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Lindsay Clancy – why the 11 jurors were right to vote not guilty; a psychiatrist explains

Posted on September 20, 2026 by andrew

Arguably the most hotly debated result in a murder trial anywhere in the world, the Lindsay Clancy case pits angry mobs calling for her guilt against those who agree with DR SALLY SATEL, a psychiatrist and lecturer at the Yale … Continue reading →

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A valuable task for AI: assist the Bell Royal Commission

Posted on September 19, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.  With just two months before the Bell Royal Commissioner is due to deliver her final report and recommendations to the Governor General, the Commission has a mountain of more than 20,000 submissions to absorb & analyse (including … Continue reading →

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Illigrants are thieves, not asylum seekers

Posted on September 18, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Australia and America (like Hungary) have effectively closed their borders to illegal migrants; Britain has not. Illigrants, as I like to call them, cause massive socio-economic disruptions under the sympathy-draining label ‘asylum seekers’. They are not. They … Continue reading →

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Free us from “free Palestine”, begs Brendan O’Neill

Posted on September 17, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Apart from agreeing with him, I was struck by the colourful writing in a column by Brendan O’Neill, chief political writer for Spiked, published in The Australian (Sept. 17, 2026). He abhors “insufferable Gazaholics”, “zombie hordes of … Continue reading →

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Giggle v Tickle: High Court leave to appeal declined on procedural grounds

Posted on September 14, 2026 by andrew

Referring to the Federal Court’s decision to dismiss Grover/Giggle’s appeal in May 2026, the High Court has reasoned that “There is no reason to doubt the Full Court’s construction” of ss 7D(1) and (2), and an appeal dependent on demonstrating … Continue reading →

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Islam’s evil not just on 9/11

Posted on September 12, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. What with July 7*, October 7 and December 14 marked as dark days in the calendar, we don’t need the 25th anniversary of 9/11 as the Americans have it, to raise our consciousness about the implacable evil … Continue reading →

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Hastie & Pickering

Posted on September 11, 2026 by andrew

The leading article in this week’s Spectator Australia is a welcome and detailed examination of the clash between Liberal Senator Andrew Hastie and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party – with a side-serve of Warren Pickering. It’s so clear – and … Continue reading →

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Alborithms to the rescue?

Posted on September 9, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The Labor government’s proposed Digital Duty of Care laws are in reality intended to override algorithms with Alborithms, algorithms operating under the authority, assumptions and ideological preferences of regulators and governments. Voters have a ‘duty to care’ … Continue reading →

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The Aussie flag: a burning issue

Posted on September 8, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Burning the flag is not free speech, it’s hate speech. That statement reflects both sides of the argument about criminalising flag burning, as proposed policy by Liberal Leader Angus Taylor. And in this case, both sides can … Continue reading →

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What Bell Royal Commission must do, for starters

Posted on September 7, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. As the Bell Royal Commission closes down taking incoming fire over its ultimately limp, incomplete approach to its task of exploring how Australia could so quickly be so rocked by antisemitism, perhaps we can help … 

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