Former prime time Fox News host Tucker Carlson – long known as a public cheerleader for Donald Trump – has conducted a wide-ranging two-hour interview with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Carlson, who has consistently argued Russia’s case for its invasion of Ukraine, posted his interview on both his own site […]
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A damning report by the Productivity Commission has highlighted the persistent failure of governments across Australia in addressing the systemic disadvantages experienced by Indigenous peoples. The comprehensive 99-page evaluation of the 2020 National Agreement on Closing the Gap, unveiled on Wednesday, presents scathing findings, including the federal governments’ apparent lack […]
Namibia is in mourning following the passing of President Hage Gottfried Geingob, who succumbed to illness while undergoing medical treatment at a hospital in the capital city, Windhoek. Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba officially announced the president’s death in the early hours of Sunday morning, Reuters reports. President Geingob, aged 82, was […]
Recent research suggests a growing gender gap in political leanings around the world. In Gen Z, the youngest voting generation, young women are becoming more progressive than men. Young Australian women, too, are significantly shifting towards the political left – but so are young Australian men, although at a relatively slower rate. I’ve […]
President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been inaugurated for a second five-year term after contentious elections in December. Speaking during the ceremony in the capital on Saturday, Tshisekedi, 60, expressed his commitment to a more united, stronger, and prosperous Congo. “I am taking back the […]
The Australian Labor Party would secure only 29% of the primary vote if a federal election were held today, new data shows. This marks the lowest percentage of Australians choosing Labor as their first preference in any federal election since the country’s inception in 1901, according to political polling results […]
After nearly two years of deliberation, two inquiries, and an election, the federal government has voted against enshrining Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe’s Private Members Bill, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), into law. The UNDRIP Bill, introduced to Parliament in March 2022, seeks to establish […]
A controversial art installation at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach has sparked outrage from Muslim groups after tributes were made for Israeli hostages being held in Gaza. The installation, which features 230 blue and white towels, Australian Jewish each paired with a symbolic pair of flip-flops, was carefully placed along the pavilion […]
The Gaza Health Ministry has reported a grim milestone in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, with the Palestinian death toll now surpassing 8,000 people. This figure, mostly made up of women and children, marks an unprecedented level of casualties in decades of Israeli-Palestinian violence, according to the Japan […]
