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The ISIS brides debacle

Australia's political leaders have turned the sensitive return of ISIS-linked citizens into a part ...  
Trump's peace plan might split two states into three

Gaza, the West Bank and Israel — Trump’s peace plan is more likely to divide than unite.  
Israel expands attacks across Middle East amid muted Western response

Israel’s latest bombing campaign – spanning Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and now U.S. ally ...  
Chinese investor buys land near AUKUS ports, sparking security fears

As AUKUS subs prepare to dock, Chinese-linked firms quietly buy land nearby — and no one in ...  
Trump’s shutdown reveals myth of small government

The latest U.S. Government shutdown underscores how calls for “small government” are less ...  
Journalists taking Trump at face value are too gullible for words

Gullible journalism helped Trump turn Project 2025 into a living nightmare for America.  
The racism we refuse to see: Australia’s silence on Papua New Guinea

Australia’s token gestures of reconciliation ring hollow while Papua New Guinea, our closest ...  
Canberra’s $1.6B AUKUS gamble risks destabilising the Indo-Pacific

Australia’s escalating $1.6 billion AUKUS spend promises nuclear submarines but threatens to ...  
Trump, Hitler and acquiescing to murderous regimes

Managing editor Michelle Pini discusses Donald Trump's burgeoning dictatorship and what Aust ...  
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EDITORIAL: Trump, Hitler and acquiescing to murderous regimes

Imagine if Austrian Chancellor Dr Kurt von Schuschnigg had not gone to Germany to meet with Hitler ...  
Selective empathy and the weaponisation of trauma

'Nothing prepared me for being accused of causing harm by wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh at a quee ...  
Trump is a fascist: We are the resistance

American politics took another dark turn this week. U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a ...  
Social media ban sparks deadly unrest and leadership shake-up in Nepal

A sweeping social media ban ignited mass youth protests in Nepal, leaving dozens dead, thousands ...  
Gaza’s children bear the hidden cost of war

While the bombs fall on Gaza, the deepest wounds are carved into the minds of its children — ...  
Palestinian women bear brunt of Gaza war while leading community resilience

Women in Gaza are enduring displacement, loss and hunger, yet continue to lead resilience efforts ...  
Australians much safer than Americans in an increasingly dangerous world

After decades of steady decline, violent crime worldwide is escalating.  
Don't ask vulnerable people to feel outrage at the death of Charlie Kirk

Political commentator Charlie Kirk spent his life demeaning the very people now told to grieve ...  
The real Antifa: A legacy of fighting fascism

Branded a terrorist by Donald Trump, Michael Taylor wears the name Antifa as an inheritance — ...  

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