5 April 2004 Ten years ago, I filmed secretly in East Timor, a small country in south-east Asia whose brutal occupation was largely unknown to … Only Australia remains true to the uber-sheriff in WashingtonRead more
Australia
Posted inEconomics / Tax / ToMl
Corporate tax-dodging in Australia costs billions
Two reports on company taxation show that more than a third of the largest companies operating in Australia paid no tax in 2014–15 and that … Corporate tax-dodging in Australia costs billionsRead more
Posted inRacism / ToMl
Under cover of racist myth, a new land grab in Australia
With its banks secured in the warmth of the southern spring, Australia is not news. It ought to be. An epic scandal of racism, injustice … Under cover of racist myth, a new land grab in AustraliaRead more
Posted inAboriginal / ToMl / Waste
The nuclear war on Australia’s Aboriginal people
Australia’s nuclear industry has a shameful history of ‘radioactive racism’ that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same … The nuclear war on Australia’s Aboriginal peopleRead more
Posted inNews / Wind
Wild Windy Weather Provides South Australia With 83% Of Its Electricity On Monday
According to Australia’s Clean Energy Council, the wild and windy weather over the weekend generated more than two-thirds of South Australia’s electricity needs, and on … Wild Windy Weather Provides South Australia With 83% Of Its Electricity On MondayRead more
Posted inFeminism / Politics / ToMl / Women
The triumph of machine politics over feminism
8 March 2012 In 1963, a senior Australian government official, A.R. Taysom, deliberated on the wisdom of deploying women as trade representatives. “Such an appointee … The triumph of machine politics over feminismRead more
Posted inStarvation / ToMl
Starvation in Australia
I had a call from Rosalie Kunoth-Monks the other day. Rosalie is an elder of the Arrernte-Alyawarra people, who lives in Utopia, a vast and … Starvation in AustraliaRead more
Posted inSocial / ToMl
Once again, Australia is stealing its Indigenous children
The tape is searing. There is the voice of an infant screaming as he is wrenched from his mother, who pleads, “There is nothing wrong … Once again, Australia is stealing its Indigenous childrenRead more
Posted inPolitics / ToMl
The forgotten coup
Across the political and media elite in Australia, a silence has descended on the memory of the great, reforming prime minister Gough Whitlam, who has … The forgotten coupRead more