• Erdogan says Sweden can join NATO only if they join him in treating every person of Kurdish descent as a terrorist.
• Israeli authorities make it even more difficult for "foreigners" to visit Occupied Territories.
• Peruvian protesters continue to march in support of Castillo, after (US-supported) coup removed him, despite police and other paramilitary ( Read more... )

By Stephen Charles

Australia’s bugging of Timor-Leste’s Cabinet rooms and subsequent hounding of Bernard Collaery and a former intelligence officer was a display of mendacity, duplicity, fraud, criminal trespass and contempt of international law.The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste came into existence on May 20, 2002. The Timor Sea, lying ( Read more... )

By Stuart Rees

George Orwell wrote that almost any English person would accept bullying as a synonym for fascism. Political theorists refer to fascism as characterised by secrecy in government, by goals for national regeneration plus promotion of masculinity and derision of democracy.Australia’s Morrison government is imitating features of fascism ( Read more... )

By Mike Head

Without providing any details whatsoever, the front-page headline on last Saturday’s Weekend Australian declared: “Police launch raids on foreign agents ( Read more... )

This makes me genuinely nauseous.

By Mike Head

Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week publicly supported the holding of criminal trials in total secrecy if they allegedly involve “national security information”-that is, any information about the undercover activities of Australia’s military and intelligence agencies ( Read more... )

Let us first note the absolute shock we all feel that any Australian Government-related security organisation would have issues with a whistleblower or something speaking about the ideals and principles behind whistleblowing and how hit might impact upon democracy. I'm so shocked Australia is against this guy speaking ( Read more... )

• After so many years of war, the main crop of Afghanistan's "gutted" economy is still, shockingly, opium.
• Australia becomes 2nd-highest grower of almonds because the top grower, California, recognises it uses too much water... so, crony-capitalism plus a "waters"-market + almonds and cotton kills the Murray-Darling
• Peter 'something you scrape off the ( Read more... )

Today, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was too scared to even meet with Angela Fredericks and the others trying to keep the Biloela Tamil family from being deported to Sri Lanka ( Read more... )

• Do you think DT just can't tell the difference between The Bahamas and Alabama? Look at all the 'a's and 'b's.
• Until very recently, the last few days, Bahamanian citizens could enter the USA at any time with their Bahamanian passport and a photocopy or printout of their clean police record. Come the Hurricane, come the disaster, SUDDENLY they're ( ( Read more... )

After a week of silence from both our major parties regarding the ever-increasing Crown scandal, I think there's only one question remaining, "Dear [insert name="name"], how much in bribes have you received over the years to justify your complete silence on their alleged criminal activity, particularly that relating to Australia's national security