By Binoy Kampmark THINGS BECAME rather ropey in the days leading up to the invitation of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia on 9 February. The decision came amidst the anguish following the Bondi Beach attacks of 14 December 2025 on attendees of a Hanukkah event by two gunmen, leaving 15 dead. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese clearly thought the …
By Binoy Kampmark Australia’s obsequiousness before US power was again on show at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a security forum convened by the International Institute for Strategic Studies to discuss matters relevant to the Indo-Pacific. What was clear was that the US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth was in a fighting mood. “America is proud to be back in the Indo-Pacific …
By Max Ormond These words rang out from Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung Senator Lidia Thorpe in the Great Hall of Canberra’s Parliament House to the foreign King Charles III. One has to admire her courage for pointing out to the British Royals their unpalatable history of invasion, dispossession, genocide of the First Peoples. Consequently they have no right to …
