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On 24th March 2026, Francesca Albanese presented her latest findings on the Occupied Palestinian Territories to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Albanese has served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 1st May 2022.
People run for safety as smoke rises after an air raid in central Tehran, March 5, 2026. Source: Al Jazeera.
Chas Freeman, former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and former Assistant Secretary of Defense, has commented extensively on US-Israeli relations and on conflicts within the Middle East for many years
In a recent interview with Dialogue Works, an online news platform, he provided valuable insights into the US-Israel war on Iran, insights rarely found in the mainstream media’s coverage of the conflict.
Graphic: Australian Media Bias Chart. Source: r/australia (Click to enlage).
In Australia, the mainstream media’s coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has persistently been criticised for prioritising Israeli narratives, lacking historical context and using terms that obscure the scale of Palestinan civilian casualties.
Unsurprisingly, much of the mainstream media’s coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran has also been afflicted by a range of shortcomings. These include:
– a failure to hold the government to account
– using Orwellian euphemisms to hide ugly truths
– distorting the facts, and
– ignoring the historic record. Continue reading Shortcomings of mainstream media’s coverage of the illegal war on Iran→
Minab in southern Iran showing the aftermath of a U.S. strike on an elementary girls’ school where at least 175 people, mostly children, were killed. Source: The Guardian.
Following the US-Israeli attack on Iran which began on 28th February, there has been much speculation as to what the goals of the aggressors really are and the extent to which Iran would retaliate.
Would it be a repeat of the 12 day war in June 2025 which primarily targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities or would it be a much more extensive assault aimed at assassinating the Iranian leadership and the disintegration of the entire Iranian state? Continue reading The US-Israeli war on Iran – the real objective→
Around 100 people attended a protest rally in Bathurst on Monday 9 February against the visit to Australia by Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The Bathurst rally coincided with up to 30 other rallies and marches across NSW that opposed the president’s visit.
Most media attention has focussed on the large Sydney Town Hall rally and associated police violence linked to severe restrictions imposed on the right to protest by the Minns state government.
Image: Khan Younis, Gaza. Inset: Isaac Herzog signing a bomb to be dropped on Gaza. Michael West Media.
Following the Bondi shootings on 14th December 2025, the Albanese government officially invited Isaac Herzog, President of Israel, to visit Australia. This superseded an earlier invitation to the president issued by the Zionist Federation of Australia.
A spokesperson for President Herzog has confirmed that he plans to travel between 8th and 12th February and will meet with members of the Jewish community.
Sydney Town Hall rally against US actions in Venezuela, Sunday 4th January 2026. Banner translation: TRUMP KILLER!! OUT OF VENEZUELA. Demonstrators called on the Albanese government to condemn the US intervention. Source: 7News Australia.
In the early hours of Saturday 3rd January 2026, the U.S. military carried out a high-intensity operation in Venezuela that involved air strikes targeting military and civilian sites in at least four states, namely Caracas, Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira.
It has been reported that the operation involved more than 150 aircraft launched from 20 bases around the Western Hemisphere, including F-35 and F-22 fighter jets, and B-1 bombers.
During the military operation, President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were abducted by a U.S. special operations squad called Delta Force from a heavily fortified compound in the capital and subsequently flown to New York city where they are being held in custody. They have been indicted on a number of alleged charges including “narco-terrorism” conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and possession of machine guns. Continue reading U.S. military forcibly removes President Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela→
SBS News – Mourners have placed flowers and other tributes at Bondi Pavilion since last Sunday’s attack. Source: AAP / Bianca De Marchi
The targeted attack on Jewish people during the first day of a Hannukah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday 14th December 2025 has been condemned by a wide range of community leaders and organisations, political parties and humanitarian agencies. Continue reading The targeted attack on Jewish people in Bondi and its aftermath→
Greens MLC Sue Higginson at the Indo Pacific Weapons Expo. Photo: Peter Boyle
The biennial Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition, also referred to as the Indo Pacific Weapons Expo, was held from 4th to 6th November at the International Convention Centre in Darling Harbour.
People and rescuers work to recover the body of Palestinian cameraman Hussam al-Masri, who was a contractor for Reuters, after he was killed by an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital. Photo: Hatem Khaled/Reuters.
A total of 22 civilians were killed by Israeli missile strikes on the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday 25 August 2025.
L to R: Dr Siswo Pramono, Susan Templeman MP, Robert Tickner AO and Mayor Mark Greenhill. Photo: Jon Atkins.
Despite very wintry conditions, around 150 people attended the inaugural Peace Symposium in Katoomba on Saturday 2nd August 2025. The event was jointly hosted by the Blue Mountains Peace Collective and Blue Mountains Council’s Planetary Health Initiative.1Continue reading Peace Symposium held in Katoomba – 2nd August 2025→
Source: Al Jazeera. Palestinian dead in al-Ahli Arab Hospital, also known as the Baptist Hospital, following an Israeli strike in Gaza City.
Condemnation of Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza is continuing to grow both in Australia and around the world.
On 7 May 2025, more than 20 independent experts linked to the UN’s Human Rights Council said that the world faced a “stark decision” to “remain passive and witness the slaughter of innocents or take part in crafting a just resolution”. The experts implored the international community to avert the “moral abyss we are descending into.”1
L to R: Justine Langford (ex-Councillor), Liz Atkins (Councillor), Hannah Thomas (Greens candidate for Grayndler), Malcolm Fraser (MPG), Olivia Barlow (Councillor) and Liz Remmerswaal (World Beyond War, New Zealand) at the Anzac Day Reflection, Marrickville Peace Park, April 25, 2025.
Over 100 people attended this year’s Anzac Day Reflection held in Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park. This was the seventh time that the event has been held in the Peace Park since 2016. Continue reading Anzac Day Reflection – 25th April 2025→
