Bernard Keane says Albanese is a manager, not a leader. Urban Wronski says the rot runs deeper — into the Farrellised machinery of a captured Clayton’s Labor.
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Boxed in Like Tulloch
We’re into the straight and Australia pounds against the rails, all muscle memory and destiny, everybody’s favourite, yet going nowhere. Boxed in like Tulloch. Truth, Due Diligence and Duty of Care have been scratched on veterinarians’ advice, leaving Spin, Pious Piffle and Plausible Deniability to romp home unchallenged.
An Anatomy of the Abyss: Trump’s $85 Billion ICE Machine and the Price of Canberra’s Silence
As breastfeeding babies are torn from mothers and the American interior turns into a new Heart of Darkness, the Albanese government remains pathologically mute. It is time to stop playing the submissive junior partner and start acting like a sovereign nation that recalls what humanity looks like.
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MUM’S LOGIN: How Labor’s Social Media Ban Became a Masterclass in Government Theatre
Christmas 2025, and Australia’s teenagers are unwrapping their presents: new VPNs, borrowed parental logins, and AI-generated profile photos. Two weeks into Labor’s world-first social media ban, and it’s already a monument to performative governance. Meanwhile, the minister who should be celebrating is in hiding over travel rorts, and the policy architect has vanished into an expenses scandal. Welcome to government theatre at its finest.
The seeing stones. Australia and its New CIA-Made Friend.
“Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.”Nikolai Berdyaev(Also, apparently, Palantir’s unofficial mission statement.) I. Enter the Magical Spy Orb, Stage Right In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, the palantír was a sort of medieval CCTV camera with attitude. A seeing stone that showed you just enough truth to … Continue reading The seeing stones. Australia and its New CIA-Made Friend.
The AUKUS Delusion: Buying Yesterday’s Technology for Tomorrow’s War That Won’t Happen
Australia has a tragic genius for repeating its strategic mistakes. Part 2 of Urban Wronski’s AUKUS series traces how bipartisan cowardice; from Morrison’s photo-ops to Albanese’s deference; turned dependence into doctrine and loyalty into lunacy.
Trump’s Dirty War at Sea and Australia’s Silent Complicity
When Donald Trump’s America goes fishing, it doesn’t bring a net — it brings a drone. His latest outburst over “illegal Venezuelan boats” turns the Caribbean into a stage set for bluster and bombast. A small fleet of working men in open skiffs become props in a tragicomic rerun of empire, complete with digital spin and patriotic sound effects. Another performance of power — and another warning of what happens when showmanship replaces statecraft.
Trump’s Ballroom: Democracy Under Demolition
Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing to build a “self-funded” ballroom is more than vandalism. It’s the Gilded Age reborn — a cash-for-access cathedral where billionaires buy permanence and democracy is reduced to rubble.
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