Michael Taylor
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“In 2023, corporate profits surged by 18 per cent, while real wages grew by just 1.2 per cent. The RBA’s response? Twelve interest rate hikes in eighteen months, crushing households while leaving price-gouging monopolies untouched.”
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The Corporate Insiders on the RBA Board and How to Break Their Grip
The Corporate Insiders on the RBA Board and How to Break Their Grip Philip Lowe may have tip-toed into a cushy retirement among the well-clipped hedges and manicured lawns of leafy Randwick, but his R...
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February 5, 2026 at 9:51 AM
“In 2023, corporate profits surged by 18 per cent, while real wages grew by just 1.2 per cent. The RBA’s response? Twelve interest rate hikes in eighteen months, crushing households while leaving price-gouging monopolies untouched.”
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This extinct, ferocious Australian lizard grew to just under 20 feet long and stood over 5 and a half feet tall. It is a Megalania. What an odd name for a lizard.
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 AM
This extinct, ferocious Australian lizard grew to just under 20 feet long and stood over 5 and a half feet tall. It is a Megalania. What an odd name for a lizard.
“The invitation to Israeli President Herzog to visit Australia is not a diplomatic misstep. It is the active construction of Australia’s complicity in a plausible genocide. It represents a failure of duty.”
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A Crisis of Complicity: Why the Herzog Invitation Represents a Constitutional Failure Greater than 1975
Abstract The 1975 constitutional crisis was precipitated by a failure to guarantee Supply – the financial lifeblood of the state. The crisis precipitated by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s invitatio...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:15 AM
“The invitation to Israeli President Herzog to visit Australia is not a diplomatic misstep. It is the active construction of Australia’s complicity in a plausible genocide. It represents a failure of duty.”
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Almost daily, social media produces one of its more durable fantasy genres:
“If Donald Trump ran in Australia, he’d win in a landslide.”
But never mind reality.
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“If Donald Trump ran in Australia, he’d win in a landslide.”
But never mind reality.
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Australia doesn’t need Trump. We’ve already rejected him - loudly
Almost daily, social media produces one of its more durable fantasy genres: “If Donald Trump ran in Australia, he’d win in a landslide.” Many are followed with pleas that Australians are desperate f...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Almost daily, social media produces one of its more durable fantasy genres:
“If Donald Trump ran in Australia, he’d win in a landslide.”
But never mind reality.
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“If Donald Trump ran in Australia, he’d win in a landslide.”
But never mind reality.
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“When someone is accused by the United Nations of inciting genocide, you don’t invite them for tea, you don’t give them a platform, and you certainly don’t welcome them as a guest of honour.” (Greens Senator David Shoebridge 💯)
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Precarious Invitations: Israel’s President Isaac Herzog’s Visit to Australia
Things are getting rather ropey on the invitation of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia on February 8. It came amidst the anguish following the Bondi Beach attacks of December 14, 2025 ...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:07 AM
“When someone is accused by the United Nations of inciting genocide, you don’t invite them for tea, you don’t give them a platform, and you certainly don’t welcome them as a guest of honour.” (Greens Senator David Shoebridge 💯)
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“The extra $20 billion in defence spending by the 2030s with orders from US and British military industrial companies continues at the expense of local essentials like social housing.”
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Political Futures: Can More Interest Rate Pain Be Avoided?
Following an overly generous rate cut in August 2025, the RBA Board made a unanimous decision to move from On Hold Status to the first-interest rate hike since the post-COVID recovery under the Morris...
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February 4, 2026 at 6:01 AM
“The extra $20 billion in defence spending by the 2030s with orders from US and British military industrial companies continues at the expense of local essentials like social housing.”
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“The 20th century’s great tyrannies were openly ideological, their violence justified by grand narratives of race, class, or historical destiny. The 21st century has birthed a more insidious model: the clinical-security state.”
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The Psychiatric Leviathan: How Clinical Authority Enables State Violence and Erodes Democracy
A Critical Analysis Abstract: This article argues that the fusion of state power with the unchecked epistemic authority of clinical psychiatry creates a pathological form of governance capable of refr...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:47 AM
“The 20th century’s great tyrannies were openly ideological, their violence justified by grand narratives of race, class, or historical destiny. The 21st century has birthed a more insidious model: the clinical-security state.”
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“Trump is so anxious to continue funding Israel’s genocide of Palestinians Gaza that he won’t wait for customary congressional approval…
When Israeli calls for more genocide weapons, Trump listens… then stands and delivers.”
