By Phil Smith Early in Part 2 of an old Dr Who episode, ‘The End of Time’, the Doctor is bound as a prisoner of the Master, a very intelligent villain who wants to own and control the world. Dr Who laments the waste of his captor’s brilliance on the pursuit of control. For a

By Stuart Rees West Papuans are Indigenous people, easily ignored, their natural resources exploited, homes and cultures destroyed, hundreds tortured, hundreds of thousands killed.  Our media reports endlessly about genocide in remote Xinjiang but not about genocide in neighbouring West Papua. Why? Not far from Australian shores, a colonial-type genocide prompts silence.  Commercial and military interests

By Kerry Laws For many years those involved in Australia's anti-uranium movement have been in awe of three courageous Tjiwarl women, Shirley & Elizabeth Wonyabong and Vicki Abdullah. Their determination and persistence to protect their ancestral country, on the edge of the Western Australian goldfields, from uranium mining has been an inspiration. Receiving a National

By Bonnie Cassen The Kiama community has worked hard to keep Boral’s hands and sand mining operations off the precious Minnamurra River catchment area. Having ‘lost’ the IPC decision, residents are gearing up for a fight. A lot has been going on behind the scenes since the NSW Independent Planning Commission approved the Boral sand

By Andy Hutchinson We live in an increasingly polarised society; one in which social media, precisely targeted advertising and heavily biased media organisations all conspire to drive people to ideological extremes. However, over the last ten years, what was once restricted to political viewpoints, has infected every facet of society. Moreover, the extreme behaviour that