Twelve nations put a price on Israel’s illegal settlements. Canberra sat at the table for months, then remembered it had a Security Council seat to win.
Category: Political Comment
The Appropriate Time
Twelve countries signed a statement on trade with Israeli settlements. Australia was very much part of the process. The early part.
A Word From the Commission: A Clarke and Dawe Tribute
The Commission has found serious and possibly systemic corruption in the community infrastructure grants. It will not be investigating. It will be developing a PowerPoint. Urban Wronski channels Clarke and Dawe.
As Featured In: Michael West Media
My piece on Apple’s planned obsolescence racket — the battery-gate throttling scandal, the Federal Court’s $9m fine over Error 53, and the twelve-day wait for a forty-minute repair — is out today with Michael West Media, one of the country’s sharpest independent outlets, reaching readers well into the millions.
Full piece here: https://michaelwest.com.au/it-just-works-until-it-doesnt-inside-apples-planned-obsolescence/
As Featured In: Michael West Media
My piece on the funeral insurance industry’s grief economy — stepped premiums, an 80% cancellation rate, and the Youpla scandal that cost Indigenous families $66m — is out today with Michael West Media, one of the country’s sharpest independent outlets, reaching readers well into the millions.
Full piece here: https://michaelwest.com.au/funeral-insurance-deadly-scheme-of-expensive-promises/
In the Land of the Blind
From Tyrie’s scaffold to Riyadh’s bone saw: the World Cup, the FIFA Peace Prize, and the audit that removed the crimes before it began. Urban Wronski looks.
Reaching Out
The Chief Wellbeing Officer of Bastards Incorporated joins Bryan Dawe to discuss six hundred and one redundancies, Wellness Wednesday, and why resilient employees rarely escalate. A tribute to John Clarke and Bryan Dawe, the finest political satire this country has produced.
Mid-Winter Ball
“Were they promises?” “They were statements.” “Promises?” “Statements.” “Is there a difference?”
The Prime Minister explains housing policy, the Australian dream, and why he’ll be at the Mid-Winter Ball.
Sons of Toil, Part I: The Toolmaker’s Bequest
Keir Rodney Starmer came into the world named after the great Scottish agitator who opposed a popular war and was expelled from Parliament for it. The naming was the most radical act the Starmer family would perform for the next six decades. After that, everything moved in precisely the opposite direction.
Catch 22
Heller’s Catch-22 was the trap no rational mind could escape. Trump has built it in reverse, proving his unfitness 122 doctors at a time.
