International

Another digger dies

An Australian soldier serving with Mentoring Task Force 3 has been killed in action in Afghanistan. The soldier, from the Townsville-based 2nd...

Burnie: The Denial of Bail. Another protest

The article, Why bail was denied – the inside story, on the granting of bail to Karlien van Rooyen, after two days...

I agree with Erich Abetz

I think for once I agree with that Green and now Gunns hater Erich Abetz, the dear but simple Hodgman and the...

Rupert Murdoch’s American Scandals

All the corruption exposed in England – hacking, political payoffs, dirty cops, hush-money settlements – is also happening here Rupert Murdoch would...

Social deprivation in riot hotspots: an infographic

The graphic above shows the level of child poverty and joblessness in some of the areas which saw the most rioting from...

Before … After … Anyone see specialist timber? Trees as jet fuel!

A message to GetUp members from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams

A message to GetUp members from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams: Dear Robert, As the founding coordinator of the International Campaign...

The people tell Gunns Time’s Up!

At mid-day today a determined crowd gathered at Gunns’ Long Reach mill site north of Launceston to peacefully protest the Tasmanian community’s...

Forced to change … FIAT, Libs outrageous, says Booth. Brown lashes Hodgman

There is a massive re-rating of native forest going on, even as world resolve to tackle climate change crumbles. Deforestation accounts for...

All they, like sheep, have gone astray …

A response to comments 43 and 46, on: In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King Yes, Ms Mills...