Oxfam Australia Media Release Miniscule amount is less than 12% of average daily calorie needs. People in northern Gaza have been forced to survive on an average of 245 calories a day (1025 kilojoules) – less than a can of beans – since January, as Israeli forces continue their military onslaught. Over 300,000 people are…
Eulogies should rarely be taken at face value. Plaster saints take the place of complex individuals; faults transmute into golden virtues. But there was little in the way of fault regarding Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom’s messianic purpose, whose tireless work for the charity, World Central Kitchen (WCK) in northern Gaza had not gone unnoticed. Sadly, the…
By Denis Bright In Australia’s motorized society, most householders still turn their ignition keys as a reflexive response to their transport needs. Transport black spots are particularly evident in outer metro districts of Brisbane and adjacent regional areas. These localities attract householders in search of more affordable housing prices and lower rents. There would be…
After the Super Tuesday results signalled Trump would become the Republican presidential candidate in November, a first promise was that “We’re going to drill baby drill.” One of the most important reasons to watch American politics this year is that a Trump victory will push the world faster towards catastrophic climate heating. The global community…
The human mind is often incapable of tolerating the limitless nature of a universe, the absence of a divine architect, or appreciate that intended designs may be absent when it comes to events awful, ghastly and catastrophic. A disaster with some human agency is bound to have arisen because of a constructed plan, a template…
Australian Council for International Development Media Release The Australian Council for International Development, the peak body for the aid and humanitarian agencies, has today expressed its deepest condolences to the family of killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom. Ms Frankcom was killed, along with four of her fellow aid workers, by an Israeli air strike…
UNSW Media Release The ‘right to disconnect’ has been gaining traction globally in recent years, and Australia has joined the movement with the recent passing of the Fair Work Amendment (Right to Disconnect) Bill 2023. The new legislation is a response to growing concerns about work-related mental health issues, particularly those linked to stress and overwork.…
Ok, I did consider giving this the heading: “Anyone who confuses correlation and causation will die!” However, that would have mean that the joke was so clearly telegraphed that only Donald Rump supporters would have missed it… Anyway, I’ve been reading a lot lately and I’ve come to the simple conclusion that Mark Twain was…
A hog-tied Joe Biden is depicted in a life-size decal on the tailgate of a pickup truck in an image Donald Trump posts on Truth Social, Good Friday. Cue howls of outrage. Clearly, The Donald wants to make himself centre of attention again, via a “dead cat on the tailgate” decoy, in case we dwell…
By James Moore “Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants’ labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are.” – U.S. Cong. Luis Gutiérrez. Politics needs enemies to move constituencies. Fear doesn’t just sell, it motivates, and divides. The strategy for succeeding in American electoral politics has been, for…