Category Archives: Australia

What the Next Australian Government Must Do to Save the Great Barrier Reef

After four bleaching events in the last seven years, is it too late to save the Great Barrier Reef? Time is running out to get serious about climate change.

What You Need To Know about Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands story of great power competition in the South Pacific is part of a much older one of colonial conceit and neglect.

UN Report: Humanity Must Change The Way it Assesses and Responds to Risk, Else We Face a ‘Spiral of Self Destruction’

The UNDRR presents a drastic rethink of the approach to diaster risk reduction. Alas, current leaders and elites aren’t up to the task.

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar: India Has Concerns About U.S. Human Rights Record

Look to India to stay an independent foreign policy course, pursuing its national interests in a multipolar world, instead of joining the U.S. kennel of poodles.

India: Pursuing its National Interest in the Multipolar World

The U.S. botches its India diplomacy as it fails to comprehend Delhi’s understanding of the new realities of the emerging multipolar world.

Covid Sightings: Omicron Reinfections, Brain Effects, Shabby US Performance, Western Australia Border Controls

There’s enough new Covid news as to merit some focus on the bigger developments…so have at it!

It Isn’t Over When The Fat Lady Sings – The First Russian Strategic Assessment of the Australia-UK-US (Aukus) Submarine Deal

A look at the AUKUS deal in light of Chinese and Russian submarine capabilities.

Global Coral Coverage Down by Half Since the 1950s

Coral reefs worldwide are facing impacts from climate change, overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution.

Covax Misses its 2021 Delivery Target – What’s Gone Wrong in the Fight Against Vaccine Nationalism?

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The latest supply forecast for Covax – the programme for sharing COVID-19 vaccines around the world – suggests that accelerating vaccination in low-income countries looks unlikely.

18 Vaccine Experts, Including Top FDA Scientists, Publish Review in The Lancet Saying Current Evidence Doesn’t Support Need for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for the Fully Vaccinated

Top international vaccine experts contend current evidence does not support a need for boosters for the fully vaccinated general population at this time and recommending instead directing doses to previously unvaccinated populations.

Is Western U.S. Experiencing a ‘Megadrought’?

The U.S. West may be in a climate-fueled megadrought, but willingness to admit that, let alone address it, is awfully slow in coming.

Australian Funds Take Aim at Private Equity by Moving to Do Deals in House

More challenges to private equity firms, now from super sized Australian “super” funds who are bringing PE in house.

New Zealand’s Feeble Attempt to Curb Sky-High Housing Prices

New Zealand, awfully late in the game, is trying to Do Something about insane housing prices.

Yes, Export Bans on Vaccines Are a Problem, But Why Is the Supply of Vaccines so Limited in the First Place?

Italy has blocked vaccine exports to Australia, which now must reconsider its opposition to proposed global solutions to unblock supply.

Facebook and Google vs the Free Press

The effort to contain Google and Facebook were only in the skirmish stage until Australia and Maryland upped the ante with their tax powers.