Author Archives: andrew

Australia, stop that!

Posted on October 31, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Australia does NOT have the permission of Indonesia’s President to relocate our Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem and both (post-Bali visit) Malcolm Turnbull, and The Australian’s Editor at Large, Paul Kelly are admonishing Prime … Continue reading →

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Why not Indonesia?

Posted on October 30, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban New Zealand? Why is Australia attempting to resettle asylum seekers from Nauru (and Manus, too) to another Judeo Christian country with little cultural comfort to offer those Muslims, like New Zealand? Why not return them to where … Continue reading →

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Free Speech v Fear Speech

Posted on October 30, 2018 by andrew

It’s a bizarre case of good news being bad news. And the messenger of the good news being vilified. I am talking about Dr Bettina Arndt and her national tour of universities with the evidence-based message that there is no … Continue reading →

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Forget the science, forget reason, tug the heartstrings

Posted on October 22, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The camera catches a toddler wheezing in the swirling smoke of a cooking fire inside a small hut as her mother battles to cook a meagre meal using wood or air polluting animal dung. The camera pulls … Continue reading →

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Jamal Khashoggi’s death and Saudi ‘intelligence’ service?

Posted on October 21, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. It’s not over yet, but I feel this is a crucial moment in the evolution of the story about the shocking death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Let’s take stock of what we know – and ask … Continue reading →

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Feminists missing in action where really needed

Posted on October 17, 2018 by andrew

Of all political systems, Democracy is the best and only champion of individual liberty. Western feminists enjoy their hard-won freedoms but fail to even speak out on behalf of their oppressed sisters in the Middle East. In this powerful article, … Continue reading →

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Lunch with Leo and Sir Francis – on the black comedy of climate change

Posted on October 15, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. I was having a chat with renowned Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and brilliant British empiricist and champion of the scientific method, Sir Francis Bacon, the other day during a rare time warp event at my kitchen table … Continue reading →

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The Media v The People

Posted on September 24, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. “The separation of powers means that the legal system is answerable to no one,” I said, speaking at the Sydney launch of my book, Murder by the Prosecution (Wilkinson Publishing), on September 22, 2018. It is … Continue reading →

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Malcolm, you promised … so go

Posted on August 18, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. Malcolm Turnbull’s backing off trying to bully his party into a NEGative plan (The Australian, August 18, 2018) has given the Liberals a golden opportunity to effect leadership change without spilling blood. In October 2009, then … Continue reading →

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Penthouse not porn

Posted on July 27, 2018 by andrew

Australia’s ‘most infamous impresario’ and publisher of Penthouse Magazine, Damien Costas, has hit back at reports in the Sydney Morning Herald calling him a “pornographer” in reporting the forthcoming September speaking tour of UK politician Nigel “Mr Brexit” Farage.   “Private Eye … Continue reading →

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