The Guardian • Issue #2194 • June 15, 2026
Issue #2194
Rise of the corporate state
It is well known that the US military is increasingly embedded in Australia’s military and Defence Department at the expense of Australia’s sovereignty. Not so...
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EDITORIAL
Have you been to an Emergency Department lately? Whatever the reason for going is, it’s an alarming experience. Someone close to this paper took a...
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“It is not enough to bring down a government if there is no political project capable of replacing it. It is not enough to say...
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ETU promotes sovereign power
A new report from the McKell Institute, supported by the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) is suggesting a sovereign power company to provide reliable and affordable...
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Union calls for radical overhaul of Australia’s cultural policy
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) has released a comprehensive National Cultural Policy submission to the government, outlining a long-term vision to rebuild Australia’s...
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Data centre boom risks 26% jump in power prices
Data centre boom risks 26% jump in power prices A surge in Australian data centre construction driven by AI risks pushing up power bills and...
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CSIRO: government moves the goal posts
The Federal government has finally released the new rules for bargaining, and they’ve shifted the goal posts for non-Public Service agencies, including CSIRO. A key...
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DINGO
In an Australian first, the Federal Court last month accepted an application by a UN Special Rapporteur to make submissions in the Australian Conservation Foundation’s...
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US pharmaceuticals vs Australia’s PBS
US pharmaceutical corporations maintain substantial influence through lobbying, trade pressure, patents, and control over drug supply. So far they have not dismantled Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits...
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How to get your wage rise
The Fair Work Commission announced its Annual Wage Review decision will raise minimum and award wages by at least 4.75%. WHAT IT MEANS FOR MINIMUM...
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Unions respond to rising workplace deaths and injuries
Workplace deaths and serious injuries have risen in Australia in recent years, especially in construction, transport, mining, agriculture, manufacturing, forestry, fishing, warehousing, postal, public administration,...
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Australian content lacking for children and tweens
Australia’s children’s television sector is at risk of collapse, leaving a widening gap in local content for children and tweens at a cultural moment when...
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KFC: Would you like cash with that?
Tens of thousands of KFC workers across Australia are being urged to sign up for the KFC class action before registrations close on 26 June...
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Testaments to crimes
Australian survivors detained after participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla in solidarity with the Palestinians, say their ordeal extended beyond detention by Israel, alleging violence...
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GREEN NOTES
A major global assessment by the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London found freshwater vertebrate populations have declined by 83 per cent...
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An interview with Violet CoCo
Interviewer: Royce Kurmelovs Royce Kurmelovs: Can you explain a little about what happened? Violet CoCo: Yeah, so recently I was a part of the Freedom...
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Exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and Australian civilisations
From the Great Wall, where an agrarian civilisation thrived among the mountains, to Sydney Harbour, where a maritime nation flourished amid the seas, China and...
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The desolation of the word ‘ceasefire’
There are moments in history when words lose their meaning. Not because dictionaries are rewritten, nor because language itself changes, but because political power empties...
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LETTERS
Moronocracy I was incensed that some commentators on an otherwise interesting podcast compared Trump and the buffoons and sycophants around him to those surrounding Joseph...
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Che Guevara, a reading guide
Che Guevara is an iconic and inspiring figure. He was also a dedicated revolutionary figure who thought deeply about the liberation struggles he took part...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
BOLIVIA: Bolivia’s legislature has passed a law granting President Rodrigo Paz the authority to use the military to clear roadblocks set up by anti-government protesters....
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WEASEL WORDS
Simplicity (chasing) Many weasel words exist to make the unacceptable seem good. Hapless Defence Minister Richard Marles, having staked his reputation on the awesomeness of...
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Tear up the AUKUS agreement now!
The AUKUS pact is in the news now. Three items have made it prominent: the Budget, the Shangri-la Conference in Singapore, and the announcement of...
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Hit Chinese film highlights dialect/migration
The breakout Chaoshan-dialect hit film Dear You, inspired by the UNESCO-recognised “qiaopi” letter-and-remittance tradition of overseas Chinese, announced its global theatrical rollout. The film’s first...
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Gaza: what’s happening behind the ‘yellow line’
Recently, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army to seize 70% of Gaza – a sizeable increase from the 60% it currently...
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Venezuela healthcare in dire straits without Cuba
Venezuela’s public healthcare system is facing mounting pressure as Cuban medical personnel continue to leave the country, raising concerns about the future of a healthcare...
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DR Congo’s Ebola cases hit 363, as Uganda reports 4 recoveries
Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have risen to 363, including 62 deaths, according to figures released by the DRC...
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