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Star spangled propaganda
The rocket’s red glare, the bomb bursting in air, gave proof through the night that ASPI will be there in Washington DC 20 September 2021 | Marcus Reubenstein O say can you see, by the […]
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That Fella Down Under!
Scott Morrison’s AUKUS deal designed to win election, not make Australia safe 17 September 2021 | Michael West MW Media (Image: Marcus Reubenstein) Strap in for a media blitz on the threat from China. Prime […]
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The ‘forever submarines’ go nuclear
The nuclear submarine deal intensifies Australia’s military cooperation with the US. It will be up to our regional neighbours to decide whether, as Scott Morrison says, the deal will help and not hinder them. 17 […]
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Guarded comments
High Court ruling on Facebook comments a high risk for publishers; high time for reform 16 September 2021 | Kim Wingerei, MW Media In its recent ruling the High Court decreed publishers have responsibility for […]
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JobKeeper in the (luxury) bag
Gucci and Prada owe Josh Frydenberg a debt of gratitude, just like Louis Vuitton, the Italian high fashion houses got JobKeeper. Now evidence emerges the Treasurer opted to ignore advice regarding a claw-back mechanism for payments […]
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Trading places, exports for security
Does Australia continue to provoke and insult China not so much to hurt our biggest trading partner as to motivate our most important ally—the United States—to maintain a strong economic and military presence in the […]
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Australia’s Asian Top 40
A diverse group of individuals who’ve made an outstanding contribution to Australian life have been named among the 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians for 2021 13 September 2021 | Asian-Australian Leadership Summit (Image: Marcus […]
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Australian spies in Chilean overthrow
On the eve of its 48th anniversary, documents just declassified by the Australian National Archives show the extent to which the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) worked closely with the CIA in the lead-up to […]
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Shades of Saudi: Australia’s new surveillance laws
“I left Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s most oppressive regimes. But the Australian Government’s recent draconian rules remind me so much of home.” Cyber security expert and human rights luminary Manal Al-Sharif reports on […]
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Taxpayer cash injections
“Everybody did it”: wealthy doctors lobbies line of for JobKeeper jab, Callum Foote reports on Australia’s Medical Colleges refusing to pay back millions in JobKeeper 10 September 2021 | Callum Foote, MW Media (Image: Towfiqu Barbhuiya/APAC […]
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JobKeeper billions sail away in luxury
Big business doesn’t vote, small business does, that’s the dilemma for Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg as they maintain JobKeeper ‘national secrets’ status, Michael West reports 7 September 2021 | Michael West, MW Media (Image: Marcus […]
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Dungeons and dragons: The China threat fiction
China is an increasingly authoritarian state, actively asserting its will regionally and within its own borders; that rise has spawned a dangerous fiction that China is poised to reign fire down on Australia 6 September […]
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Canberra’s cyber spies green lighted
Last week, the Morrison government, supported by the ALP, passed a law that allows for security agencies, on the most flimsy of pretexts, to access and manipulate the electronic data of any citizen. It continues […]
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Big bailout or big grift?
The Big Four banks are profiteering from the Reserve Bank’s bail-out fund by betting on their own bonds. Michael West investigates a very quiet scandal that is the Committed Liquidity Facility. 3 September 2021 | Michael West, […]
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Members only: JobKeeper non-disclosure
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and his big business patrons are in crisis mode amid rising demands to end the JobKeeper cover-up and disclose the transfer of billions to from average Australians to large and profitable companies. Michael […]