Category Archives: Quotidian

Andrew L. Urban. “Forensic inquiry or ‘tokenistic’: Will Royal Commission deliver solutions to antisemitism crisis?” That’s the splash headline in The Australian today (17 August, 2026). In another story, under the headline “How Hamas outsmarted the UN and Western media … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban.  There was “a shocking betrayal and re-traumatisation of Jewish people at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion” say Barbara and Munganbana Norman Miller, co-founders of Indigenous Friends of Israel International. Writing in The Weekend Australian … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban The PM’s sheila-shield of Gallagher, Plibersek, Wong and the rest, has now locked the PM out of any apology over his juvenile juggling of Japanese melons. How could Albo now apologise when these women have all said … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban  According to The Australian’s editorial (11/8/2026) “There is no political reason to exclude (Josh Frydenberg): Labor MPs Mark Dreyfus and Josh Burns have testified.” Here, in a single sentence, the editorial exposes and contradicts the opposite of … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Given that only the manifestations of antisemitism can be held in check by laws, not the bigoted mindset, Josh Frydenberg’s article in The Australian proposing steps to do that (The royal commission must be the circuit breaker, … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban  It’s not bad taste; it’s ugly hate speech wrapped in a torture porn fantasy. I bet you know exactly what I’m talking about. Yep, I’m piling on to the outrage expressed by so many at the ABC’s … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Peter Malinauskas quipped at the Labor national conference this week: “In an erratic world filled with ill-discipline and division, we’ve been reminded this week of that time-honoured political truth: if you can’t govern your dog, you can’t … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban “Keep people from their history and they are easily controlled,” Karl Marx believed. In his case, it was an imperative. In the case of others, such as George Orwell (“Who controls the past controls the future; who … Continue reading →

I had just written down the above headline for an essay I wanted to write this morning, when I came across the July 7, 2026 article in Quadrant by LOGAN LAMONT titled Respectable Cowardice, before I put pen to paper … Continue reading →

Newspoll: history made as One Nation leaps ahead of Labor In a watershed moment for Australian politics, core support for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is ahead of Labor as Anthony Albanese hits a record low. Or simply put:   Yet … Continue reading →