State of the States 4-5-24

State of the States – Stuff-Ups and Spies

News Weekly TeamApr 25, 20245 min read

This week in State of the States, the Murray-Basin Rail Network project is in serious trouble while the Australian security…

Australia-industry

Albanese’s Industry Plan is a Cruel Hoax

Peter WestmoreApr 24, 20245 min read

On April 11, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled his plan for the revitalisation of Australian industry in a speech at…

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Budget 2024: Oh, Where Art Thou, Lucky Country?

Mystery Canberra CorrespondentApr 24, 20244 min read

The coming Budget on May 14 will almost certainly be the last before the election next year – barring any…

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State of the States – Blockers & Borders

News Weekly TeamApr 11, 20245 min read

This week in State of the States, a new paper in the Australasian Psychiatry journal highlights that the gender-affirming model…

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Sliced Cables and Cyber-Attacks: How Safe is our Internet?

Apr 25, 2024

Did you know that our access to the World Wide Web is primarily facilitated by miles of undersea cables, not…

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Labor’s Middle-East Folly

Apr 24, 2024

Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s call to her Tehran counterpart urging Iran to promote stability in the Middle East is indicative…

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Biden Versus Trump: Don’t Forget Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Apr 10, 2024

The American primaries are effectively over, and the Democrats and Republicans have decided on their candidates for November’s presidential election.…

Israel-military

Israel’s Growing Strategic Challenges, Near and Far

Apr 10, 2024

While the focus for most people looking at the tragic war in Gaza is the plight of innocent women and…

Puberty Blockers: A Blight on the Brain? Part 2 of 2

Dr John WhitehallApr 25, 202413 min read
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This article is Part 2 of 2. Read Part 1 here.Recent research into gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) indicates that its role…

There’s Something About Two Parents

Luke McCormackApr 24, 20243 min read
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Last week, my wife and I had the privilege of presenting on the importance of the family to a families’…

Radiant in the Gulag and Elsewhere

a News Weekly contributorApr 25, 20241 min read
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By George Weigel In Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week, Pope Benedict XVI remarked on the striking parallel between the presence…

Beauty and the Modern Beast: Rescuing Beauty in an Age of Ugliness

Nicole YapApr 25, 202413 min read
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This article is a transcript of a March 14 talk by Nicole Yap for the Thomas More Centre as part…

Sliced Cables and Cyber-Attacks: How Safe is our Internet?

Jean WestburyApr 25, 20249 min read
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Did you know that our access to the World Wide Web is primarily facilitated by miles of undersea cables, not…

Political Process Needed to Build Resilience: Then Strategic Industries

Patrick J. ByrneApr 24, 20245 min read
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Given that the world is in a “pre-war era”, Australia needs urgently to build strategic industries. For that to happen,…

Nuclear Power in Australia: A History That Never Quite Was

Craig MilneApr 24, 20241 min read
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Australia might have become an early adopter of nuclear energy. There were many local champions for nuclear projects from the…

The EV Revolution Hits a Speed Bump

Peter WestmoreApr 24, 20241 min read
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For over 20 years, governments worldwide have been advocating, mandating and subsidising the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables,…

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