Global oil glut defies geopolitics, drives prices down

24 Feb 2026 | Rising supply and weakening demand are overpowering geopolitics, sending oil prices toward a ...  

Herzog visit sparks questions over Australia’s ‘core values’

24 Feb 2026 | Israeli President Herzog’s visit has reignited questions about whether Australia’s “core ...  

The fall of Andrew Mountbatten: More Brooke Bond than James Bond

23 Feb 2026 | On the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the intelligence services, and the fine British ...  

Beyond the Western alliance: Australia’s uncertain horizon

23 Feb 2026 | As the Western alliance fractures under raw power politics, Australia faces a stark strategic ...  

Hitler’s Moscow to Trump’s Minneapolis: When power meets resistance

20 Feb 2026 | As federal force meets organised resistance, Minneapolis becomes a defining moment in Trump’s ...  

No gods, no masters: Facing Chomsky’s Epstein disaster

18 Feb 2026 | Noam Chomsky’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein force the Left to confront the dangers of hero-worship ...  

Gaza genocide accelerates crisis within Israel’s settler-colonial project

17 Feb 2026 | Israel’s destruction of Gaza may have strengthened short-term dominance, but it is deepening the ...  

Mark Carney’s warning: Albanese is choosing weakness for Australia

17 Feb 2026 | Mark Carney says the “less powerful” can choose honesty and independence — but on AUKUS and ...  

Weapons still being funded over survival

14 Feb 2026 | Humanity is in a trillion-dollar arms race, struggling to choose survival over self-destruction ...  

The new hate speech bill threatens Australian civil liberties

12 Feb 2026 | If there was ever a sign that Australian civil liberties and rights have been thrown under a bus ...  

Welcoming a war criminal: Herzog signals death of social cohesion

10 Feb 2026 | As protests erupt nationwide against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Australians are ...  

Government pressed on legal implications of Isaac Herzog visit

9 Feb 2026 | As Israeli President Isaac Herzog begins his visit to Australia, the Federal Government faces ...  

Selective context: Why Isaac Herzog’s visit deepens Australia’s moral failure

9 Feb 2026 | Calls to ‘consider the context’ of President Herzog’s visit obscure Israel’s ban on dozens ...  

The braggart soldier returns: Trump on the grand stage of ego

6 Feb 2026 | Donald Trump is framed as a modern Pyrgopolynices, a braggart whose performative narcissism has ...  

Mayhem is the point: Trump's politics of terror

6 Feb 2026 | What looks like chaos on America’s streets is not a breakdown of authority, but the deliberate ...  

When America raises the bill, Australia pays the price

4 Feb 2026 | As Washington demands unprecedented military spending from its allies, Australia faces a stark ...  

Scott Morrison’s holy war: Preaching politics in Israel

2 Feb 2026 | In Jerusalem, Scott Morrison blended faith, fear and foreign policy into a sermon that excused ...  

Galloping through cultures: How horses connect humanity

31 Jan 2026 | As the Year of the Horse approaches, horses that once carried civilisation forward still carry ...