Australia’s response to Japan’s rhetoric has been framed as a test of loyalty, but the outrage is largely media-driven. Caution in foreign policy is not betrayal – it is a rational defence of national interest.
When foreign policy becomes domestic theatre
For political cartoonists, a federal election feels a little like Christmas — the fodder is endless.
And it really shows in this year's Behind the Lines exhibition, the annual celebration of the year's best political cartoons at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House in Canberra.
The past five years have witnessed arguably the worst rental crisis in modern Australian history. According to Cotality, nationally advertised rents soared by 43.8% in the five years to Q3 2025. This meant that the typical tenant household seeking to rent the median advertised home would need to spend $10,600 more annually than they would
Corporations and oligarchs are using offshore courts to tear down democratic decisions – and our governments say “welcome”.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st December 2025
How do you reckon our political system works? Perhaps something like this. We elect MPs. They vote on bills. If a majority is achieved, the bills becomes law. The law is upheld by the courts. End of story. Well, that’s how it used to work. No longer.
The Anti-Fascist I Was Raised to Be I am ANTIFA. Or so says President Donald Trump, branding me and millions like me as terrorists in [...]
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Risk markets here in Asia are pivoting more on BOJ rate hike speculation amid near certainty that the Fed’s upcoming December meeting next week will result in a cut, with tonight’s US initial jobless print in the balance given the very poor ADP private numbers recently. The Australian dollar is still building above the 66
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth Leo Tolstoy’s book, War and Peace, which has over 580,000 words. It is posted below… The video shows 86 villages and towns that Russia has captured since September 2025. This video illustrates why the retired US military officers who appear on mainstream media to analyze the war in Ukraine are a bunch of clowns.
Last week, I reported on The Australian Youth Barometer 2025, which painted a bleak picture of the financial challenges facing younger Australians. The report notes that 85% of young people report financial difficulties, while 18% face food insecurity. Housing affordability is a major concern, with only 30% believing they’ll be able to afford a comfortable
This seems to have passed the forex market by. Goldman. The PBOC’s Pledged Supplementary Lending (PSL) program resumed expansion in November by a net increase of RMB25.4bn, ending its contraction since March 2024. This implies that the central bank may have approved a full-year quota for 2025 (as it did in late 2023), although the
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As late as the final months of October, the Sydney auction market was still riding high, with its 4-week moving average clearance rate still sitting significantly higher than the same time last year. But in the weeks since, it has fallen back to earth, now sitting just 1.6% higher than at the same point last
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