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Read more about the article Locking down against Murdochracy

Locking down against Murdochracy

August 28, 2021 Opinion by Greg Ray They say that in crises people show their true colours. It is especially true of leaders, who can either blossom into greatness or shrink into cowardly mediocrity. It is also true of media outlets, as evidenced by the Murdoch empire. The Murdoch empire fought during the bushfire crisis to make it all about "arsonists" and "greenies" - anything except climate change. Now, in the Covid crisis, it seems to me to be desperate for us to "open up" and "live with the virus". I don't subscribe to any Murdoch…

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Read more about the article Wrong moment to talk about “opening up”

Wrong moment to talk about “opening up”

August 26, 2021 Comment by Greg Ray They’ve been vaccinated. They are staying out of harm’s way. If they get sick they will get the best care our money can buy. And all they want to talk about is when we can “open up again”. Here in NSW we are looking down the barrel of Covid disaster, just like we’ve seen it overseas, and opening up is what matters? If you wanted still more evidence that the nation’s leaders aren’t working for us then here it is. I mean, it’s no surprise. Here’s a bloke who,…

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Read more about the article The Wellen: Soviet ship in Newcastle, NSW, 1942

The Wellen: Soviet ship in Newcastle, NSW, 1942

A slowly evolving story, with some plot holes remaining to be filled. Why was the Wellen in Australian waters? And what about the Minsk, whose officers apparently visited the damaged Wellen in Newcastle? Why is information about that ship so hard to find? In May 1942 Japan and Russia were not at war. And yet in the opening salvos of Japan's submarine war against merchant shipping in Australian waters, it carelessly managed to attack a Soviet ship. This was the freighter Wellen, an elderly vessel of 5000 tons. It was apparently built in Britain, taken over…

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