The debate continues to rage over Elon Musk’s refusal to take down videos of the church stabbing from X. Musk claims freedom of speech, and the Government wants to censor the world. Internet law expert Dan Svantesson warns of unintended consequences. Do Australian courts have the right to decide what
As Peter Dutton, Coalition media and the security apparatus ramp up efforts to censor the internet, Michael West checks in on anti-China think tank, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Self-described as “Australia’s top security research institute” ASPI has managed to eke out one report on Gaza since the Hamas attacks
Defence Minister Richard Marles rolled out some glossy new brochures this week spelling out the composition of the Australian Defence Force in the decades ahead. As media quibbled about this equipment purchase or that one, former Senator and submariner Rex Patrick explains the sovereignty sell-out hidden in plain sight. Washington
As Anthony Albanese unfurled his Future Made in Australia Act, Joko Widodo was hosting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Duncan Graham investigates the crash in nickel and the challenge from Indonesia. Does anyone in Canberra watch what’s happening in Indonesia? This month last year government seers were offering a five-year
Dan Duggan has languished in jail for almost two years, awaiting extradition to the US. However, there are signs the Americans may not be able to get their hands on him, at least for a while. Andrew Gardiner reports. There was some rare good news last week for Australian pilot
As Iran retaliates, Israel contemplates its response. Cool heads and calm reflection are needed as the Middle East spirals towards full-scale war. Stuart McCarthy dissects the forever conflict. Spectacular footage of Iranian missiles being intercepted by Israeli air defences in the night skies last weekend is only a portend of
Private schools are competing in an ‘arms race’ of vanity projects, even winning architecture prizes, so how can tax breaks on building funds be justified when public schools are struggling? Analysis of the taxing issue of private school funding by The Australia Institute’s Alexia Adhikari and Morgan Harrington. Private schools
Is Peter Dutton’s proposed ‘rollout’ of modular nuclear reactors real policy or just politics? What research has he done to develop the policy? Not much, it seems. Rex Patrick reports. In September 2020, the Morrison Government released a Low Emissions Technology Statement that placed Small Modular Reactors (SMR) on a
Digital care platforms like Mable are seeking to bring higher levels of efficiency, choice and control to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). But are they striking the right balance between those principles and client safety? Zacharias Szumer investigates. The NDIS is a model built around giving choice and control
Joe Biden says he’s “considering” an end to the prosecution of Julian Assange. Anthony Albanese says, “enough is enough,” but not much else. Rex Patrick and Philip Dorling discuss the latest developments in the Assange case. Supporters of Julian Assange were encouraged on Thursday by US President Joe Biden’s off-the-cuff- remark
Last week, Australian Border Force deployed one hundred officers to detain a dozen asylum seekers on the Kimberley Coast. Meanwhile, an estimated 2000 asylum seekers arrive in Australia by plane every month. Duncan Graham reports from Indonesia. The men who stepped onto the sovereign sands of their dream nation are
Government officials are using disappearing text messages to circumvent scrutiny, threatening transparency and risking democracy. Rex Patrick exposes a dangerous practice ignored by the PM. In his dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell popularised the concept of the ‘memory hole’ of censorship and destruction, which enabled a totalitarian government’s ...
The debate continues to rage over Elon Musk’s refusal to take down videos of the church stabbing from X. Musk claims freedom of speech, and the Government wants to censor the world. Internet law expert Dan Svantesson warns of unintended consequences. Do Australian courts have the right to decide what
As Peter Dutton, Coalition media and the security apparatus ramp up efforts to censor the internet, Michael West checks in on anti-China think tank, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Self-described as “Australia’s top security research institute” ASPI has managed to eke out one report on Gaza since the Hamas attacks
Defence Minister Richard Marles rolled out some glossy new brochures this week spelling out the composition of the Australian Defence Force in the decades ahead. As media quibbled about this equipment purchase or that one, former Senator and submariner Rex Patrick explains the sovereignty sell-out hidden in plain sight. Washington
As Anthony Albanese unfurled his Future Made in Australia Act, Joko Widodo was hosting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Duncan Graham investigates the crash in nickel and the challenge from Indonesia. Does anyone in Canberra watch what’s happening in Indonesia? This month last year government seers were offering a five-year
Dan Duggan has languished in jail for almost two years, awaiting extradition to the US. However, there are signs the Americans may not be able to get their hands on him, at least for a while. Andrew Gardiner reports. There was some rare good news last week for Australian pilot
As Iran retaliates, Israel contemplates its response. Cool heads and calm reflection are needed as the Middle East spirals towards full-scale war. Stuart McCarthy dissects the forever conflict. Spectacular footage of Iranian missiles being intercepted by Israeli air defences in the night skies last weekend is only a portend of
Private schools are competing in an ‘arms race’ of vanity projects, even winning architecture prizes, so how can tax breaks on building funds be justified when public schools are struggling? Analysis of the taxing issue of private school funding by The Australia Institute’s Alexia Adhikari and Morgan Harrington. Private schools
Is Peter Dutton’s proposed ‘rollout’ of modular nuclear reactors real policy or just politics? What research has he done to develop the policy? Not much, it seems. Rex Patrick reports. In September 2020, the Morrison Government released a Low Emissions Technology Statement that placed Small Modular Reactors (SMR) on a
Digital care platforms like Mable are seeking to bring higher levels of efficiency, choice and control to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). But are they striking the right balance between those principles and client safety? Zacharias Szumer investigates. The NDIS is a model built around giving choice and control
Joe Biden says he’s “considering” an end to the prosecution of Julian Assange. Anthony Albanese says, “enough is enough,” but not much else. Rex Patrick and Philip Dorling discuss the latest developments in the Assange case. Supporters of Julian Assange were encouraged on Thursday by US President Joe Biden’s off-the-cuff- remark
Last week, Australian Border Force deployed one hundred officers to detain a dozen asylum seekers on the Kimberley Coast. Meanwhile, an estimated 2000 asylum seekers arrive in Australia by plane every month. Duncan Graham reports from Indonesia. The men who stepped onto the sovereign sands of their dream nation are
Government officials are using disappearing text messages to circumvent scrutiny, threatening transparency and risking democracy. Rex Patrick exposes a dangerous practice ignored by the PM. In his dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell popularised the concept of the ‘memory hole’ of censorship and destruction, which enabled a totalitarian government’s ...
