Australia’s political and media response to Gaza, including the invitation to Israel’s president, reflects the influence of pro-Israel lobbying and the shrinking space for lawful criticism.
The powerful Zionist lobby has our political, media and academic class bluffed. Not surprisingly the lobby has seized the initiative following the tragic Bondi killings.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has accused former British leader Boris Johnson of derailing a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine early on in the conflict.
The former British prime minister has long been regarded as one of the key figures behind the continuing hostilities and is believed to have torpedoed the first peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul in March 2022.
Australian housing has never been this expensive. According to Cotality’s latest housing affordability report, the nation’s median dwelling price was valued at a record 8.2 times median household income in the September quarter of 2025, up from 6.4 times the median income in the September quarter of 2019. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) also
State owned Synergy has formally opened its third big battery, which turns out to the biggest operating battery in Australia after its storage was "re-rated."
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Australia's Liberal-National Coalition, the country's main opposition, reunited on Sunday, more than two weeks after the centre-right partners split in a row over hate speech laws.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) attempted to shield former President Joe Biden by deleting an email referencing him from the Epstein files, former US Senate staffer and RT contributor Tara Reade has said.
Reade worked as a Senate aide for Biden in the early 1990s and has accused him of sexual assault. In 2023, she moved to Moscow, citing safety concerns, and was granted Russian citizenship two years later.
Spanish giant completes one big battery project ahead of schedule as it lands a contract for an even bigger project with 10 hours of storage.
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Some countries now require data centres to pay more to access grid power, but Australian authorities are split over the issue.
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When gas companies drill a dry hole, the tax system shares the loss; when pumped hydro companies drill a dry hole, they carry the cost alone.
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Inside China, there is a nickname for US President Donald Trump that tells you everything you need to know about how his actions are being viewed in Beijing. They call him “Chuan Jianguo,” which translates roughly to “Trump the nation-builder”. It is a mocking title, of course, suggesting that the US president’s foreign and domestic policies are actually doing more to build up China than they are to help the United States.
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to hike the official cash rate by 0.25% last week has failed to dampen buyer enthusiasm in the housing market. According to Cotality, the nation’s preliminary auction clearance rate rose to 73.7%, up from 69.7% last weekend. It was also significantly higher than the 64.2% preliminary clearance rate
All of a sudden, the planets have aligned. Something both sides of Australian politics have been able to shunt off into the ‘politically too hard’ basket for much of a generation is now eminently doable. All that is required is data, some integrity in interpreting that data, and the political cojones to stand and deliver.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined Christians from around the country earlier this week at the Museum of the Bible for a national day of repentance, while highlighting the plight of persecuted Christians worldwide.
A threatened Aussie tiddler flashes a fin for tiny freshwater fish worldwide, toxic PFAS chemicals are all around us and deep inside us and never go away, and illegal gold mining in Congo destroys the environment and communities.
Tiny fishes – miniature marvels that slip through the net

Swedish Palace Confirms Princess Sofia Met Jeffrey Epstein Multiple Times as She Quietly Skips Nobel Prize CeremonyThe news comes weeks after King Charles stripped his brother Andrew of his royal titles and honors due to his connections to Epstein