by Jeffry Babb The United Nations (UN) is not intended to be about realpolitik, but about international cooperation. Many Australians have always had a soft spot for the UN. We are reminded of Labor leader Herbert Vere “Doc” Evatt (1894-1965) and his role in the formation of the UN, so that small and medium powers…
by Geoff Crittenden Australia had a long, proud history of manufacturing throughout the 20th century. With the Federation of Australia in 1901, customs barriers were eliminated between the states so they could more easily trade with another. This prompted the first wave of manufacturing expansion, particularly in Victoria and New South Wales. By 1913, manufacturing…
by Peter Westmore The scandalous action of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to put the interests of China ahead of its obligation to protect the world’s people from the epidemic that originated in Wuhan, China, has not yet been properly documented. Yet an analysis of the factual information now available shows a failure of monumental…
by Karl Schmude Within a single year Australia has lost its two most popular poets. Les Murray died last April, and now Bruce Dawe, on April 1. Dawe was widely celebrated as the “people’s poet”. He had a sublime ordinariness about him – a deep affinity with the lived experience of everyday people. He expressed…
