Australia

Strewth! Australia to Become a ‘Clean Energy Superpower’. Just Like Self-Bankrupting Britain

Australia is the latest country to buy in to the 'clean energy superpower' myth, says David Craig. In reality, it's cheap, reliable fossil fuel that enables countries like China and India to be manufacturing superpowers.
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The Militarised University: Where Secrecy Goes to Thrive

For anyone wishing to bury secrets, especially of the unsavoury sort, there is one forum that stands out.  Call it a higher education institution.  Call it a university.  Even better, capitalise it: the University.  This is certainly the case in Australia, where education is less a pursuit of knowledge as the acquiring of a commodity, […]

“My State Banned Conversion Therapy. It’s Been a Disaster”

The Tories think they are being clever by bringing in a 'conversion therapy' ban for LGB but not T, but it's bound to backfire, says Moira Deeming. "My state banned 'conversion therapy' in 2021 and it's been a disaster."
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John Pilger: We are Spartacus

The bravery of those who dare to resist has allowed many of us, who might despair, to understand the real meaning of a resistance we all share if we want to prevent the conquest of us, our conscience, and our self-respect if we prefer freedom and decency to compliance and collusion. In this, we are all Spartacus.
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Australian Excess Deaths Fuel Fears About Role of Covid Vaccines

Excess deaths in Australia are fuelling fears about the role of Covid vaccines, says Dr Clare Craig, as the country had little Covid before 2022, making it a control group for identifying harms from the vaccines and virus.
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Taking the Refugee Hysteria off Ice

There are many reasons why Australian foreign policy can be viewed from the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe. For one, it is largely dictated, in terms of security, by the competitive, acquisitive urgings of the United States.  Fictional reassurances are offered to supposedly calm nerves in Canberra against phantom threats: extended nuclear deterrence, the […]

Living Off-Grid Has Shown Me That Modern Society Cannot Function on Renewable Energy

"Living off-grid has shown me that anyone who thinks modern society can function on a power grid that runs on just solar and wind power without 100% backup capacity for cloudy, still days is totally deluded."
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Cultural Cover-Up: The Sydney Opera House Turns 50

Commemorative occasions are often draped in fatty platitudes.  Within such platitudes lie excuses and apologies.  People are celebrated after the fact, not for their faults but for their virtues.  It’s just the polite thing to do.  At the time of their achievement, they were ridiculed, condemned, and flayed.  Buildings are also remembered, not for the […]