Pearls and Irritations
The three core myths driving Israel’s war on Palestine
Raise the double standard high
Albo brings peace in our time
It’s no longer possible to be a Palestinian in the West Bank
Trump’s rare earths deal to counter China was a badly needed ‘Sputnik moment’
More defence spending, please – just not on the military
A circus and a summit: Trump and Xi visit Lee
Failure to cover: A week of collective omission by the Australian media
The future of Palestine – What must the Australian Government do?
Randa Abdel-Fattah’s latest book outlines the battles others face
As Nobel laureates show, the US can’t take tech lead over China for granted
Message from the editor
The key to social cohesion
The future of Palestine: What Australia must do
After OpenAI’s new ‘buy it in ChatGPT’ trial, how soon will AI be shopping online for us?
Australia’s role in the F-35 supply chain – what a tangled web we weave!
On No Kings day, a new America came to life
Boosting equity and safety for Australia’s children
If you write, you must also act: Reflections on the limitations of writing
The politics of democracy’s decline
New Australian national intelligence chief faces a people challenge
Bad debt ‘cockroaches’ signal new threats to the global economy
Realism and optimism on energy transition
Living with schizophrenia
‘Another unlawful extrajudicial killing’ as Trump expands boat-bombing spree to Pacific
Chris Sidoti on the International Court of Justice Gaza ruling
UN expert says all nations with ties to Israel ‘responsible in some measure’ for Gaza genocide
Modi cancels ASEAN trip, avoids meeting Trump – Asian Media Report
Misinformation was rife during the 2025 election. New research shows many people were unable to identify it
‘Pro-Trump propagandists’ take over Pentagon Press Corps after signing loyalty pledge
Indonesia’s security depends on educating the minds behind its machines
APEC: The curdled yoghurt of middle-power diplomacy
Trump, Xi and the ‘green paradox’: How China is building a climate-proof future
A Supreme Court showdown looms for Trump’s tariffs. Will it limit presidential power?
From proletariat to boxetariat: The new working class
Albo, Trump and China: No one likes a loser
After ICJ ruling, can UN relief agency UNRWA resume full Gaza operations?
China, US or us? Australia’s Upper Path in the global minerals race
Republicans ‘holding US economy hostage’ as nearly half of states face recession
Hundreds of prominent Jews and Israelis urge world powers to hold Israel accountable ‘for Gaza atrocities’
Australia has amongst the highest teacher shortages in the OECD
‘We just have to be defiant’: Irrepressible environmentalist Bob Brown reflects on a life of activism
The crumbling illusion: Why American public opinion on Israel is shifting
Sir Keir’s Maccabi outrage should get him the red card
Managing bullying or manufacturing shame? How neoliberal bureaucracy gets it wrong – again
Albanese and Rudd sold out freedom of the press this week
Dental health – time for a small, cost-effective revolution
Superannuation and the Canberra Press Gallery’s fantasies
Muted response to Trump’s appropriation of Christianity
Takaichi’s victory is a milestone on the road to a new party system in Japan
Islamophobia in Australian schools: What the Special Envoy’s report means for education
Super for teeth: Australia’s hidden dental crisis
To avert war, the West must shatter the mirror by which it views China
Women are missing from peace negotiations, from strategic decision-making
Greening the city: Community vegetable gardens create self-sufficiency
On Israel, Zionism and being Jewish
Chris Hedges’ Edward Said memorial lecture: ‘Requiem for Gaza’
Trump is pushing allies to buy US gas. It’s bad economics – and a catastrophe for the climate
The Pope, the media and the ‘normalisation’ of Trump
Readying the north for war
Trump CIA intervention in Venezuela risks another US war of choice, experts warn
At best, a respite for Gazans
China’s FDI, not the BRI, drives a global green transition
Indonesia-Australia economic partnership can power Indo-Pacific resilience
The problem of climate change denialism
After the bombing: The shape of life left by the genocide in Gaza
If you go down to the forests today, you’re in for a big surprise (mass deforestation)
Australia’s political parties are moving to their use-by date
The migration debate in Australia
Palestinian Mandela beaten unconscious. Our leaders yawned and looked away
‘We can do this’: Rio Tinto’s rapid switch to renewables shows path for quick exit from coal
The armistice of 1918 and the ‘ceasefire’ of 2025
China-US critical minerals war an opportunity for Australia to get smart
What a surprise spike in the unemployment rate means for interest rates and the economy
The onus is on Israel and its allies to end the genocide, not their victims
Gaza has a ceasefire, now Palestine needs self-determination
Message from the editor
As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945?