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When Israeli calls for more genocide weapons, Trump listens… then stands and delivers.”
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Trump to Congress: “I don’t need your stinkin’ approval to fund Israeli genocide in Gaza”
By Walt Zlotow Trump is so anxious to continue funding Israel’s genocide of Palestinians Gaza that he won’t wait for customary congressional approval. He authorized a mammoth weapons tranche of $6.6 b...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:12 AM
“Trump is so anxious to continue funding Israel’s genocide of Palestinians Gaza that he won’t wait for customary congressional approval…
When Israeli calls for more genocide weapons, Trump listens… then stands and delivers.”
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When Israeli calls for more genocide weapons, Trump listens… then stands and delivers.”
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“How much longer will we let the RBA and its corporate backers punish us for their greed?
Research shows - again and again - that the primary driver of inflation is not a surge in household demand but a ‘profit-price spiral’ orchestrated by multinational corporations.”
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Research shows - again and again - that the primary driver of inflation is not a surge in household demand but a ‘profit-price spiral’ orchestrated by multinational corporations.”
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The Sledgehammer and the Scalpel: Why the RBA is Punishing You for Corporate Greed
As we stumble through the economic wreckage of 2026, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s addiction to interest rate hikes lays bare a basic misdiagnosis of our national crisis. The RBA’s logic is a fossil...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
“How much longer will we let the RBA and its corporate backers punish us for their greed?
Research shows - again and again - that the primary driver of inflation is not a surge in household demand but a ‘profit-price spiral’ orchestrated by multinational corporations.”
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Research shows - again and again - that the primary driver of inflation is not a surge in household demand but a ‘profit-price spiral’ orchestrated by multinational corporations.”
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Albo, in his wisdom, has invited Isaac Herzog, the President of our ‘new favourite ally,’ Israel, on a state visit to Australia. A lot of people don’t want him here. The ones with the loudest voices of protest will not be from the mainstream media.
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Beware these dangerous writers in the world of journalism
I had in mind to look at Australia’s dangerous writers, in no particular hurry. But that’s changed. You see, the Australian Prime Minister, in his wisdom, decided to invite Isaac Herzog, the President...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Albo, in his wisdom, has invited Isaac Herzog, the President of our ‘new favourite ally,’ Israel, on a state visit to Australia. A lot of people don’t want him here. The ones with the loudest voices of protest will not be from the mainstream media.
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The inexorable march of climate change jurisprudence, despite hostility from the fossil fuel lobby and the "might-is-right" brigade.
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Poor Adaptations: The Netherlands, Bonaire and Climate Change Obligations
It was another bead in the string of jurisprudence and case law in climate litigation. Previous sparkling examples include Urgenda Foundation (2019), KlimaSeniorinnen (2024) and the significant Adviso...
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February 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The inexorable march of climate change jurisprudence, despite hostility from the fossil fuel lobby and the "might-is-right" brigade.
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“While voters are told there is not enough money for public services, corporations with deep pockets enjoy constant access to decision-makers.”
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Why Corporate Donors Influence Politics and Decisions
By Denis Hay Description Why corporate donors influence politics in Australia, shaping major political decisions through donations, access, and policy capture. Introduction If you have ever wondered w...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:24 AM
“While voters are told there is not enough money for public services, corporations with deep pockets enjoy constant access to decision-makers.”
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With corruption crisis, the Philippines’ international damage is soaring.
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With corruption crisis, the Philippines’ international damage is soaring
By Dr Dan Steinbock (Manila) In the Philippine flood-control corruption scandal, the multibillion-dollar net losses are huge. But without adequate resolution, international pressures could multiply th...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:54 AM
With corruption crisis, the Philippines’ international damage is soaring.
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“This is how empire sustains itself: Australia provides the intelligence, America provides the bombs, Israel provides the trigger finger, and Iran provides the target.”
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Israel’s War on Iran: The Overkill No One Calls War
Tehran, June 13, 2025, 4:17 a.m. The first explosions light up the sky over Natanz. Israeli F-35s, invisible to radar, drop JDAMs on Iran’s largest uranium enrichment plant. Within minutes, no fewer t...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:24 AM
“This is how empire sustains itself: Australia provides the intelligence, America provides the bombs, Israel provides the trigger finger, and Iran provides the target.”
