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Who takes weight of racism?

Ordinary Chinese-Australians are being forced to carry both the weight of racism and suspicion on their backs—much of the abuse has emanated from our institutions 16 October 2021 | Words and Main Image by Marcus […]

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What planet are they on?

Within two weeks of collecting $4 million in taxpayer money, ASPI claims the Australian government is short-changing think tanks 19 July 2021 | Marcus Reubenstein (APAC Digital Image) Though the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) […]

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Is the China story just a story?

Former Australian ambassador to China, Dennis Argall argues the Australian public and policymakers are denied truths about China  6 July 2021 | Dennis Argall, Pearls & Irritations (Image: Marcus Reubenstein) If ever there is now […]

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ABC doubles down after racist clip

Rather than apologize for a children’s comedy show depicting Chinese people eating rats, cockroaches and maggots, the national broadcaster says it was “explaining the eating culture” of ancient China 25 November 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein What […]

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Agency of foreign influence

ASPI rakes in millions of dollars from the US Government and Australia’s Department of Defence en route to record year for revenue 24 November 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image by Marcus Reubenstein) The Australia-China relationship […]

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Depth charged future subs

A special investigation: Naval Group, builder of Australian submarines, at centre of numerous global corruption scandals 29 October 2020 | Michelle Fahy, Michael West Media The arms company at the centre of a deadly criminal […]

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Canberra’s captive audience

Former Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen called it “Feeding the Chooks”. Michael West and Callum Foote detail Scott Morrison’s marketing triumph over mainstream media 23 September 2020 | Michael West and Callum Foote (MW Media) […]

Comment

China relationship not set in stone

Political tensions with China have been escalating, but there’s still time for Australia to make amends and not follow in America’s footsteps, writes former Australian diplomat Bruce Haigh 17 August 2020 | Bruce Haigh Since Donald […]

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Who is running the China narrative?

Concerns are being raised about the ‘boofhead diplomacy’ being conducted at the highest levels of China/Australia relations. But apart from the Murdoch tabloids urging all and sundry to call out China whatever the cost, who […]