Oxfam Australia Media Release In response to the Australian Government’s announcement to provide funding for humanitarian relief and emergency supplies in response to the recent flooding in Bangladesh, Oxfam Australia Director Programs and Transformation, Chrisanta Muli said: “It is heartening to see Australia stepping up to provide significant humanitarian aid in response to the devastating floods…
Power should only ever be vested carefully, and certainly not in the hands of mining magnate Gina Rinehart, a creature so comically absurd as to warrant immediate dismissal in any respectable commentary. But Australia’s richest human being demands to be noticed, given the insensible influence she continues to exert in press and policy circles. Rants…
Australian Workers’ Union Media Release The Australian Workers’ Union congratulates Bill Shorten on his remarkable 30 years of service to the Australian labour movement. Bill started his career at the AWU Victorian branch in 1994 where four years later in 1998 he was elected to the position of Victorian State Secretary. In 2001 Bill became…
Monash University The Biden administration has accused Russia of carrying out a sustained campaign of disinformation targeted at American voters with the aim of influencing the outcome of November’s presidential elections. Associate Professor Emma Briant, (Associate Professor of News and Political Communication, Faculty of Arts) says: “The US Department of Justice indictments today give vital…
The government of Sir Keir Starmer, despite remaining glued to a foreign policy friendly and accommodating to Israel, has found the strain a bit much of late. While galloping to victory in the July elections, leaving the British Labour Party a heaving majority, a certain ill-temper could be found among the ranks on his attitudes…
The risk of waterborne disease outbreak is rising as the water and sanitation system across 11 districts in Bangladesh have been submerged or disrupted by recent floods, said Oxfam today. Oxfam’s recent needs assessment survey across Fulgazi, Feni Sadar, Senbag, and Kobirhat areas in Feni and Noakhali, the hardest-hit districts, showed that nearly all shelters…
Proud Boys, Donald J. Trump, J.D. Vance Political sexual assault of Kamala Harris By Tess Lawrence Two-timing man-baby, the wannabe two time president Donald J. Trump and new bestie wannabe Veep, J.D. Vance are clearly shit-scared of Vice President Kamala Harris. That much is clear. To put it in language these red necks understand, she’s…
Arguably the Albanese Government is routinely tied up trying to explain their way out of a dilemma of their own creation. A recent example is the brouhaha around the potential Census question regarding how Australians identify themselves sexually. When some equivocation was displayed by the government, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton donned the hob-nailed workboots and…
Between September 11 and 13, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) will play host to a bazaar of networking and deal making as part of a show that really ought to be called The Merchants of Death Down Under. And the times for these merchants are positively bullish, given that total global military expenditure…
Yep, apparently it’s all bad news for Labor with their leader, Anthony Albanese only leading the preferred PM stakes by a mere 45 to 37… Now, I know some of you will remember that I’ve always maintained a few simple rules about opinion polls: The preferred PM question is interesting but, in the end, means…