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“We live in an age of wonders, carrying powerful computers in our pockets and enjoying services that feel like magic. But this magic has a dark, hidden cost.”
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The Invisible Cage: How Surveillance Capitalism Paves the Road to Total Control
We live in an age of wonders, carrying powerful computers in our pockets and enjoying services that feel like magic. But this magic has a dark, hidden cost. A new economic order has emerged, one [...]
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February 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
“We live in an age of wonders, carrying powerful computers in our pockets and enjoying services that feel like magic. But this magic has a dark, hidden cost.”
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“There is a fear of Islam, and with the seemingly growing Islamic population, there is a fear that Sharia Law will be imposed on us.
At least that is the impression gained when reading some of the social media posts forwarded to me by my Christian Zionist friend.”
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At least that is the impression gained when reading some of the social media posts forwarded to me by my Christian Zionist friend.”
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The fear of Sharia Law
There is a fear of Islam, and with the seemingly growing Islamic population, there is a fear that Sharia Law will be imposed on us.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM
“There is a fear of Islam, and with the seemingly growing Islamic population, there is a fear that Sharia Law will be imposed on us.
At least that is the impression gained when reading some of the social media posts forwarded to me by my Christian Zionist friend.”
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At least that is the impression gained when reading some of the social media posts forwarded to me by my Christian Zionist friend.”
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The Liberal Party’s bold new strategy: keep moving further to the right until something happens.
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The Liberal Party’s bold new strategy: keep moving to the right until something happens
After losing government in 2022, the Liberal Party did what all defeated political parties do: it reflected deeply, listened carefully to the electorate, and absolutely did not learn the wrong lesson....
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February 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Liberal Party’s bold new strategy: keep moving further to the right until something happens.
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“Trump’s attempt to grab Greenland constituted a neo-colonial effort by a global “sheriff” who clearly did not respect the island’s national sovereignty and fundamental human rights.”
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Greenland: Trump's predatory mood
By Isidoros Karderinis US President Donald Trump’s attempt to “grab” Greenland constitutes a neo-colonial effort by a global “sheriff” who clearly does not respect the island’s national sovereignty ...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:06 PM
“Trump’s attempt to grab Greenland constituted a neo-colonial effort by a global “sheriff” who clearly did not respect the island’s national sovereignty and fundamental human rights.”
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“Jeffrey Epstein continues to nag living figures from beyond the grave and place them in a tight spot of bother.”
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Hedonism’s Dance: How the Governing Classes Fell for Jeffrey Epstein
How did he generate so much paperwork, traffic and comment? New York financier, mountebank, all purposes conman and dedicated rake that he was, Jeffrey Epstein continues to nag living figures from bey...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:18 AM
“Jeffrey Epstein continues to nag living figures from beyond the grave and place them in a tight spot of bother.”
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“Accountability has finally entered the room. And, as always, Trump’s first instinct is not to engage it, but to look for the exits.” By @lachiemc64.bsky.social
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Trump and the Three Ghosts of Accountability
The Choice Trump Makes When Accountability Appears Donald Trump is not unraveling. He is not “cornered,” “panicking,” or undergoing some tragic psychological collapse. What we are witnessing is far si...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:24 AM
“Accountability has finally entered the room. And, as always, Trump’s first instinct is not to engage it, but to look for the exits.” By @lachiemc64.bsky.social
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“Medicare is, to me, one of the most extraordinary moral achievements of modern Australia. Not because it is perfect, it isn’t. Not because it is untouched by politics, it isn’t. But because it encodes a simple premise – your life has value independent of your wealth.”
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The Day My Medicare Card Saved My Life
I’m an avid trail runner, having done a number of ultra marathons in my time. The below stems from an experience I once had following one of my early ultra marathons – my first real [...]
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February 2, 2026 at 6:51 AM
“Medicare is, to me, one of the most extraordinary moral achievements of modern Australia. Not because it is perfect, it isn’t. Not because it is untouched by politics, it isn’t. But because it encodes a simple premise – your life has value independent of your wealth.”
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“We are drowning in commentary. We are inundated with analysis of markets, debates over policies, and warnings about technological threats.”
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The Only Question That Matters: An Invitation Back to Reality
We are drowning in commentary. We are inundated with analysis of markets, debates over policies, and warnings about technological threats. These discussions have their place, but they have become a ca...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM
“We are drowning in commentary. We are inundated with analysis of markets, debates over policies, and warnings about technological threats.”
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