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Wikileaks Julian & Wilfred

As Julian Assange awaits the UK Supreme Court’s decision on his extradition to Sweden, to answer questions about dubious sexual … More

Jennifer Robinson, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Wilfred Burchett

Adieu Afghanistan Approaching

NATO governments & allies (International Security Assistance Force), including us, are gathering momentum for a stampede to the Afghan exit, … More

Afghanistan war

Germany in Europe: Win/Win or No Win?

So much learned commentary on Germany’s role in Europe’s financial woes, that the simple mind is definitely boggling. And it … More

European financial woes, Eurozone, German dominance

Barracking for Obama

Devilishly-cunning Norwegians know how to apply the blowtorch to Obama’s behind or feet or wherever, with a ‘premature’ award of the Nobel Peace … More

Henrik Ibsen, Henry Kissinger, Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama, Tom Lehrer, world peace

Missile Madness

President Obama has decided to scrap plans for a US missile defence shield system in Eastern Europe. Proposed by the Bush government … More

Bush, Iran nuclear weapons, missile defence shield, nuclear disarmament, Obama, Putin, Reagan

Balancing ‘Balibo’

Robert Connolly’s film ‘Balibo’ relates events in 1975 in East Timor around the killing of Australian journalists who were reporting on … More

Balibo, Balibo House Trust, East Timor, Gough Whitlam, Indonesian invasion, Luke Davies, Paul Cleary, Ramos Horta, Richard Woolcott, Robert Connolly, Roger East, Tony Maniaty

Timor Time: Letter to G. Whitlam

Dear Gough, Events at Balibo in Timor in 1975, involving the killing of five Australian journalists by Indonesian military, and … More

Balibo, Don Willesee, East Timor, Geraldine Willesee, Gough Whitlam, Indonesian invasion

King Kevin Goes ¡Hola!

Our real GG (not Godwin Grech), the Queen’s Representative in Australia, had to play second fiddle as our reigning monarch … More

Cervantes Institute, Juan Carlos

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