Australia’s biased friendship towards Israel undermines peace and forsakes justice for Palestinians while serving neither Australian nor Israeli interests, writes Ben Saul. Former prime minister Gough Whitlam wrote in 1985 that while Australian governments always claimed to take a balanced approach to Israeli-Arab disputes before his own government […]
‘Israel has a very clear message to our enemies. We are saying to them, look what’s happening in Gaza – you are going to get the same treatment if you attack us. We are going to wipe you off the face of the Earth.’ Nir Barkat has said […]
Increasing diversity within its women’s team is a key priority, Arsenal said in a statement. English football club Arsenal has said it accepts that it has diversity issues within its women’s first-team squad after drawing scorn online for posting a team photograph that didn’t feature any black or […]
The last census in Australia indicates that, while Christianity is still the answer most people give when asked about their religion, it is in sharp decline, and ‘no religion’ is a close second. Almost 44% of the respondents said they were Christian in 2021, and almost 39% said […]
MICHAEL WALSH POET AND AWARD-WINNING WRITER There are two things certain in life so it is said; death and taxes. To this might be added regrets and who better to ask what these misgivings might be than the brave nurses in palliative care. What are deathbed laments of […]
On Saturday, October 21 an estimated 200,000 people of all ethnicities and religions took to the streets of London to protest against the cruelties being inflicted on what is left of Palestine. Elsewhere in Europe similar scenes were witnessed. These protestors are incensed at the carnage being inflicted […]
In the first weeks of the Ukrainian conflict, peace was still possible, three times, but in all three cases, the negotiations were blocked by the United States. As The National Interest writes, today everything is moving towards what could have been achieved in just a few weeks – but […]
JK Rowling noted that in prison she would like to work in the library or kitchen. British writer and creator of the Harry Potter book series JK Rowling said she would happily serve two years in prison due to intolerance,’ reveals the Daily Mail. This was the author’s reaction to the […]
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC REPORT Renewed enthusiasm for national identity expressed through music lies behind the current craze for Amalia Rodrigues Portugal’s Queen of Fado. The international fame and appeal of the chanteuse fame once eclipsed French soul-singing waif Edith Piaf and Nana Mouskouri of Greece. Amalia. The Film, […]
Occupied Palestine: the ongoing Hamas struggle against the combined forces of the Western Alliance could encourage what the liberal-leaning media describe as ‘neo-Nazis’ and ‘extremists’ (i.e., opponents of Israel and America policies) at home. Palo Alto, California: ‘Australia is on high alert for signs of neo-Nazis and Islamic extremists […]
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