Buyer beware. Private health insurance funds are in your GP’s office
Private health insurers are making their way into your doctor’s office and the specialists they refer you to. It may not be to your benefit.
Police social cohesion squad prosecutes man over Gaza emails to his MP
A Palestine activist has been charged with a criminal offence for pestering his local MP with emails, and faces 5 years in jail
Australia, world leader in arresting climate protestors, drops 130 charges
NSW Police have dropped charges against the remaining climate protestors from Rising Tide’s 2024 People’s Blockade of Newcastle Harbour – the site of the world’s largest coal port.
“I’m sorry but …” BHP v coal miner Simon Turner delayed again
BHP’s case against coal miner Simon Turner has been vacated as the disabled miner has fallen ill in his 10-year quest for justice
Robert Pether stuck in Iraq. UN experts on torture voice concern
Robert Pether, the Australian engineer jailed for five years on trumped-up charges, remains in Iraq facing life-threatening illness and is unable to leave for treatment.
Australian media ignores UN report on deliberate killing of children
Devastating UN report into the targeting and murder of Palestinian children by Israel is not very newsworthy, apparently.
Mandarin salaries. Another win for transparency as Tribunal publishes submissions
After much pressure from the public and the Senate, the Remuneration Tribunal initiated a review of senior bureaucrats' salaries. They have now gone one step further. Transparency warrior Rex Patrick submitted his MWM article to the review and asked that it - and...
Buyer beware. Private health insurance funds are in your GP’s office
Private health insurers are making their way into your doctor’s office and the specialists they refer you to. It may not be to your benefit.
Army brass ducks for cover as Afghan command dodges accountability
Defence is refusing to release a report on the links between unlawful killings by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan and their senior commanders.
Police social cohesion squad prosecutes man over Gaza emails to his MP
A Palestine activist has been charged with a criminal offence for pestering his local MP with emails, and faces 5 years in jail
The Segal State: the office Australia never voted for
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal holds power over what Australians may say, teach, report and believe. No election gave it her. Andrew Brown
Surveillance State. NSW Police to seize mobile phone data without a warrant
Legislation before NSW Parliament will allow police to extract mobile phone data without a warrant, using technology developed by Israel Defence Force veterans.
No Weet-Bix. The breakfast that may bring down a president
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is losing popular support, his children’s breakfast program inedible, and the military lurking.
Court fast-tracks Shell whistleblower’s case after terminal cancer diagnosis
A whistleblower suing Shell Energy has asked the Supreme Court to urgently hear his evidence after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
Australia, world leader in arresting climate protestors, drops 130 charges
NSW Police have dropped charges against the remaining climate protestors from Rising Tide’s 2024 People’s Blockade of Newcastle Harbour – the site of the world’s largest coal port.
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- Surveillance State. NSW Police to seize mobile phone data without a warrant August 8, 2026 Legislation before NSW Parliament will allow police to extract mobile phone data without a warrant, using technology developed by Israel Defence Force veterans.
- Royal Commission into Antisemitism a “$131 Million Whinge” August 5, 2026 "Australians are not being investigated for hating Jews. They are being investigated for objecting to a genocide." Andrew Brown on the Royal Commission into antisemitism.
- Royal Commission: lawyers spar over Gaza genocide, health regulator admits Segal pressure July 30, 2026 Australia's health regulator has begun monitoring social media for criticism of Israel after pressure from Jillian Segal, the Royal Commission has heard
- The Segal State: the office Australia never voted for August 9, 2026 Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal holds power over what Australians may say, teach, report and believe. No election gave it her. Andrew Brown