The Guardian • Issue #2122 • October 28, 2024
Issue #2122
PROFITS MATTER MOST
As more and more people are struggling with the cost of living crisis, the number of people turning to ‘risky’ gambling – at risk of...
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EDITORIAL
Are you feeling safe? Is your workplace safe? How about the workplaces of people in your family? For a lot of readers, the answer will...
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Australia and Norway marching as one to a martial drum
Australia and Norway have a lot in common. At least that’s the claim being made by the defence ministers of the two countries. Norwegian Defence...
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Protest crack-down latest
Disturbing news from a recent Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), meeting in South Australia recently. There are rumours that South Australia is...
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“which country that allows US foreign troops to be stationed on its territory as an obligation is an independent country?” (It’s a good question, asked...
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A UN target to protect and restore 30 per cent of nature by 2030 will not be achieved in ocean environments until 2107 on current...
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Queensland Youth Crime: Election mythology and ‘copaganda’
Youth crime ‘crisis’ stories have dominated headlines and debates ahead of the Queensland state election. Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Crisafulli has pushed the slogan...
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The role of the ‘Think Tank’ in the battle of ideas
‘Think tanks.’ Why have we got them? What are they for? They’re supposed to be groups that work on research and ideas. Precious few serve...
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Your super: corporate cash cow
In 1992, the Keating Labor government legislated for compulsory superannuation. It had a number of aims, including winding back the publicly-funded aged pension, shifting responsibility...
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Friends of Palestine Snap action, Boorloo/Perth
A snap action was called by Friends of Palestine WA on Friday 18 October 2024 to voice condemnation of Israel following the attack by IDF...
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Israel’s $5.5 billion stake in Australia
Australia’s relationship with Israel dates back to 1949. Australia continually supports Israel, despite countless United Nations resolutions. Less well known is the trade relationship, especially...
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Politics in the Pub Perth – Defend our Unions
On 23 August 2024, the Federal ALP Attorney General Mark Dreyfus announced that the CFMEU would be put into administration and the CFMEU members would...
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GREEN NOTES
The way plastic is produced, used, and discarded results in pollution, litter, and harm to the environment, particularly to marine life, but also to other...
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LETTERS
Missed opportunity Dear Editor, Some may remember that Malcolm Turnbull when he was Prime Minister said that Queen Elizabeth II was “too popular” in Australia...
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Pamphlet by Humphrey McQueen
Karl Marx invites job reps and community activists to share insights from Capital into how we are exploited, how nature is plundered and how to...
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End the criminal US blockade on Cuba!
Due to the current difficulty in sourcing energy, the Cuban government has been forced to temporarily shut down much of its industry and its services...
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Hezbollah’s tunnels in Lebanon – never secret
In August the Agence France-Presse (AFP) showed a video titled “Our mountains are our storehouses,” which purported to show Hezbollah fighters in secret tunnels near...
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Assange recognised as ‘political prisoner’
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), comprising members from 46 national parliaments across Europe, has passed a resolution recognising Julian Assange as...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
EGYPT: Egypt has been certified as malaria free by the World Health Organisation (WHO). “Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilisation itself, but the disease...
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DPR Korea: advancing production, advancing people’s lives
The DPRK, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is one of the most misunderstood and maligned countries in the world. In the right-wing media, the DPRK’s...
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WEASEL WORDS
Constructive Penny Wong, addressing the United Nations, has said that Australia seeks to be “a constructive voice for peace and the upholding of international law...
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Israel and the USA: an axis of terror
An ‘axis of terror’ is operating in Gaza, in Lebanon, in the West Bank, in Syria. It’s the Israeli military, backed by the USA. Israel...
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