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Weapons still being funded over survival

Humanity is in a trillion-dollar arms race, struggling to choose survival over self-destruction ...  
The new hate speech bill threatens Australian civil liberties

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

As protests erupt nationwide against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Australians are ...  
Government pressed on legal implications of Isaac Herzog visit

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

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

Donald Trump is framed as a modern Pyrgopolynices, a braggart whose performative narcissism has ...  
Mayhem is the point: Trump's politics of terror

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

As Washington demands unprecedented military spending from its allies, Australia faces a stark ...  
Scott Morrison’s holy war: Preaching politics in Israel

In Jerusalem, Scott Morrison blended faith, fear and foreign policy into a sermon that excused ...  
Galloping through cultures: How horses connect humanity

As the Year of the Horse approaches, horses that once carried civilisation forward still carry ...  
The poisoned word: How Palestine solidarity is branded as antisemitism

Why is support for Palestine so often seen as “antisemitism”? And why so few mentions of ...  
Trump's war on international justice

When the U.S. sanctions international judges to shield Israel, power decides who is accountable ...  
Beyond reform: South Azerbaijan’s case for political agency

Decades of exclusion and environmental collapse have pushed South Azerbaijan beyond reform and ...  
Trump's Art of the Greenland Deal

Trump’s fixation on Greenland reveals how ego, deal-making bravado and hard-power geopolitics ...  
Trump’s dementia destroys time-honoured global alliances

Last week’s World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting exposed rifts between allies that are unlikely to ...  
Trump’s MAGA militia strategy and the erosion of restraint

As the midterms approach, Trump’s politics of force are reshaping both foreign policy and ...  
The death of the Coalition and a requiem for the Old Order

The latest split in Australia’s conservative Coalition is yet another signal the old, establi ...  
Trump threats against Fed chief trigger rare global response

Donald Trump’s threats against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell have prompted an unusually ...  

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