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AUKUS must be election issue

The Morrison Government has clear plans to take AUKUS to the next election as a key national security issue, however, its nuclear-powered submarines will be expensive white elephants, delivered long after the current government is […]

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Human rights and wrongs

Why does Australia still sell weapons to human-rights abuser Saudi Arabia? As the kingdom wages war in Yemen, Canberra continues to supply arms, making us complicit in the deaths of innocent civilians. 8 December 2021 […]

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Diplomacy by Australian means

19th Century Prussian general, Carl von Clausewitz called war “the continuation of politics by other means.” With the enthusiastic blessing of his God-fearing prime minister, Defence Minister Peter Dutton has sidelined the diplomats and put […]

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Held prisoner to privatisation

Multinational prison contractors reap billion-dollar government contracts with soaring profits throughout the pandemic while inmates and their loved ones languish through uncertainty, lockdowns and COVID-19 outbreaks. An investigation by Stephanie Tran into Australia’s privatised prisons. […]

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Morrison spins as Paris burns

Our prime minister’s decision to humiliate the French President and then cast Emmanuel Macron’s response as a ‘sledge’ on all Australians is a ploy straight out of the Donald Trump playbook; but, Bruce Haigh writes, […]

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AUKUS: The “McAlliance”

The AUKUS pact may have strategic merits but US culture, investment and its brands already abound across China. Kerry Brown asks, in its current form, is this Anglo-centric trilateral pact a united front or mainly […]

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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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Credibility tanked

ASPI consistently cites an annual review by the University of Pennsylvania as proof its global credentials are “gold standard” but a closer look at the report hardly supports ASPI’s claim 30 August 2021 | Marcus […]