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Mirror, mirror on the wall, what has become of us all?
By John Lawrence “No one really knows a nation until one has been inside its jails” – Nelson Mandela OPINION: Three recent NT News reports have revealed the debased and dysfunctional condition of the NT Department of Corrections. Corrections fits consistently within the NT Criminal Legal System’s continued descent into decrepitude. This descent is similarly…
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Beyond Demilitarisation: An Alternative to the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s statement that “we have to see Hamas demilitarised” represents a marginal improvement over calls for Hamas’s complete disbandment, yet it fundamentally misses the strategic point. Rather than focusing on managing the symptoms of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the international community should address the root causes that created Hamas in the first place.…
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NATO’s Operation Condor steamrolls onwards
Declan Hayes April 8, 2025 © Photo: SCF If lawfare does not work, there is always the option of going in with all guns blazing. O Liberté, que de crimes on commet en ton nom! ~ Madame Roland Following what a friend calls my eloquent and excellent article regarding the fate of Ms Ozturk, he…
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Make Peace a Priority
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network To establish peace as a key public health and policy issue in Australia, guiding policy development for local, national, and international harmony. Whilst a peace initiative can coexist with defence initiatives, without peace, addressing issues such as climate change, migration, inequality, or hunger becomes much harder, if not impossible. ‘Make Peace…
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Make Peace the Priority
Australian Institute of International Affairs The Underfunding of Australian Diplomacy Continues 25 Mar 2024 By Professor John Langmore Spending on Australian diplomacy has reached considerable new lows, where important events, meetings, and committees are being missed or attended instead by interns. Australians are still waiting for the Albanese government to do something about it. Important…
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Global Day of Action #CloseBases
February 23, 2025 — at a military base near you! The thousands of military bases, both foreign and domestic, around the world are a critical piece of the war machine that must be dismantled. Closing bases is a necessary step to shift the global security paradigm towards a demilitarized approach that centers common security —…