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Category Archives: Australian politics

Guidance, from behind the curtain …

… and Paul Laris spells it out: ‘The greatest single cause of the recent rise of antisemitism in Australia is the behaviour of Israel, which the Australian Government has not condemned.’ See the full article here.

It doesn’t go away …

Ten years ago in South Australia as part of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission: SA citizens’ jury votes against storing nuclear waste. A demonstration of the real value of the citizen jury process. The AUKUS agreement with South Australian involvement in the building and maintenance of nuclear submarines challenges the citizen jury vote in 2016.

For a post on the 2016 Citizen’s Jury see here.

Park Lands chipped away …

As designed by William Light Adelaide was a city surrounded by wide parklands – parklands for all. Over many years they have been encroached upon by various developments, and this has ramped up under the Malinauskas government, encouraged by various influential groups, developers, lobbyists and more – as detailed by the Adelaide Parklands Association.

Glove Puppet government …

AUKUS – the incredibly expensive trilateral defense agreement between Australia, the UK, and the US, hasn’t actually given us anything. We are not consulted, have no valued voice … but then, we are very compliant … and complicit …

Political cohesion …

… so much for social cohesion, as Albanese hoped.

Isaac Herzog says the photograph of him signing a bomb in 2023 was taken out of context ….

The elephant in the baggage …

‘In a historic joint action, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), the Jewish Council of Australia, and the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), have lodged a formal legal complaint to have Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrested or barred from entering Australia. The groups, represented by renowned barrister Robert Richter KC, allege that Herzog has incited genocide and aided and abetted war crimes, rendering him unfit to enter the country under Australian law.’

The Jewish Council’s statement is here.

Recoil …

Adelaide’s Writers’ Week has been cancelled after political and lobby group pressure. More than 180 authors have pulled out. Director Louise Adler has resigned accusing government and lobby groups of censorship. The event is a great loss.

What can you say …?

… who would have thought …?

Real world support …

The Australian government’s social media ban for under 16 year olds began this week.