Albanese meets Trump: A fly to a wanton schoolboy
Countering Trump, Pacific Islanders are leading on climate change
India’s American dream in tatters
An immodest proposal for an ideal source of strategic policy advice
APEC Summit opens a window for Korea – and for Australia
Rooftop solar takes its biggest bite yet out of coal generators’ lunch, as home battery rebates hit 89,000
Proposed housing development in Ipswich raises red flags
Was the gospel preached at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service?
Israel returns Palestinian prisoners’ bodies with ‘signs of torture, mutilation and execution’
Tipping, tipping, tipping… the dominoes fall
Stephen Stockwell 1975: The Ballads of the Whitlam Dismissal
Savvy politicians know how to ‘perform’ authenticity – the Jacinda Ardern doco offers a masterclass
Mr Albanese goes to Washington
DPP speaks out – budget crisis, blackmail or a balking of duty?
After decades of struggle, women in China are rewriting their future
One more betrayal of the Palestinians
Keating pays tribute to former NZ leader Jim Bolger
Harm reduction is ubiquitous and effective so why doesn’t Australia use it for tobacco?
Paper walls at Thailand’s border
South Korea has missed the alternative media train
From enmity to amity: Lessons from Cowra
Counting what doesn’t count: How consultants are hollowing out the university
Stark contrasts in health of returning hostages
Denial and amnesia: Is the global community ready to welcome Israel back?
Blame and frame: How Chinese Australians are counted when blamed, discounted when needed
Climate change causing oceans to decline at alarming rate
What’s constraining ‘frank and fearless’ advice?
Family violence and migrant women – a better way
Inspired by Gaza, Trump offers some hope on Thai-Cambodian border
Grieving for the US
Fortescue cuts hundreds of jobs in UK and Australia; EV motor making sent to China
War without end, peace without justice
‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills at least 9 in Gaza, says it will break truce aid terms
Australia’s ‘ISIS brides’ have returned. Governments can do better at handling this situation
A deserved defeat for Albanese on freedom of information
Reuniting families: reforming Australia’s approach
Gaza: The peace of the genocide alliance
Vanity, defence or just wanting to show off?
Remembering my Palestinian father
Four reasons Australia’s superannuation system isn’t the world’s best
De-Googling during a genocide: Reorienting digital life in the age of AI
Trump and climate change
Ceasefire sparks fresh calls for global media access to Gaza
Reclaiming care in the age of AI
Who are ‘Advance’ and what are they doing to our politics?
Embedding free, prior and informed consent in Australia’s legal framework
How the Coalition’s right read the opinion polls
Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country
Shameful distortion that lies at the heart of US conservative politics
From Gaza, Palestinians have reasserted their agency on the world stage
From play to performance: Sport as the new Roman circus
Trump’s war for peace: How the Nobel became his battlefield
Israel’s response to the International Court of Justice
Takaichi’s victory will only accelerate the LDP’s decline
How Israel lost a war by not deserving to win
Disarming extremism in the algorithmic age
Keating welcomes changes to taxation of super
Trump’s sham peace plan
Japan’s LDP coalition splits – what does this mean?
The half-life of humiliation and the hunger for revenge
Time for a ‘just peace’ for all peoples in Palestine
The West’s crucial strategic failures
Lack of China capability can only do harm to society: Our current situation is a disgrace
Message from the editor
These are fighting words
Ignorance is complicity: Australia must end its arms trade with those committing crimes
How anti-China witch hunts in Canada and the UK ruin lives
Fifty years of political economics at Sydney University – what has it meant for us?
Who would be a carer?
Dying in prison
South Korea’s caution on US Iran aims
Childhood on hold: Growing up too soon in Gaza and beyond
Is this the moment that will define cricket’s future?
