Researchers Find Massive Anti-Russian ‘Bot Army’
An Australian university has unearthed millions of Tweets by fake accounts pushing disinformation on the war in Ukraine, Peter Cronau reports (Declassified Australia 6 November 2022)). This…
United States midterm elections and the power of Wall Street
Contributed by Joe Montero The United States has just gone to vote in its midterm elections. This means ballots for all 435 Seats of the House of…
Industrial relations change will fail to answer rising cost of living
Contributed from Victoria The Albanese government is working to bring in a change to the Fair Work Act. It is going to be amended to…
Cop27 starts and many hope it will not prove another failure
Contributed by Joe Montero The United Nations Cop27 climate talks are under way in Egypt. Division began right from the start and took the form…
World close to “irreversible climate breakdown,” warn major studies
With the Cop27 meeting in Egypt starting in days, this is good time to reproduce an article by Damian Carrington (The Guardian 28 October 2022)….
Lula wins Brazil’s presidential election
Contributed by Joe Montero Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won the Brazilian presidential election and the sitting and ultra-right president Jair Bolsonaro has lost. But…
Australia is in danger of becoming a nuclear base
Contributed from Victoria Who would have thought an Australian government would start tearing up the nation’s long-standing opposition to nuclear proliferation, and to do it…
The reality behind the rise of the political far right in Europe
Contributed by Jim Hayes The apparent rise of fascist like movements and governments in Europe is grabbing worldwide attention and worry. Something is afoot. The…
The Age Pension: how it works and pension poverty
This discussion is a joint effort of Fair Go For Pensioners and Living Incomes For Everyone (LIFE). It is the result of our investigation, where…
Arrested Australian citizen faces extradition to the United States for working in China
Contributed by Ugly Australian authorities are collaborating in the attempt to extradite an Australian citizen from Australian soil. The former American military pilot and flight…
