Spies, Lies And Timor Gas: Prepare to Be Rocked By Canberra Lawyer’s Book
The Turnbull Government will be watching with interest and angst for a soon-to-be-released book which…More
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The Universal Lesson Of East Timor
A nation needs a lesson in politics, and it isn’t Timor-Leste, writes John Pilger*.More
Blood On Their Hands: The Secret Government Treaties That Helped Kill Chan And Sukumaran
If you believe the rhetoric, then Prime Minister Tony Abbott understands the widespread anger at…More
Intimidation Won't Work On Collaery
This week the home and offices of Australian barrister Bernard Collaery were raided, while he…More
Why Adelaide Is On A Downer
Legend has it that the great blues guitarist Robert Johnson sold his soul to the…More
The Most Appalling Thing Anyone Has Said About Iraq
Baghdad. Friday, 16 October 2004 Almost as soon as my vehicle left the front gates…More
How John Martinkus Became 'Jihad John'
News Ltd has appointed a couple of judges to check up on its editorial expenditure…More
Sandy Heads for the Hills
It is, indeed, the end of a vaguely memorable and ill-defined era. Australian public life…More
It's Rudd's Australia Now… We Just Live in It
One of the most interesting things about the Australia 2020 Summit has been its accentuation…More
The Cardboard Solution
It is one of the great truths of history that a great idea is frequently…More