Australia's national broadcaster is called Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It's regularly attacked by Rupert Murdoch's Sky News & Australian broadsheet - as well as Atlas Network think ...

“Water Done Well” is the policy of this government to require all communities to decide on forming commercial water delivery entities, to run water like a business and remove it from direct democratic ...

Australia needs a national strategy that explicitly prioritises the integration of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into its defence industrial base to strengthen sovereign capability and ...

Here in New Zealand, the government cut RNZ’s budget by $18m over four years in the last budget – that’s almost $5m a year. Now RNZ is starting to ask for voluntary redundancies when we already have ...

Iran is the weakest. If Iran falls, war in our region – intended or unintended – becomes vastly more likely. Mainstream New Zealanders and Australians suffer from an understandable complacency: war is ...

Te Pāti Māori condemns the Israeli navy’s armed interception of the Madleen, a civilian aid vessel carrying food, medical supplies, and international activists to Gaza, including Greta Thunberg.

Australia was high on the list for Britain’s revamp of its alliances after Brexit, and the stormy geopolitical climate that followed has only reinforced the need for a more ambitious partnership.

Trump vs Musk By: weka - 12:20 pm, June 7th, 2025 - 16 comments Two overly emotional, sociopathic, super egos having a cock fight on social media, or a man using his power to speak edifying and ...

Trump and Musk: One Big Beautiful Break-up By: Elliot Crossan - 8:57 pm, June 7th, 2025 - 5 comments The world’s richest man has fallen out with the President he helped elect. Elliot Crossan asks: ...

Trump and Musk: One Big Beautiful Break-up By: Elliot Crossan - 8:57 pm, June 7th, 2025 - 5 comments The world’s richest man has fallen out with the President he helped elect. Elliot Crossan asks: ...

re-post from the Climate Brink The WMO recently published their WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update that covers the period from 2025 to 2029. This is a regular assessment of near-term dynamic ...

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other ...