I spoke last week at a meeting organised by the Brisbane Flight Paths Community Association to demand a curfew on planes flying over Brisbane. These are mostly either international flights (subsidised by the state government) to promote tourism) or overnight freight, for which there is a fairly modest convenience benefit
Not long after Trump took office, I observed that the status of the US as the “indispensable nation” could not be sustained. A year later, the US, considered strictly as a state actor, is already dispensable and has, in fact, been largely dispensed with, by Europe in particular.
Now that the far right of the Liberal Party has taken over the party from the ‘moderates’ with the election of Angus Taylor as leader, they have started amping up the racist rhetoric about immigration, in much the same way the Trumpists in the US have done. The Liberal Party will no doubt state that it is not racist, and it would seem not to be to the average halfwit, but it is. They cloak their racism in codewords so as to superficially deny it, but make no mistake, it is just as racist as anything Pauline Hanson’s One Notion put out.
US President Donald Trump has said he would “love” to see Russia and China join his ‘Board of Peace’, established to guide the stabilization of Gaza following the Israel-Hamas war. Moscow earlier signaled that it was contemplating the idea, while China has declined, citing commitments to the UN.
BRICS News: India balances, Russia negotiates, China builds—and the bloc evolves in real time. In this Think BRICS analysis, we break down BRICS 2026 strategy behind the latest global power shift.
In this episode of BRICS News, we at Think BRICS, break down BRICS 2026 developments shaping a multipolar world.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. has been gathering the most air power seen in the Middle East since the Iraq invasion in 2003.
Russia and Japan are not holding any negotiations on concluding a long-elusive peace treaty, as bilateral relations have hit rock bottom over Tokyo’s “unfriendly” stance towards Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump on Friday called the recent Supreme Court ruling against his global tariffs a "disgrace" and said he has a backup plan in mind, CNN reported, citing people familiar with the remarks.
The comments were made during a working breakfast with US governors.
Earlier in the day, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump is not authorized to impose global tariffs.
As predictable as Pauline Hanson’s racism, the commentariat leapt on Thursday’s labour market figures as more evidence of fiscal doom and monetary policy gloom. Michael Pascoe worries that the RBA will too.
Isn’t it great to have an economy where unemployment is low without causing an inflationary wages breakout?
The head of the sports division of Italian state broadcaster RAI has stepped down after a gaffe-filled commentary during the Olympics opening ceremony, the company announced on Thursday.
Ever since the end of the Cold War, the West came to believe that with the demise of their strongest foe — the Soviet Union — the world would be shaped by them in the manner of their own choosing. This manifested itself in the era of globalization, which saw Western financial and political institutions dominating the global politico-economic discourse.
The Great Doctrinal Discord
International reading: Trump rushed into Iran crisis meeting as insider warns ‘strike within hours’ – Daily Mail The Fed just casually dropped $18.5 billion into the banking system this week. – FRED Fed confirms it obeyed White House request for an unusual ‘rate check,’ weakening the dollar against foreign currencies – Fortune US trade deficit