International
Prospects for Australia's overseas student program

A government report on student visa numbers reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic affected our recent ...  
JOHN PILGER: Julian Assange's Stalinist trial mocks democracy

John Pilger gave this address outside the Central Criminal Court in London on September 7 as ...  
The U.S. Election is important to all those seeking a better world

The significance of the upcoming U.S. Election spans beyond the borders of America and affects all ...  
EXCLUSIVE: ABC allegedly 'endangers life' of employee in Kenya

A news producer employed by the ABC in Nairobi says he now fears for his life after he was named ...  
Russia involved in Trump campaign — again

Despite a bipartisan report concluding that Russia is again intervening in a U.S. election, Trump ...  
Brexit ho: Tony Abbott’s trade deal role

Australia’s controversial ex-Prime Minister and vocal Brexit supporter Tony Abbott is set to ...  
Assange's detention violates international law: Australia must intervene

On the 7th of September, Julian Assange is scheduled to appear in a British court for several ...  
Anti-China narrative hits fever pitch

While China is imperfect, many of the criticisms levied against it are misleading and unfair ...  
The idea of American exceptionalism has infected Australia

There is nothing very exceptional about American exceptionalism.  
Flint water crisis results in US$600 million settlement

The state of Michigan has paid a large settlement to victims of lead poisoning from the water ...  
Second wave of COVID-19: Lessons from Latin America

While many countries now face the prospect of a second COVID-19 wave, a number of countries in ...  
Investigation
How your donated clothes end up in Fijian superstores

Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders are donating “good used clothing” to a secondhand ...  
Trump's America: A ripe example of democracy in decay

Democracy appears to be on the brink of collapse in America, right now.  
COVID-19 hasn't stopped Chile's Government from violating human rights

According to a Criteria survey in June, Chile President Sebastián Piñera's disapproval has ...  
Australia strategically blind to India’s aggression

In the race to cosy up to one Asian giant while combating another, Scott Morrison and his Gover ...  
The importance of making up with China

Political tensions with China have been escalating, but there's still time for Australia to make ...  
COVID-19 demands a social democratic response, not a neoliberal disaster

Across the world, social democracies have fared much better than countries ruled by neoliberalism ...  
75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the arms race isn't over

The twin bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945 are always moments that ...  

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