1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1428+ words) On Thursday, Sydney businessman Alexander Csergo was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for supposedly reckless foreign interference involving two Chinese people. The judge declared that such a severe punishment was needed to send a wider message. Csergo’s jailing underscores…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (677+ words) New data compiled by the Nautilus Institute and reported by the Guardian has underscored a vast expansion of American military basing across the Australian continent. Significantly, and rarely for a corporate publication, the Guardian notes that the build-up is bound…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (349+ words) The Australian Communist Unity group has joined a growing number of left-wing organisations internationally that have condemned last month’s conviction of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk on frame-up treason charges. Syrotiuk has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for his political views....

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1198+ words) In an “exclusive interview” published in the Murdoch media’s Australian on Friday, New South Wales (NSW) Labor Premier Chris Minns doubled down on his defiant defence of unconstitutional anti-protest laws that his government imposed to ban demonstrations against the US-Israeli…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (762+ words) The 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit, held this year in Palau, concluded on September 4. The event was marked by intense diplomatic pressure from the United States and its allies, Australia and New Zealand, which pressured the small island nations to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (862+ words) The US announced on Wednesday that it will “accelerate force posture initiatives at Australian bases,” a euphemism for the expanded stationing of troops and military assets. The declaration was made in the Pentagon’s official readout of a meeting earlier that…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (901+ words) This year’s summit of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) being held in Palau from August 30 to September 4 opened in considerable turmoil due to the absence of nearly a third of the region’s key leaders. Five prime ministers withdrew at…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (875+ words) In a chilling statement indicative of the discussions taking place in ruling circles in New Zealand and internationally, the country’s former Defence Minister Ron Mark declared on August 31: “In my view, we’ve been in World War III for quite a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (674+ words) On August 22, acclaimed novelist Richard Flanagan delivered a powerful 45-minute speech in Sydney condemning the escalating persecution in Australia of opponents of Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza. He called for a determined fight to defend freedom of speech…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1354+ words) A state by-election in Western Australia on Saturday produced a tectonic swing away from the governing Labor Party in a previously “safe” Labor electorate. It delivered the first ever victory for the far-right, anti-immigrant One Nation party of Senator Pauline…...