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Australia commits to yet another perilous American military adventure

It has been gradually building towards the inevitable: Australia entering the fray in the Middle ...  
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EDITORIAL: Inevitably, Australia joins a declining Empire's latest needless war

It has been gradually building towards the inevitable: Australia entering the fray in the Middle ...  
The rules are gone: Trump’s Iran strike reshapes global power

Trump’s strike on Iran signals a shift toward a more volatile world order, where power increa ...  
Cloud war: Iranian drone strikes hit Gulf data centres

Iranian drone strikes on Gulf data centres show the cloud’s physical infrastructure is becoming ...  
Silk Silver Opium: The trade with China that changed history

Historian Michael Pembroke has offered valuable insight into how China has developed into the ...  
Religious warfare rhetoric emerges in conflict with Iran

As the Iran conflict escalates, religious rhetoric – from claims of divine missions to apocal ...  
Why the West may come to mourn Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The assassination of Iran's Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in an unprovoked first strike, starting ...  
Trump's 'Golden Dome': Visionary space deterrent or ambitious star wars sci-fi

Doubts remain over Donald Trump's ambitious 2025 "Iron Dome" space-based missile shield plan to ...  
JEFF MCMULLEN: The price we pay for not learning from history

On a historic night in Tehran, almost half a century ago, Jeff McMullen witnessed the inability of ...  
Labor should practice what it preaches about human rights

Australia condemns human rights abuses abroad but still won’t protect them at home.  
Operation Outlaw: Iran apologists and the assault on international law

While bombs fall on Tehran, Iran apologists in Western capitals dress regime change in the lang ...  
Funding firestorms: Washington’s war habit and Canberra’s silence

As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran escalate, billions flow into conflict while Australia backs ...  
Albanese's victimisation of "ISIS brides" and innocent children is appalling

Despite languishing for years in an atrocious conditions, Australia's PM belligerently refu ...  
The olive branch of hypocrisy: Herzog’s tree and Australia's complicity

Behind the pageantry of Herzog’s visit, critics argue Australia is ignoring legal warnings and ...  
Defending the democratic right of political speech and assembly in Australia

Current anti-democratic laws restricting freedom of speech and assembly cry out to be broken and ...  
Herzog visit sparks questions over Australia’s ‘core values’

Israeli President Herzog’s visit has reignited questions about whether Australia’s “core ...  
Gaza genocide accelerates crisis within Israel’s settler-colonial project

Israel’s destruction of Gaza may have strengthened short-term dominance, but it is deepening the ...  
Weapons still being funded over survival

Humanity is in a trillion-dollar arms race, struggling to choose survival over self-destruction ...  

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