Albanese and his ministers say the outcome of the presidential election is the business of the American people ... However, the risks to Australia if Trump wins cannot be overstated.
From Richard Nixon’s Watergate lies and corruption to both George Bushes and Bill Clinton, all roads lead to Donald Trump. Trump reveals not American greatness but American fragility. America has always teetered on the edge of collapse.
Albanese, unlike Starmer, faces the next election as an incumbent defending the slimmest of majorities ... The prime minister can take little consolation from the fact that the UK is another country: the similarities of our political cultures are too significant to dismiss.
If all of the predictions about China that I have read or covered were accurate, then either China would have collapsed or conquered the world. Neither has happened. According to the books on my shelves, we are way overdue for a war over Taiwan.
In order to hold those responsible for climate and environmental harm accountable, and to drive urgent action, we need more Australians to call out the wrongdoing they see at work that is hurting our ecosystems and our climate ... We need transparency for the planet.
Ordinary Australians have suffered heavily over at least 15 years of poor performance by ASIC as it repeatedly failed to respond early and effectively to allegations of misconduct, and then to punish those responsible.
Knowing how crucial the cost of living has become for most Australians, the government must have been hoping for better than these latest inflation numbers.
Payman believes the Albanese government has turned its back on the recognition of Palestine committed to at two ALP national conferences. She says it is a matter of conscience and humanity that she continues to advocate for this cause.
In March, Trump lent his name and likeness to the God Bless the USA Bible. The book was a large-print Bible with the US Constitution inserted. If hypocrisy were an Olympic event, Trump would be a certainty for gold.
Australian political leaders require the courage to think in transformative and tangible ways about what it will take to secure a safer future for children and young people. The status quo is unacceptable for the current generation, and the next generation deserves better.