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Kill Jews – the summer camp musical

Andrew L. Urban Lights, music … and guns, as dozens of school children armed with assault weapons enact a choreographed assault against imaginary Jews in an arena filled with many hundreds of spectators, comprising their parents, teachers and jihadists. The … Continue reading

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Lasting peace is up to Palestinians – yet again

Andrew L. Urban Lasting peace after the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza is seen as fragile. Many commentators worry that peace won’t last after the initial burst of happiness and relief. “Polls suggest Israelis are desperate for the … Continue reading

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Welcome to a country of crony capitalism

Andrew L. Urban There’s a new welcome uttered around the Albanese government offices: ‘We acknowledge the fawning directors present and emerging of the corporations, sporting bodies, professional organisations and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, whose socio-political alignments with our Voice referendum … Continue reading

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Post-referendum blues

Andrew L. Urban Come the referendum and the Voice will be dead or alive. But the shouting will  continue. Post-referendum Australia will have been socially and politically poisoned by this debate, as illustrated by the vitriol and general nastiness of … Continue reading

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Point of No Return – marking the 65th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution

Andrew L. Urban Marking the 65th anniversary of the Revolution, we delve into the pages of The Nineteen Days, ‘a broadcaster’s account of the Hungarian revolution’. That broadcaster was my father, George Urban. The book was written in the immediate … Continue reading

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