Opinion Archive

There is a passage in Leviticus that states: “You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.” While this passage varies from text to text, the message is clear: …

There will be ‘no truce with the criminals’ pledges Mexico’s newly-elected President Enrique Peña Nieto. He has slick shiny black hair which he combs into a small mountain at the front of his head, a nugget of gold for political cartoonists. But …

As Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrives in Australia for talks with Prime Minister Julia Gillard,  there is speculation that the increased US presence in Australia’s north, announced during President Barack Obama’s visit in November, may be another item up for discussion during the two-day leaders’ …

Africa is a continent, not a country. The 54 African countries are unfailingly either ignored in our media or the stories that we see are negative. Africa has positive stories to tell but editors in Australia choose not to let us hear …

Angry protesters rallied outside Parliament House in Sydney on Thursday June 14 carrying signs saying “Don’t Shoot”. The Australian Workers Union joined them, dressed as kangaroos and owls. Opposition leader John Robertson spoke to the 150-strong crowd saying: “Barry O’Farrell has broken his …

  As Agni-V soared in the blue expanse from Wheeler Island off the Odisha Coast at 8.07 am on April 17, 2012 India entered the International Ballistic Missile Club. In so doing, it joined the illustrious group of the US, the UK, …

The assassination of al Qa’ida’s second in command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, by a remote controlled CIA Reaper drone is the most recent in a history of killings by these machines in Pakistan’s North West province. In the past eight years CIA drones …

Amongst the dross on news websites of late, the one report that had me  jittery was not from the Canberra cabal carping collective, but from the other side of the world. ‘Twas about housing, and it rang true for Australia. It concerned …