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It’s only a ‘Conspiracy Theory’ when the US Government is accused of the likely sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. The western political/media class has been dismissing as …

6 days ago · Treasurer Jim Chalmers pulled one unexpected rabbit out of his hat in Tuesday’s 2025-26 federal budget. This was a 1 percentage point cut in the bottom marginal tax rate, …

Election to be called for May 3 – message from the editor. With the news that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make the trip to Government House early today, and the election will be …

6 days ago · One principle of American military affairs has been said since the 1940s to be “hurry up and wait”. That certainly applies to AUKUS, an agreement so urgent that in September …

5 days ago · With the news that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make the trip to Government House early today, and the election will be called for May 3, Pearls and Irritations …

6 days ago · Labor’s pre-election budget provides well-targeted cost of living relief within the bounds of responsibility, but the restoration of living standards is some way off. As widely …

Donald Trump and the MAGA gang point to the ‘massive mandate’ he obtained to justify any policy he may implement. There is, of course, a lot of debate about so-called mandates which …

Just about everything that is uttered about China in the West is done so in the deeply underlying presumption that everyone out there, in the wonder lands of democratic Christendom, most …

Mar 24, 2025 · Political junkies and the media are obsessed with opinion polls on the relative standings of the political parties. A tight situation?