Global Governance vs. Democratic Sovereignty
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The need is not to rush into a new global health framework absent ‘a thorough public debate,’ Kennedy said, but to ‘strengthen national and local autonomy... Read more.
A Sceptic’s Take on the Nuclear Bomb
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The only choice is between nuclear abolition or cascading proliferation and guaranteed use. Proponents of nuclear weapons are ‘nuclear romantics’ who exaggerate... Read more.
GOAT Becomes Scapegoat
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Djokovic must be kept from our shores because he is a visible reminder of the failure of lockdowns and vaccines. Team Morrison wants to ensure that there is only... Read more.
“Jail Bharo!”—Channelling Our Inner Gandhi
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The person most associated with civil disobedience is Mahatma Gandhi. In effect, he instrumentalised, operationalised, and weaponised Thoreau’s concept of civil... Read more.
The WHO Keeps Failing Upward
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The premise of the accords is an inflated account of pandemic risk that is simply not supported by historical evidence. Its effect will be to distort health priorities... Read more.
The WHO Cannot Be Saved
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The WHO, at nearly 80 years old, comes from a bygone era, and is increasingly estranged from its world. We can do better. Fundamental change in the way we manage... Read more.
AHPRA: Public Health Watchdog, Big Pharma Lapdog, or Drug Enabler
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The question addressed in this article to Australia’s medical regulator, as to whether the public health watchdog has been corrupted into a Big Pharma lapdog and... Read more.
Elections in Canada, England, and Australia
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In a rare confluence, Canada, Britain, and Australia held elections within a week of one another, although in Britain’s case, these were local elections in England.... Read more.
Making Sense of Trump’s Tariffs
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Trump’s instinct may well be right that globalisation had shifted the trading balance to America’s net disadvantage, and the new equilibrium that settles after... Read more.
The Swirling Vortex of Weaponised Lawfare
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In discussing the current jurisdictional kerfuffle between the US federal executive and judiciary, I find it impossible to overlook the failure of the courts to... Read more.
Trump’s Ukraine Policy Changes the World Order
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With President Donald Trump’s re-election and his well-known views, Europe and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky faced an in-tray from hell. The interesting... Read more.
Judicial Adventurism Can Imperil Democracy
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I believe that politicians and the political process pose less of an institutionalised threat to people’s freedoms, liberties, and speech than unelected judges... Read more.