Good Theatre, Bad Policy: Another Day In the Life Of National Security Tony
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott held a media conference. As is normal these days,…More
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Why We Torture Asylum Seekers, But Were Too Afraid To Ask
Are you wondering why the deaths of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran resonated, and Reza Barati’s…More
Hockey's Second Budget Still Targets The Poorest
The Abbott government has worked hard to present its 2015 budget as much fairer than…More
How The West Was One In The Syrian Catastrophe
The Defence Intelligence Agency provides military intelligence to the United States Department of Defense and…More
Paid Parental Leave: Why Break A Promise Once When You Can Double-Dip?
The Abbott government has suffered many misfortunes in its short life, lots of them self-inflicted.…More
Budget 2015: Is The Absence Of Catastrophe A Victory For Hockey?
One week on from the 2015 budget, how goes the bounce? We’re not talking about…More
'Harro prease': Will SBS's 'Scott McIntyre Standard' Apply To This Journalist's Comment?
It was a brief post, and it wouldn’t normally cause more than raised eyebrows. But…More
The Corporate Media And Syria: A Study Of Propaganda And Sloppy Standards
Back in the 1970s, Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman published a two volume study, the…More
Noam Chomsky And Sam Harris: A Revealing Lesson In Religious Fundamentalism
The email exchange between left-wing intellectual Noam Chomsky, and American ‘New Atheist’ Sam Harris is…More
Killing Bin Laden: Seymour Hersh's Explosive Revelations Are Worth Taking Seriously
Seymour Hersh, the renowned investigative journalist, has been well known for his anonymous high-ranking sources…More