Best of 2025 – If we want to win the Pacific, we must first listen – and stop blaming China for everything https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-if-we-want-to-win-the-pacific-we-must-first-listen-and-stop-blaming-china-for-everything #auspol

Best of 2025 – NATO in Asia-Pacific: Dragging us into a fight we can’t win https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-nato-in-asia-pacific-dragging-us-into-a-fight-we-cant-win #auspol

Best of 2025 – Why key leaders attended China’s military parade – Asian Media Report https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-why-key-leaders-attended-chinas-military-parade-asian-media-report #auspol

Best of 2025 – Albanese’s sliding doors moment on climate https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-albaneses-sliding-doors-moment-on-climate #auspol

Rethinking the call for a royal commission after Bondi https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/rethinking-the-call-for-a-royal-commission-after-bondi #auspol

Best of 2025 – Best of 2025 – Who is a terrorist? https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-best-of-2025-who-is-a-terrorist #auspol

Best of 2025 – Brave new world https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-brave-new-world #auspol

Indonesia’s new criminal laws have a ‘recolonisation’ not a 'decolonisation' agenda https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1445/world/indonesias-new-criminal-laws-have-recolonisation-not-decolonisation-agenda #auspol

Best of 2025 – Jeffrey Sachs: Ending the genocide now https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-jeffrey-sachs-ending-the-genocide-now #auspol

Best of 2025 – Climate change risk to our coastal cities https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-climate-change-risk-to-our-coastal-cities #auspol

Best of 2025 – Intergenerational equity and tax reform https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-intergenerational-equity-and-tax-reform #auspol

Best of 2025 – Sustaining hope when war is normalised https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-sustaining-hope-when-war-is-normalised #auspol

Warnings of ISIS links ignored. The anatomy of the Bondi attacks https://michaelwest.com.au/warnings-of-isis-links-ignored-the-anatomy-of-the-bondi-attacks/ #auspol

Best of 2025 – Exclusion of Ed Husic from the Albanese Ministry Statement https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-exclusion-of-ed-husic-from-the-albanese-ministry-statement #auspol

And another tipping point reached!Batteries are powering #australia all through the night. Not much, but it's a start. #auspol #rewiringaustralia

Revealed: Australia’s secret Anti-Protest Force for US Department of War https://michaelwest.com.au/australias-anti-protest-force-for-us-department-of-war/ #auspol

Photos: Hands off Venezuela protests https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1445/news/photos-hands-venezuela-protests-0 #auspol

Best of 2025 – Dreyfus leaves little legacy https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-dreyfus-leaves-little-legacy #auspol

Modern slavery in Australia? | PALMed Off, Episode 1 https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/modern-slavery-in-australia-palmed-off-episode-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=modern-slavery-in-australia-palmed-off-episode-1 #auspol

Best of 2025 – Malign AI could change Australian election results, says judge https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-malign-ai-could-change-australian-election-results-says-judge #auspol

Best of 2025 – An economic reform agenda for Labor https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-an-economic-reform-agenda-for-labor #auspol

Renewables Record. Power bills to fall with rise of wind and solar energy https://michaelwest.com.au/renewables-record-power-bills-to-fall-with-rise-of-wind-and-solar-energy/ #auspol

Bondi, Christchurch and what a Royal Commission can – and can’t – do https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/a-bondi-national-royal-commission-about-what #auspol

Best of 2025 – Labor says its second term will be about productivity reform. These ideas could help shift the dial https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-labor-says-its-second-term-will-be-about-productivity-reform-these-ideas-could-help-shift-the-dial #auspol

Best of 2025 – Australia is one trade deal away from backing authoritarians, says Taiwan https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-australia-is-one-trade-deal-away-from-backing-authoritarians-says-taiwan #auspol

US starts 2026 with imperialist violence against Venezuela https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1445/world/us-starts-2026-imperialist-violence-against-venezuela #auspol

Best of 2025 – Judaism and Zionism are not the same https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-judaism-and-zionism-are-not-the-same #auspol

