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This special photographic shoot included a touching moment with former PM Malcolm Fraser at Nareen Station. read now...
FIFA has done it again. With its usual sparkle of inventive interpretation, amoral reasoning, and snappy bravura, the world football federation has deemed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia fit for hosting the largest sporting event on the sporting calendar – not counting the Olympics. The FIFA Men’s World Cup will
Protestors say Nupress could could do “plenty of positive things” for medical technology, green energy and infrastructure rather than help Israel commit genocide in Gaza. Niko Leka reports.
I love the Republic of Korea. It is a country I can visit over and over without ever tiring of its people, food, culture, or history. South Korea stands on the frontier of democracy and is technically still at war with North Korea, the communist backwater that is within striking
Hundreds of people, including rank-and-file Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union members, attended a public meeting to discuss defending the union from Labor’s anti-union laws. Jordan AK reports.
Ok, let’s start with a couple of simple dialogues: Number 1: “Twelve year old Gilbert has been sentenced to eight years for his car theft which seems a little harsh as it was his first offence.” “No, adult crime, adult time.” “Will he be allowed to have access to any
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release ACOSS has referred the Federal Government to the Commonwealth Ombudsman following the latest revelations that income support payments may have been illegally cancelled, affecting at least 1,000 people between April 2022 and July 2024. The referral comes after CEO Cassandra Goldie wrote
I didn’t really know what I was looking for, but with me that’s usually how these things begin. I was at the National Library of Australia in Canberra and in front of me were the two volumes of Manning Clark’s Select Documents in Australian History, published in 1950 and 1955.
The fall of French prime minister Michel Barnier has shocked the many New Caledonians still reeling from the economic, cultural and social damage wrought by six months of conflict across the archipelago. The collapse, and the ongoing political uncertainty in Paris, seems likely to delay crucial negotiations on New Caledonia’s
Viktor Orbán’s obsequious letter to Benjamin Netanyahu offering him sanctuary from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Hungary is not a surprise. It is another red flag in the Islamophobic world of the transnational Right. The mass and prolonged slaughter of Palestinian Muslims (and Christians) cannot be seen as a
This has not been a great year for Pauline Hanson. On 1 November her actions were the subject of a lacerating judgement from Justice Andrew Stewart in the Federal Court case of Faruqi v. Hanson. Not mincing his words, the judge stated that “Senator Hanson has a tendency to make
Regional bank closures: Senate inquiry's critical findings sidelined as Treasurer Jim Chalmers rolls out solo plans read now...
This special photographic shoot included a touching moment with former PM Malcolm Fraser at Nareen Station. read now...
FIFA has done it again. With its usual sparkle of inventive interpretation, amoral reasoning, and snappy bravura, the world football federation has deemed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia fit for hosting the largest sporting event on the sporting calendar – not counting the Olympics. The FIFA Men’s World Cup will
Protestors say Nupress could could do “plenty of positive things” for medical technology, green energy and infrastructure rather than help Israel commit genocide in Gaza. Niko Leka reports.
I love the Republic of Korea. It is a country I can visit over and over without ever tiring of its people, food, culture, or history. South Korea stands on the frontier of democracy and is technically still at war with North Korea, the communist backwater that is within striking
Hundreds of people, including rank-and-file Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union members, attended a public meeting to discuss defending the union from Labor’s anti-union laws. Jordan AK reports.
Ok, let’s start with a couple of simple dialogues: Number 1: “Twelve year old Gilbert has been sentenced to eight years for his car theft which seems a little harsh as it was his first offence.” “No, adult crime, adult time.” “Will he be allowed to have access to any
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release ACOSS has referred the Federal Government to the Commonwealth Ombudsman following the latest revelations that income support payments may have been illegally cancelled, affecting at least 1,000 people between April 2022 and July 2024. The referral comes after CEO Cassandra Goldie wrote
I didn’t really know what I was looking for, but with me that’s usually how these things begin. I was at the National Library of Australia in Canberra and in front of me were the two volumes of Manning Clark’s Select Documents in Australian History, published in 1950 and 1955.
The fall of French prime minister Michel Barnier has shocked the many New Caledonians still reeling from the economic, cultural and social damage wrought by six months of conflict across the archipelago. The collapse, and the ongoing political uncertainty in Paris, seems likely to delay crucial negotiations on New Caledonia’s
Viktor Orbán’s obsequious letter to Benjamin Netanyahu offering him sanctuary from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Hungary is not a surprise. It is another red flag in the Islamophobic world of the transnational Right. The mass and prolonged slaughter of Palestinian Muslims (and Christians) cannot be seen as a
This has not been a great year for Pauline Hanson. On 1 November her actions were the subject of a lacerating judgement from Justice Andrew Stewart in the Federal Court case of Faruqi v. Hanson. Not mincing his words, the judge stated that “Senator Hanson has a tendency to make