The terms right wing and left wing have become entrenched in today’s political narrative. Historically, the terms have come down to us from the...
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Text is the Foundation of Search
Lots of people use the internet without understanding how it works. This is not unusual as most of us do not comprehend exactly how many things...
The Social Contract During a Global Pandemic
The Covid global pandemic has resulted in more than 5 million deaths and counting. Vaccine hesitancy has delayed our scientific solution to...
Weasel Word Morrison: An Absence of Federal Leadership
The Morrison led Liberal National coalition government is taking their do-nothing strategy to new low levels. This is the federal government that...
Racism Underpins the West’s Attitude to China
It was heartening to see former Australian PM Paul Keating speak out sensibly about our relationship with China. Especially after the last couple...
Real Hollywood Gun Death Hurts the Industry
The terrible tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins at the hands of a prop gun is a timely message to an unhealthy industry. There are too...
Australia’s Collective Amnesia
Every day we hear a lot about how great a place Australia is and how lucky we are to live here. It is and we are! Australia Day has become more...
Not Another Epidemiologist on My Screen
The global pandemic has exhausted me, and I suspect I am not alone on this score. If I see another daily press conference featuring a Premier or PM...
First Home Buyers: Is There Still Hope, Or Is Hope Dead?
If one casts one’s gaze back to the beginnings of the modern European and western conception of the value of human life you soon bump into the...
Transplanted Democracy Uprooted in Afghanistan by the Taliban
Any gardener will tell you that if you prune back a plant it will regrow with added vigour. The Taliban in Afghanistan has come back powerfully...