Best of 2025 – When the centre cannot hold: US polarisation is driving the word away https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-when-the-centre-cannot-hold-us-polarisation-is-driving-the-word-away #auspol

Best of 2025 – Australia and Taiwan caught between Trump and Xi’s great-man fantasies https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-australia-and-taiwan-caught-between-trump-and-xis-great-man-fantasies #auspol

Best of 2025 – Who’s afraid of big, bad China? https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-whos-afraid-of-big-bad-china #auspol

Opposition to US attack on Venezuela grows with calls on Labor to condemn it https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1445/news/opposition-us-attack-venezuela-grows-calls-labor-condemn-it #auspol

#auspol #australia #climatechange https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-05/qld-wet-weather-richmond-winton-flood/106197638

Best of 2025 – Taking a win from Alaska https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-taking-a-win-from-alaska #auspol

Best of 2025 – Chasing a chimera: The political dream of AUKUS that consumes reality https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-chasing-a-chimera-the-political-dream-of-aukus-that-consumes-reality #auspol

Best of 2025 – Furious Modi rejects Trump’s phone calls – Asian Media Report https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-furious-modi-rejects-trumps-phone-calls-asian-media-report #auspol

Gambling advertising reform in 2026? Don’t bet on it https://michaelwest.com.au/gambling-advertising-reform-in-2026-dont-bet-on-it/ #auspol

Best of 2025 – Australia must defend International Criminal Court https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-australia-must-defend-international-criminal-court #auspol

Best of 2025 – The ABC’s public comment guidelines: A ‘crackdown’ on management, not workers https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-the-abcs-public-comment-guidelines-a-crackdown-on-management-not-workers #auspol

Best of 2025 – John Menadue in conversation with David Marr https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-john-menadue-in-conversation-with-david-marr #auspol

The China Opportunity: to own America’s international crown https://michaelwest.com.au/what-trump-venezuela-means-for-russia-china/ #auspol

#2 TOP IA ARTICLE OF 2025: Elon Musk waves away dodgy salute https://independentaustralia.net/life/art-display/2-top-ia-article-of-2025-elon-musk-waves-away-dodgy-salute,20528?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=IA_Feed #auspol

US starts 2026 by bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its president, setting a tone of imperialist violence for the year https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1445/world/us-starts-2026-bombing-venezuela-and-kidnapping-its-president-setting-tone #auspol

Are nazis in Chris Minns hate speech sights … or just Palestinian peace protestors? https://michaelwest.com.au/are-nazis-in-chris-minns-sights-or-palestinian-peace-protestors/ #auspol

“Absolutely devastating”. Israel bans aid orgs from Gaza, publishes Aussie antisemites list https://michaelwest.com.au/israel-bans-msf-aid-orgs-from-gaza-publishes-aussie-antisemites-list/ #auspol

The voters gravitating to One Nation aren’t wrong about one thing - the system is rigged. But the architects of that rigging are counting on you getting the target wrong. They’re counting on your anger flowing downward - toward migrants, toward women who “took your jobs,” toward anyone who looks […]

#5 TOP IA STORY OF 2025: 'March for Australia' is not common patriotism — it’s Nazi-led mobilisation https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/5-top-ia-story-of-2025-march-for-australiais-not-common-patriotism--its-a-nazi-led-mobilisation […]

Is Albo’s ‘Richardson Review’ into Bondi independent or for a roving insider? https://michaelwest.com.au/albanese-richardson-bondi-appointment-independent-or-insider/ #auspol

Pokies. The Beatles were wrong, enough money can buy you love https://michaelwest.com.au/pokies-the-beatles-were-wrong-enough-money-can-buy-you-love/ #auspol

Between Identity and Politics: Unpacking the Systematic Conflation of “Antisemitism” and Criticism of Israel https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12/between-identity-and-politics-unpacking-the-systematic-conflation-of-antisemitism-and-criticism-of-israel #auspol

Whistleblower urges ASIC to intervene as RACP crisis deepens https://michaelwest.com.au/whistleblower-urges-asic-to-intervene-as-racp-crisis-deepens/ #auspol