The UN in Trump’s world and the implications for Australia’s independence
Australia’s climate assessment fails on sea-level rise risks and vulnerable communities
Universal Jurisdiction: Australia’s crucial role in international criminal justice
Bruce Beresford’s The Travellers blends opera and the outback in a heartfelt story about homecoming
Omar Yaghi: Refugee from Gaza wins 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry
Celebrate the ceasefire, but don’t forget: Gaza survived on its own
Judge allows Kostakidis ‘antisemitism’ case to proceed
Price rally fuels surge in Southeast Asia gold businesses – Asian Media Report
Almost no Australians study Chinese any more. That’s a problem
‘We must keep the pressure on’: Humanitarians say ceasefire doesn’t erase Gaza genocide
An Australian chemist just won the Nobel Prize. Here’s how his work is changing the world
The Australian media is more concentrated than ever. Here are the three moments that got us here
Van Jones and the moral vacancy of American commentary on Gaza
The return of the KKK?
How the West will package the genocide after Netanyahu
Trump says Israel and Hamas sign off on first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan
Australia’s next big bet lies East, not West
A masterclass in agency: What Singapore can teach Australia about China
Our American obsession
Jeffrey Sachs: Twenty-point plan minus the US-UK colonialism
Journos as heroes and villains – ‘The Hack’ reviewed – Part 2
Is Greta Thunberg the lone voice for justice in our world?
Campus leaders mobilise to battle Trump’s anti-education ‘Compact’ tooth and nail
The Earth uncloaked – A catastrophe in slow motion
Do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say matter?
Between two wounds: Gaza confronts Trump’s plan to end the war
A time to redouble our efforts for Palestine
Journos as heroes and villans – ‘The Hack’ reviewed – Part 1
Cancelling Chris Hedges: What price balance?
Japan’s likely new leader is a surprise, and not just because she is a woman
Shadow of McCarthyism looms over controversial firing of Texas professor who taught about gender identity
Ian McEwan’s new novel explores resentment and vengeance in a fractured world
Statement on cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia
A century of deceit: Towards a new understanding of the colonisation of Palestine
7 October not a day to abuse protesters
Hundreds of thousands flood cities across Europe to demand end to genocide in Gaza
‘Disaster season’: What is that?
Inequality and the future of democracy
Trump’s Gaza peace plan: Today, tomorrow and the day after
The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure
UK polls suggest Starmer is deeply unpopular. Can he survive another year?
New school funding agreements deny full funding for public schools
Do politicians ever listen to the people or only the powerful?
How the ALP outsourced the soul of higher education
Secret cargo: Inside Australia’s covert F-35 parts pipeline to Israel
Australia faces a looming crisis of older women retiring in poverty. Here’s what we can do
Steerage for the Australian-PNG navy?
Rio Tinto flags early closure of Queensland’s biggest coal generator as LNP prepares new energy plan
‘Ban Israeli football’: Scholars urge UEFA to bar Israel over Gaza horrors
7 October 2023: shocking yes, surprising no
7 October 2023: Return of the Hannibal Directive and the genocide starts now – Part 2
World water in crisis
Charlie Kirk, Andrew Hastie and the ‘Christian’ West: Some Christian pushback
What are international protests revealing about Palestine, Israel and public opinion?
Loot boxes are still rife in kids’ mobile games, despite ban on ‘gambling-like’ features
7 October 2023: What really happened? Part 1
Message from the editor
Chris Hedges – Statement by the National Press Club ( 4 October 2025)
South Korea’s anti-China protests
This is not a drill: Bravery as strategy in the face of American tragedy
Palestinians out by 7 October?
The malignant minds taking over the American health sector
Individualism and desire – are we really in control?
Nation’s innovation surge continues a long tradition
Orwell foresees the 21st century
Dementia president: Could it be that Trump has truly lost his mind?
Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists
A fresh perspective on climate
When cricket turns political: The Asia Cup Final and a missing handshake
Exposing the language of oppression: Debra Dank’s ‘Terraglossia’
No justice or peace for Palestinians in Trump’s Plan
Bernie and AOC explain how Trump and GOP are about to double insurance premiums for millions of Americans
Israel’s interception of the Gaza aid flotilla is a clear violation of international law
China’s youth: Between collectivism and the new individualism
States increase pressure on Commonwealth to address hospital cost increases