posted in Defence and Security, Politics
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WE ARE CALLED TO BE ‘NEIGHBOURS WITHOUT BORDERS’ By Patty Fawkner | On22 November 2020
_In his encyclical Fratelli Tutti Francis says that being a neighbour without borders is how Christians are called to respond to the challenges faced by our world._ Continue reading → Posted in Religion and Faith| 1 Comment
THE WAR REPARATIONS OF SIDNEY NOLAN AND BENJAMIN BRITTEN – RECKLESSINNOCENCE?
By Sue Rabbitt Roff
| On 22 November
2020
_Was the Anglo-Australian cultural cringe solely a one way transmission from settler colony to metropole mothership? I have been re-examining the possibility that Australian creatives might have influenced British culture over the past century, especially since the Second World War. _ Continuereading →
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AN AUSTRALIAN MUSLIM VIEW ON ATROCITIES COMMITTED IN AFGHANISTAN By Zia Ahmed | On 22November 2020
_There are widespread calls for investigations into atrocities committed by foreign forces engaged in Afghanistan for almost two decades following Australia’s public release of a shocking report on Thursday 19 November 2020 alleging unlawful killings of civilians by elite Australian troops in Afghanistan. The US and European countries have been__ urged to follow Australia’s example and hold perpetrators of war crimes accountable.__ Continue reading →_
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BIRD’S EYE VIEW: THE MARKERS OF GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED CORRUPTION By Ken Carroll | On 22November 2020
_I joined the Australian Public Service (APS) with a typical expectation of working to serve the public. The brochure looked inviting; people working happily together, and a chance to progress in an organisation that valued such common-sense ideals as working in a supportive, accountable, a-political organisation with high ethical standards. Evidently, I was wrong._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics | 4Comments
SATURDAY’S GOOD READING AND LISTENING FOR THE WEEKEND By Ian McAuley | On 21 November2020
_What people in other forums are saying about public policy_ Continuereading →
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Politics | 4 Comments TAMED ESTATE: STOP THE PRESSES; THE PRIME MINISTER TOOK A BARRE CLASS! By Michael Tanner |On 20 November 2020
_No holds barred? Kid-glove treatment for the Prime Minister, climate change denial, Murdoch media appears desperate and breaches of hotelquarantine._
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MEDIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY. THE PAST WEEK’S REGIONAL DIPLOMACY PASSED THROUGH THE MEDIA IN A BLUR.By Hamish McDonald
| On 20 November 2020 _DROP-CATCHING IN CANBERRA_ _China’s embassy in Canberra has belatedly woken up to the way things are done in our capital, it seems, and got into the business of “dropping” newsworthy material into the laps of selected press gallery members._ Continue reading →Posted in Asia
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IT IS A GROSS INJUSTICE TO MR MOSELMANE. BEYOND GROSS. By Ian Cunliffe | On20 November 2020
_The attacks on Mr Moselmane began months before the raids, with journalists and shock jocks being backgrounded to demonise him. Sky News’ Peta Credlin broadcast “If we really have foreign agent laws, why isn’t Moselmane being looked at?” She knew very well that he was being lined up. Another leak by his opponents. Another crime which will go uninvestigated. Not much moral courageto be seen._
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OPENING UP AUSTRALIA TO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL – ALL FROTH AND NOBUBBLE!
By Robin Boyle | On 20November 2020
_Since April, a variety of coronavirus travel bubbles involving Australia have been mooted. But will any of them take off?_ Continuereading →
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WHERE THE BLOODY HELL IS IT? DID SCOTT MORRISON LIE ABOUT THE REPORT THAT SAVED HIS BACON AT TOURISM AUSTRALIA? By Jommy Tee | On 20November 2020
_Scott Morrison was sacked as managing director of Tourism Australia in 2006 with a year left to run on his contract. For 14 years the reason for the sacking has remained one of the best kept secrets in Parliament. Now, FoI documents accessed by JOMMY TEE reveal the PM either lied about a critical probity report, or numerous government departments and agencies are so incompetent that all of them – together, coincidentally, jointly and severally – lost it._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics | 8Comments
ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA IS NOT A SECURITY RISK: IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN A SHARED MORE LIBERAL WORLD By Andrew Podger | On20 November 2020
_The Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 currently before the Parliament would require State and Territory entities to seek the approval of the Minister for Foreign Affairs for any proposed ‘arrangement’ with a ‘core foreign entity’; existing ‘arrangements’ would also be subject to approval. The bill may be presented as ‘country agnostic’ but there is little doubt that its intent is to constrain ‘arrangements’ State and Territory entities have with China in particular. Included in the definition of ‘entities’ are universities._ Continue reading →Posted in China
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BUILDING A WALL OF SILENCE ABOUT POSSIBLE ATTACKS ON AUSTRALIA. By Kieran Finnane |On 20 November 2020
_There are plans to protect civilian populations in the case of a military attack on Australian soil, but they’re “classified” – not reassuring when you live in close proximity to the Pine Gap military base, widely regarded as a likely target for attack in the case of a hot war between global powers. _ Continue reading → Posted in Defence and Security| 3 Comments
BRACE FOR IMPACT: BACK TO WEARING SEAT BELTS IN RELATIONSHIP WITHCHINA
By Jack Brady | On 20November 2020
_China continues to bamboozle us every step of the way. But how we respond to the latest escalation is important. We must remember that our bipartisan position on China has served Australia well and that a political split is exactly what China wants._ Continue reading →Posted in China
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CROWN SYDNEY CASINO OPENING DELAYED By Chris Sidoti | On19 November 2020
_Crown Resorts’ board sat on its hands and so the NSW regulator has intervened and ordered the new Sydney casino’s opening to be delayed._ Continue reading → Posted in Politics | 2Comments
LOBBYLAND: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE CAPTURED BY FOREIGN WEAPONS MAKERSTHALES, BAE
By Michelle Fahy | On19 November 2020
_The culture of cosiness; the revolving door; and undue influence. The relationship between government and military industrial companies is just one strand of the evidence showing the urgent need for a national anti-corruption commission. “Undue influence” is a noted marker for corruption._ Continue reading →Posted in Lobbyland
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