Banished Prime Ministers are an irritation. They clog the airwaves of punditry with their views about how things were and how things should be.
Australia
Fruitless Gestures: Victoria Bans The Nazi Salute
It took place with hardly any debate, though it interested some parliamentary members at the committee stage. The Australian state of Victoria now faces laws that will lock a person up for 12 months or punish individuals with fines of A$23,000 or above if they dare enact a gesture. That […]
Mission to Free Assange: Australian Parliamentarians in Washington
Australian parliamentarians lobbying members of the US Congress and various relevant officials on one issue: the release of Julian Assange.
Educating The US Imperium: Australia’s Mission For Assange
Australian parliamentarians will be heading to Washington ahead of Prime Minister Albanese’s October visit to test the ground of empire.
A Killing Design: Osprey Fatalities in the Top End
The V-22 Osprey tiltrotor, flown by the Marine Corps and Special Operations Command, has had what can only be euphemistically regarded as a patchy record.
AUKUS, QUAD Transforming Alliance-Like
A new cold war globally with particular focus on the US’ containment strategy against China playing out in the Indo-Pacific region.
Assange Be Wary: The Dangers Of A US Plea Deal
At every stage of its proceedings against Julian Assange, the US Imperium has shown little by way of tempering its vengeful impulses.
The Censors Down Under: The ACMA Gambit On Misinformation And Disinformation
The shift towards information control was bound to happen and was always going to be encouraged by the greatest censors of all: governments.
Dotty Domains: The Pentagon’s Mali Typo Leak Affair
Despite repeated warnings over a decade by the Amsterdam-based Mali Dili, contracted to manage email accounts of the West African state, traffic from the US military continued to find its way to the .ml domain, the country identifier of Mali.
Congressional Concerns: Stalling Nuclear Submarines For Australia
As US lawmakers wrestle over funds and the need to increase submarine production, the Australian side of the bargain looks flimsy, weak, and dispensable.
The Fossil Fuel Proliferation Threat
With the fossil fuel industries of so many countries buried in the treaty back cover and the subtext, their existence continues to thrive.
Dumpling Wars
When politics ventures into the field of gastronomy, imbecility is sovereign. Bigotry sings darkly, prejudice hollers in a jarring register.
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