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Australia's UN Security Council bid puts middle-power diplomacy to the test

Australia's bid for a UN Security Council seat could strengthen its role as a diplomatic brid ...  
Red Sea conflict threatens global trade and supply chains

Escalating conflict in the Red Sea threatens to disrupt global shipping, drive up costs and ...  
The Ukraine war: Propaganda and the death of truth

As propaganda clouds the Ukraine war, inconvenient truths are being buried and voices opposing the ...  
JEFF MCMULLEN: American angst

Around the world, there is growing consternation about the state of U.S. democracy. The angst is ...  
RBA rate rise risks turning oil shock into recession

The Reserve Bank has lifted interest rates to 4.6%, but higher rates cannot fix oil-driven infl ...  
AUKUS public inquiry asks what Parliament won’t

With AUKUS costs soaring and scrutiny lacking, a public inquiry is asking the questions Parliament ...  
Australia’s UN bid falls short of Finland’s diplomatic vision

Australia’s bid for a UN Security Council seat exposes foreign policy contradictions that stand ...  
U.S. midterms hinge on healthcare, housing and energy

Healthcare, housing and energy will be major issues in the U.S. midterm elections. How Australia ...  
Trump’s lies should be the headline

Mainstream media has normalised Donald Trump’s lies, allowing deceit to become a powerful ...  
AI warfare accelerating beyond human control

AI is accelerating warfare and raising the risk of conflict spiralling beyond human control.  
Democracy must be measured by more than elections

China, India, the United States and Australia reveal why democracy must be judged not only by ...  
Australia's craven newsrooms suffer worst week in a very bad year

The mainstream media continue to deny the positives, amplify the negatives and fabricate falseh ...  
Oligarchs, AI and fascism: The perfect storm against democracy

As Australia finally joins the voices calling for sanity on AI and the Ku Klux Klan say they find ...  
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EDITORIAL: Oligarchs, AI and fascism: The perfect storm against democracy

As Australia finally joins the voices calling for sanity on AI and the Ku Klux Klan say they find ...  
Press freedom under attack from algorithms and cruel clickbait questions

Press freedom is under attack from algorithms and journalists trying to wound rather than infor ...  
Trump-Xi talks unlikely to meet a world in crisis

As Trump and Xi prepare to meet, the world’s mounting crises demand cooperation that neither ...  
CHRIS HEDGES: Trump’s assault on the midterms threatens American democracy

Chris Hedges warns that Trump’s efforts to reshape the US electoral system threaten the midterms ...  
Burke's immigration plan commits to net overseas migration targets

Tony Burke's immigration policy changes are like a Curate's Egg - good in parts, but are they enou ...  

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