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Dead white male supremacy—will it never end? Well, it will, if Andy Marks, Assistant Vice-Chancellor of Western Sydney University, has anything to do about it. The achingly woke academic has taken to the opinion pages of the Sydney Morning Herald to lament how, “only hours after the Women’s March 4 Justice, the New South Wales government determined it was a perfect moment to celebrate another Aussie fella” by announcing that Australia’s “first 22nd century city”, a proposed “a...

Overnight Defense: Biden makes his Afghanistan decision Ellen Mitchell © UPI Photo President Biden Happy Tuesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Ellen Mitchell, and heres your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: President Biden will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that led to the longest war in....

Australians who cant afford Sydney house advised to buy house in another city Median house price of $1.112million beyond reach of average income earners  Someone earning $89,000 a year could afford a $500,000 Sydney apartment But apartments dont have the same capital growth as a house with a backyard House in city like Brisbane or Adelaide near the CBD would have capital growth Provincial regional centres had 40 per cent house price growth in five years 

Date Time Rethinking pest management to protect native species Australian native species might seem overrun by feral invaders, but Professor Peter Banks has an ingenious idea that could bring the odds back in their favour. As COVID closed down New York’s restaurants and fast food joints, food waste quickly disappeared from gutters, dumpsters and garbage bins. Within days, there were stories of rat gangs fighting in alley ways for scraps. There were stories of rat cannibalism. Though New York ...

Navy Still Considering Bringing Back US 1st Fleet The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) moored in Singapore’s Changi Naval Base, April 2, 2018. (Marc Ayalin/U.S. Navy) 15 Mar 2021 The former Navy secretarys call to reactivate a numbered fleet in the Pacific to counter Chinas growing maritime power is still under consideration, a top military leader said this week. Adm. John Aquilino, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, is studying the pros and cons of bringing back U.S. First Flee...

Book World: Meet the forgotten rebels and quiet revolutionaries of womens history Lisa Birnbach, The Washington Post March 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail By Rosalind Miles - - - Gather round, sisters, to read tales of female rebels and pioneers from earliest days to Stormy Daniels. Our leader (leadress? I think not), Rosalind Miles, a woke 78-year-old British novelist and historian, takes us through tranches of lessons about our forebears in a brisk, almost impatient way - she has a lot of mater...

 E-Mail IMAGE: AusStage users include academic researchers, performers and practitioners, students, government representatives, and people from the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums sector. view more  Credit: Flinders University A world-leading digital humanities platform preserving and showcasing the history of Australian live performance has been rewarded with a UNESCO Memory of the World accolade. AusStage, hosted by Flinders University, is now a model being replicated a...

A Macquarie University researcher has re-written history books by discovering the true location of Australia's first astronomical observatory. ...

Anyone with a functioning brain wants to see genuine reconciliation in this country. As I reflect nearly two weeks on from Australia Day, a day which really should be a time to come together to celebrate who we are, has now become almost controversial. It’s now almost controversial to have citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day, even to say, “Happy Australia Day”. I almost felt conflicted organising an Australia Day event on January 26th. The ABC called January 26th, Australia Day/Invasi...

There was a sense of relief that former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire was forced to quit, but why is it that racists, or apologists for racism, often escape the consequences, asks Jacob Andrewartha.