Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on or emanating from Oceania, a region sometimes described as a continent which includes the subregions of Australasia (Australia, New Zealand), Melanesia (Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea), Micronesia (island states Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk and Yap), and Polynesia.
The Israeli embassy in Canberra had warned about it, and, with rattling confidence, thought it appropriate to remind the Australian Labor Party…
It remains a prickly reminder that Australia remains an embarrassed vassal of power, annexed to the security interests of another state basking…
It was a distasteful affair, but Australian politicians have become accustomed to those toadying practices that accompany capitulations to power. On his…
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This is the first of two articles, in which the author explores global food systems, social change and how they intersect. The…
Yesterday, the Australian federal government released new expectations for data centres and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The message is simple: if companies want faster…
Union density in Australia has been in free fall for decades. In 1992, nearly 40 percent of workers were union members; today,…
Australia has entered one of those rare diplomatic moments when grief at home collides with moral judgment abroad, and when a single…
On 16 October the Associated Press reported that a āclashā between the Indonesian military (TNI) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) had…
In one of his many cutting observations about the fallibility of politicians, H. L. Mencken had this to say about the practical…
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