US Further Heightens Military Presence, With Plans to Station Land Forces in Australia
One might have expected that this year’s ongoing revelations relating to the United States’ militarisation of this continent might have started to slow down. This is especially as the onslaught began on 14 March with PM Anthony Albanese telling the nation that...
Gaza: International Rules-Based Order Backs Apartheid Israel Perpetrated Genocide
Hamas, the government in Palestine’s Gaza Strip, launched unprecedented surprise attacks on southern Israel on 8 October this year. Its troops crashed through the dividing barrier between the regions and went on to kill 1,300-odd Israelis, which included civilians. The...
Duggan Requests Postponement of Extradition Due to Prosecution’s Failure to Serve Evidence
Australian citizen Daniel Duggan was arrested in his hometown of Orange in rural NSW on 21 October 2022, on behalf of Washington, which is seeking to extradite the former US marine over his having taught foreigners, including Chinese nationals, to fly...
The Voice Debate: Misinformation and Disinformation Run Rife on Social Media
Warnings are emerging about widespread misinformation’ and disinformation regarding the substance and potential effect of the Voice to Parliament in the lead-up to the historic referendum on Saturday, 14 October 2023. The situation once again raises concerns about the use...
Australia Must Introduce a Specialised Atrocity Crime Unit
The photograph that recently emerged of Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe partying at a club in Bali conveys the on the ground reality that criminal justice in this country is increasingly at odds with the concept of justice itself. Roberts-Smith was recently...
Subs or No Subs, US Domination of Australia Is Absolute and so Is Its Call to War
After the fanfare of the San Diego AUKUS announcement in March, which was preceded by the star spangled unveiling of the new Australia, US and UK security pact in 2021, it only took a few more months before it became apparent that...
Russell Brand: Next on the #MeToo Sexual Abuser Hitlist
Following the well-publicised convictions in the United States of Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Bill Cosby - the last of which was subsequently overturned - the latest in a series of sexual assault allegations to come in the...
Macquarie Bank to ‘Phase Out’ Cash, Cheques and Phone Payments
Just as Qantas stopped momentarily making headlines for being “out of touch” with its staff and customers, enter Macquarie Bank which is currently dominating news pages over its plans to make banking almost impossible for thousands of people. Phasing out...
Can Obtaining Another’s Consent Be Used as a Murder Defence?
Just a few weeks short of Halloween in 1996, 35-year-old Sharon Lopatka left her home in Maryland USA, leaving her husband a note which simply read: If my body is never retrieved, don’t worry: know that I’m at peace Lopatka...
Aussie Support for Assange Skyrockets, But US Ambassador’s Claims of a Plea Deal May Be Untrue
A delegation of six Australian politicians from across the political spectrum will travel to Washington later this month, the Assange Campaign announced on Wednesday, in an attempt to secure the immediate release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from London’s Belmarsh prison....
