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Australian Media reactions to Carlson vs Putin
From Jorg Probst’s Think For Yourself Blog It was without a doubt the interview of the year. On 6 February 2024, US journalist Tucker Carlson talked with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Even more fascinating than the 2-hour conversation itself was how the media...
Why America’s Department of Justice Wants to Take Down Apple
By Jeffery Tucker: Brownstone Institute On May 5, 2021, White House press secretary Jen Psaki issued a mob-like warning to social-media companies and information distributors generally. They need to get with the program and start censoring critics of Covid policy....
Australia’s Orwellian Named eSafety Commissioner will force Big Tech to Scan photos, emails
From TOTT News Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, who is a regular at the World Economic Forum’s annual Davos event, will enforce her powers to develop mandatory online scanning standards for tech companies. Tech giants will be forced to scan emails, online photo...
“Rules-Based Order” Means Rules For Thee But Not For We
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): ❖ Israel’s allowed to bomb an Iranian consulate, but Iran’s not allowed to strike back. The US is allowed to surround China with war machinery, but it would be World
Assange Extradition Case Moves Forward While The CIA Covers Its Tracks
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): So they’re really doing it. The Biden administration is really ignoring Australia’s request to end the case against Julian Assange, and they’re proceeding with their campaign to extradite a journalist for telling the truth about US war crimes.
If The Mainstream Worldview Was Accurate, Gaza Wouldn’t Be Burning
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): The destruction of Gaza proves the entire mainstream western worldview is bullshit, because if the mainstream western worldview was accurate, the destruction of Gaza would not be happening. By the mainstream western worldview I mean the general consensus
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For just 35 dollars, including postage, I can post to you my book on the great events of world history over the 9 decades of my life. CATCHING THE LINVILLE TRAIN is a compelling page turner that looks objectively at what we can learn from history and how we can shape...
THIS HISTORIC LEGISLATION MUST BE PASSED BY PARLIAMENT IN 2024. ‘AUSTRALIA DAY SHALL BE CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA EVERY YEAR ON NEW YEARS DAY WHICH IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATION OF AUSTRALIA ON I JANUARY 1901’.
Please note the date on the photo below of Australia’s First Prime Minister, Edmund Barton. He was sworn in by Queen Victoria’s Representative, Lord Hopetoun, on 1 JANUARY 1901. This is the day Australia was founded. There was no nation of Australia before that date,...
VOTERS ARE BETTER ABLE TO PREPARE NEW CONSTITUTION FOR AUSTRALIA THAN POLITICIANS. IT MUST TOTALLY REPLACE THE OUTDATED 1901 CONSTITUTION.
The Constitution of Australia, having been approved in 1901 after successful Referendums in all 6 States, has now passed its use by date. The massive distrust that voters have in the political establishment will not ever enable it to be changed piece by piece in...
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Cancellation
There is a lot of commentary about academics being cancelled for expressing their views, especially in the US where hundreds have been fired. But Australia is lucky to be a decade behind the US in many things. My experience is that academic cancellation is not something that currently is of
NSW school funding cuts highlights state underspending on public schools
The announcement last week that the NSW government will cut spending on its own public schools by 1.25 per cent again highlights the failure of state governments to meet their share of the Gonski Student Resource Standard (SRS) as required by the Australian Education Act and subsequent agreements between the
Is social cohesion in Australia under threat?
During the senate inquiry on 10 April 2024, Mr Mike Burges, the ASIO boss, expressed concern about the rise in activities of right-wing extremists and the potential for it to incite a race war in Australia. This is the third time in less than a year that the ASIO boss
What Sam Mostyn’s appointment as Governor General means
This morning we woke to the news that Sam Mostyn will be the next Governor General of Australia. Since the announcement, I’ve been wading through emails and social media posts celebrating the appointment. I agree with all of them, but I’ve been struggling to articulate the ‘why’. It obviously goes
Dreaming of a life in politics? Apply now!
UC program paving the way to greater female political representation It’s 2023 and nineteen women find themselves standing on the steps of Old Parliament House. They don’t share a cultural background or come from the same age bracket. They don’t even share the same political ideas. But they all have
WGEA’s push for gender pay gap transparency
The term “gender pay gap” has not exactly been shooting the lights out, according to Google, but could WGEA’s pay transparency campaign be the approach that changes all that? Mary Wooldridge, head of Australian government group Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), has been leading an historic
Religious discrimination, donations reforms, the Liberal man problem, Tasmania election
In this episode, we explore the controversial return of the Religious Discrimination Bill to federal parliament. Once thought to be a relic of the Scott Morrison era, the bill has resurfaced during Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s tenure, fulfilling a promise made during the 2022 federal election campaign. We discuss the
The great Australian silence in Gaza
In his address at the National Press Club last week, Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister and renowned economist, took a firm stance on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, shining a spotlight on the Australian government’s weak and often contradictory one-sided position. Varoufakis, whose expertise stretches beyond economics to
A new economic future, Australia needs independence, AUKUS disaster and the future of aged care
In this thought-provoking episode, we look at the recent political and economic developments impacting Australia and the world, starting off with the influence of world-renowned economic thinkers Mariana Mazzucato and Yanis Varoufakis—in Australia at the moment—we explore the shifting economic paradigms of governance, business, and community interests. Dr. Mazzucato’s advocacy