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Reflections on the Fall
Today is the 46th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. Vietnam veteran Bob Whittaker reflects on the Vietnam War and its meaning. Bob Whittaker, 7RAR, 1970. Saigon fell on 30th April 1975. At that...
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Julia Gillard and race
Bob Ellis has some hard words to say about Prime Minister Julia Gillard about her attitudes towards race. By Bob Ellis THREE soldiers in a ten-year war die by gunfire and it is like a ‘physical blow’...
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Eleven years since 9/11 — and terror lives on
The day will come when 11 September is just another date on the calendar, writes Professor Greg Barton of Monash University, but that time is still some way off. Eleven years after the horrible...
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Set up for slaughter: is West Papua the next East Timor?
Allegations that Australia is funding death squads in West Papua have brought the troubled province back to Australian attention, writes Dr Jim Elmslie — who says that blanket denials by both the...
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Hold the line: Afghanistan and the ABC
‘It appears that, through omission, or self-censorship, the official line on Afghanistan is in safe hands with our supposedly “left wing” ABC’, writes Adam Hughes Henry. A recent interview by ABC News...
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David Hicks’ day in court
David Hicks may yet have his shameful – and now unlawful – US terrorism conviction overturned, reports Barry Everingham. John Howard did more than turn his back on David Hicks, he allegedly also...
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Sub-tropical Fascism (Part 1): Nationalism and patriotism
Here we present the first in a jolting six part series by Dr George Venturini; here, he looks at our nationalism, human rights record and rampant militarism. SUB-TROPICAL FASCISM ― THE AUSTRALIAN WAY:...
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Netanyahu’s choice
It is wrong for Netanyahu to be killing his own people and he should be tried at The Hague for it, writes Bob Ellis. Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu IT IS WRONG, I think, for Netanyahu to be killing his own...
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Aussie Mark Regev and the Israeli war on journalists
Australian-born Israeli spokesperson Mark Regev says Palestinian journalists killed or injured by Israeli attacks on a Gaza media centre were legitimate targets. Bob Ellis reports. (Screenshot...
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The Hasbara cover for Israel’s crimes
According to the ubiquitous Hasbara Brigade, if you criticise Israel, you’re an anti-Semite ― and if you’re Jewish, you become a “self-hater”. Evan Jones looks at how apologists for Israel invoke the...
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Cartoonists and Israel — the heinous slander
The calumnies perpetrated by cartoonists against the only democracy in the Middle East, surrounded by barbarous neighbours, increases daily, writes Evan Jones. On 21 November 2012, the Melbourne Age’s...
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Southern Thailand’s escalating insurgency
Thailand is popular and inexpensive holiday destination, says James Blair, but not so well-known is the ongoing Islamic insurgency close to many of its most visited tourist spots. (Image courtesy...
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Another year of mud and smear
2013 will be another year of smear, says Rodney E. Lever, based on the long history of the bloody, muddy, battles between Australia’s major political parties. ‘Pig Iron” Bob Menzies, from a 1943...
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Token payout to Afghani parents threatens Aussie soldiers
Is the Australian government’s offer of “hundreds, not thousands” of dollars to grieving Afghani parents an insult that puts our troops’ lives at risk, asks Bob Ellis. So, some Australian soldiers...
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North Korea and America’s Peninsula “game” strategy
Threats from Pyongyang have as much to do with Barack Obama’s Korean Peninsula “Game” Strategy as they do with potential aggression from North Korea, says Murray Hunter. NORTH KOREA is being depicted...
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How Howard politicised the AFP and protected Downer and Bolt
Why are the AFP so eager to get Peter Slipper — but not Mal Brough? Ross Jones lifts the lid on Australia’s police / media / conservative political party cartel. WHAT DO Andrew Bolt and the AFP...
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John Howard — Lazarus lying
John Howard’s latest lies about the Iraq War remind us of his deep dishonesty and give the Government a new avenue to attack the Opposition, writes deputy editor Sandi Keane. (Cartoon republished with...
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The Unites States’ face-saving mission to China
With John Kerry flying into Beijing yesterday, and China moving to level One military mobilisation for the first time in years, Murray Hunter unpicks what’s really going on in the Korean Peninsula....
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Why I’m not a Conservative any more
Richard Cooke takes time out from penning comedy like The Checkout to explain why rightwingers love of violence made him change from young a conservative to (slightly older) leftie. The Curious Case...
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ANZAC
Lest we forget. Our nations’ victories were paved with a multitide of mens’ blood and sweat and sacrifice. Gee presents a personal tribute to our nation’s warriors. ‘ This work is licensed under a...
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