by DAVID HARDAKER | Aug 4, 2025 | Opinion, The world
A leading US evangelical Christian is in charge of aid distribution in Gaza. Should this be a concern? What does it say about US intentions in the Strip? Amid the war of words over who is and who’s not responsible for starvation in Gaza (or even if there is...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Aug 1, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
Welcome to the art of Australian politics in the age of a US tyrant — a time when a US president uses the power of the state to damage those who displease him. Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese has a stock phrase: “We’ll make a decision as the Australian...
by Nicole Chvastek | Jul 30, 2025 | Media, Opinion
As Donald Trump sours on Rupert Murdoch, another media reptile emerges from the swamp. It doesn’t matter that Murdoch and Fox News had to pay a billion dollars in the US to their victims of the stolen election lie. It doesn’t matter that Elon Musk runs a global...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Jul 25, 2025 | Media, Opinion
At the end of another tumultuous week in Trumpworld, we’re left with a tantalising question: has Rupert Murdoch discovered genuine moral outrage? Midway through his 10th decade and with mortality looming, has he asked himself the fundamental question:...
by Nicole Chvastek | Jul 23, 2025 | Media, Opinion
Do my eyes deceive me? Has Rupert Murdoch stepped outside his wrecking-ball-billionaire-media-overlord template in a moment of higher-self public interest editorial principle to publish a damning story about Donald Trump in News Corp’s The Wall Street Journal? ...
