by DAVID HARDAKER | Aug 5, 2025 | Opinion, The world
Sunday’s pro-Palestine march of 100,000 or more in the drenching rain over the Sydney Harbour Bridge crystallised a moment in history for Australia and the watching world. To be caught in such a moment is exhilarating, shocking, disturbing and/or discombobulating,...
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 | Mar 14, 2025 | Analysis, The world
I’d like to begin the weekly wrap with a shout-out to George, an old acquaintance who contacted me last year after decades to tell me how disappointed he was that I had succumbed to TDS. As purveyors of conservative media will know, this stands for Trump...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Oct 10, 2024 | Opinion
Senator Fatima Payman has had a brilliant idea: to save politics she wants to take the politics out of politics. She has a brand: she is principled. All power to her — but she should be ready for the machine to bite back once the professionals get to work. The Western...
by SARAH SCHWARTZ | Jul 3, 2024 | Integrity, Media
At some point in our lives, many of us will be forced to make a decision about what we are willing to sacrifice in terms of personal relationships, careers, reputations and livelihoods to oppose injustice. Over the last nine months, in response to Hamas killing over...
