Edited by Lee Duffield
Freedom and Truth
Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 4:37 pm
Official Australian state policy on its public broadcaster, ABC, since 2014, has been to throttle it through withdrawing its budget by stages, while abusing it through Liberal-linkaged commercial media – Newscorp newspapers, 2GB radio network and Sky News pay television. There is also a sub-plot that involves, while the ABC survives, pressing it to deliver positive messaging for the government of the day.
Friday, May 29, 2020, 12:54 pm
Much hangs on the opening of correspondence between Buckingham Palace and Governor General Kerr in 1975 – even whether Australians will get their own republic.
Friday, April 24, 2020, 1:04 am
The Australian government can be fairly accused of wanting to take advantage of the pandemic crisis, to try and get the neo-liberal system they have always been dreaming of.
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 10:49 pm
The criminal investigation by New South Wales police, and previously announced State inquiry might unravel the Ruby Princess scandal, and might even expose other problems with these super-liners.
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 10:20 pm
The weekend of the clamp-down, with police patrolling Australian beaches to stop weekend crowds grabbing a spot of sunny weather, saw more deaths, but maybe less confusion over the pandemic.
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 9:50 pm
Right now the world is suffering the depredations of two germs, the corona virus COVIT-19, and linked to it, the dying but stubborn economic dogma called neo-liberalism.
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 9:16 pm
Drastic century-old measures against the coronavirus had not prevented 800 deaths by early February, the total then jumping to nearly 1000 in a day.
A look at the great epidemic of 1918-9, the mis-named “Spanish flu”, shows that modern medical science has not got any easy answers since that time.
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 8:45 pm
Palembang to Pine Gap: A new historical novel dredges up Cold War stories with a warning for present times.
Lee Duffield
Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 11:50 pm
The lead-up to the federal poll on 18 May has many journalists worked-up but the outcome has to be decided by real people among the general public.
Lee Duffield reports from the reputed “mad-lands” of right-wing backwoods politics in North Queensland, asking if the vote really might turn on provincial passions and demands of the coal lobby.
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Third Referendum in New Caledonia: déjà vu, fear for the future, bad vibes with Australia and the neighbourhood
Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 9:21 pm
Reported by Lee Duffield
The third independence referendum set for New Caledonia on 12 December was set to be like the last two referendums in some of its main features — but this time had worrying differences.