Sustainable Population Australia Media Release As World Population Day approaches, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says a population may survive but not thrive if it grows rapidly. SPA national president Peter Strachan says that if every person is to have access to health services, their human rights upheld and sustainable development achieved, there must be an…
By Denis Bright In the absence of a stronger leftwing tradition in Australian politics, a loose coalition between the Labor, the Greens and a range of progressive independents may still be possible on economic policy. As in the recent National Assembly Elections in France, co-operation within the New Popular Front delivered a surprise result. This…
Was there any need for this? Australia’s Albanese government, harried by the conservative opposition for going soft on pro-Palestinian protests and the war in Gaza while allegedly wobbling on supporting Israel, has decided to bring a touch of bureaucracy to the show. Australia now has its first antisemitism envoy, a title that sits in that odd…
By Bert Hetebry The war in Ukraine rolls on, seemingly an endless aggression which seeks either a capitulation or the nation’s complete destruction. This morning a report that a hospital has been bombed killing 41 civilians and injuring dozens more adding to the already horrendous toll of lives lost. The hospital treats children for cancer…
The United Kingdom election had a terribly unfair voting system which meant that while Farage’s Reform Party received 14.3% of the vote but only ended up with five seats. This is because the UK uses a simple majority system, which is often referred to as first past the post. The great advantage of the simple…
George Washington’s last great experiment may get voluntarily flushed down a gold-plated toilet. We Australians are all well accustomed to Americans, but they are not like you and me. They don’t pronounce the ‘h’ in herb. They call it gas but it’s a liquid. Tuna fish. WTF? Cow mammal? They live within walking distance of…
“This is the inflection point,” warned Nigel Farage last month as he assumed the reins of power at the incarnated Reform UK party, standard bearer of the often inchoate group known as the hard right of British politics. “The only wasted vote is a Conservative one. We are the challengers to Labour. We are on…
Twice in a fortnight, the president of the Heritage Foundation has declared that America is experiencing its second revolution. The revolution would remain bloodless (because their side is “winning”) “if the left allows it to be.” The two bodies whose acts provoked the announcements are leading Atlas Network partners; they are, furthermore, listed on the…
Few would have staked their political fortune, let alone any other sort of reward, on a return of the British Conservatives on July 4. The polls often lie, but none suggested that outcome. The only question was the extent British voters would lacerate the Tories who have been in office for fourteen years, presiding over…
By James Moore My fellow Americans, I am speaking to you tonight from the Roosevelt Room in the White House rather than the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. While my message this evening is of critical national importance, it is also political, and I want to respect the distinctions by keeping anything partisan from…