Opinions
OPINION
Trump and Netanyahu want regime change, but Iran’s regime was built for survival. A long war is now likely
The joint US–Israel strikes on Iran, which killed the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and neighbouring Arab countries have again plunged the Middle East into war.
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Where's All the Community: Aboriginal Melbourne Revisited
An edited extract of Where's All the Community?: Aboriginal Melbourne Revisited by Julie Andrews, published 3 March and available at all good bookstores and online.
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Can we trust the USA?
Prime Minister Curtin’s Christmas 1941 newspaper column advised the Australian people that henceforth we would look to America as our protector rather than Britain. To have questioned our trust in the USA at that time would have been unthinkable. A decade later, under Prime Minister Menzies, trust was cemented into the ANZUS treaty, which has remained the cornerstone of Australia’ security and self-confidence ever since. It has become an article of faith.
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Four Corners case highlights a deeper problem in Australian healthcare
The Four Corners program aired on Monday night detailed how Melbourne gynaecologist Simon Gordon performed surgeries to remove the ovaries and uteruses of dozens of young women who did not need these highly invasive and life-changing procedures. But beyond these shocking examples, Australia has a widespread problem with unnecessary and inappropriate medical interventions.
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Who pays to clean up aging oil and gas infrastructure?
Nothing in this world is certain but death, taxes, and the decommissioning of aging oil and gas infrastructure. An accelerated energy transition will accelerate asset retirements, but field decline is occurring regardless.
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Australia’s protections for NDIS whistleblowers are lagging - and people are paying the price
In recent years, the media has played a critical role in exposing abuse, exploitation, corruption and fraud within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Often this wrongdoing is left unaddressed until it reaches a crisis point – further undermining public confidence.
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If the Liberals are wiped away, what will remain in South Australia?
The latest voter polling gives the Malinauskas Labor Government a commanding lead one month out from the 21 March state election in South Australia. South Australia does not need a strong Opposition party, but it does need a strong Parliament. As sensational as a Liberal lower house wipe out would be, it is in the upper house where a Labor landslide would have the most immediate effect.
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Stop trying to make the Quad happen – it’s not gonna happen
For some strange reason, foursomes are back in vogue. Maybe it’s the persistence of Bridge Clubs, or the strange return of American Foursomes in the golfing world. How else can one explain the hold that quadrilaterals have over the imaginations of defence planners in the US and Australia?
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You simply can’t 'offset' strip mining the only jarrah forest on Earth
Australia’s environmental laws are meant to protect the irreplaceable, not offer accounting tricks that allow their irrevocable destruction.
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The Government is positioning Australia as a global dumping ground for CO₂ and it's taxpayers who carry the risk
The Australian Government is quietly reshaping national climate policy so that Australia can become a global dumping ground for carbon dioxide under the banner of “Sequestration Nation” and keep using and exporting gas.
