Author Archives: andrew

Why Russia shouldn’t lead the UN Security Council

Posted on April 18, 2023 by andrew

SVITLANA MORENET in The Spectator (April 16, 2023) has written a useful analysis of Russia’s position in the UN. Ukraine was a founding member of the United Nations, an organisation created to ‘maintain international peace and security’ after the Second … Continue reading →

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The Voice would rhyme

Posted on April 17, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban There’s a pub somewhere in the Aussie outback which displays a worn and fraying sign that says “Free beer tomorrow”. The larrikin spirit lives on. But could it also be a warning to Australians that not all … Continue reading →

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In the US, only ‘illigrants’ are above the law

Posted on April 6, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban April 6, 2023: As Donald Trump was arraigned in New York on charges by the DA to the chorus of US liberals in politics and media, that “in America nobody’s above the law”, nobody seemed conscious of … Continue reading →

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What does reconciliation look like?

Posted on March 30, 2023 by andrew

What does reconciliation look like? Andrew L. Urban Reconciliation. The word is used almost automatically, especially in the context of the arguments about the Voice referendum. It sounds so …. positive, peaceful, in contrast to the stormy seas in which … Continue reading →

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Post-referendum blues

Posted on March 7, 2023 by andrew

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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Play hardball with Putin, stop the carnage

Posted on February 26, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban The Western alliance against the Russian Federation’s Ukraine invasion is characterised by soft leather shoes, white shirts, diplomatic suits and dresses. The Putin side of things wears army boots and flak jackets, helmets, and carries a gun … Continue reading →

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Tucker Carlson derails his brain over Ukraine

Posted on February 21, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban  Conservative Fox News cable talk show host Tucker Carlson has a bee in his bonnet about the US heaping aid to help defend Ukraine against Russia’s illegal and barbaric invasion. The bee seems to have gorged on … Continue reading →

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The real reason behind our climate and energy policies – Malcolm Roberts

Posted on February 20, 2023 by andrew

In a video speech of less than 11 minutes, at the 2023 Climate and Energy Forum held on February 2, 2023, in Sydney, Queensland Senator Malcolm Roberts kicked the science crutch out from under the political imperative of the damaging … Continue reading →

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Democracy or Minocracy?

Posted on February 19, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban If democracy is defined by majority rule, Australia is not a democracy; it’s a minocracy. The current Labour Government attracted less than 33% of the primary vote nationally at the 2022 election, the lowest since 1934. While … Continue reading →

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Australia’s right to be intolerant of intolerance

Posted on February 9, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Why is Australian democracy so overly, dangerously tolerant as to seem craven and weak, as it watches the ignorant aggro of a member of the Senate who has declared that “This is war!” against Australian society. She, … Continue reading →

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