Ron Baumann Ron Baumann

THE PROBLEM(S) WITH SEGAL

In a joint statement with the Zionist Federation of Australia on 12 November 2023, Jillian Segal criticised Foreign Minister Penny Wong and the Albanese government for urging Israel to stop attacking Gaza hospitals and for supporting a ceasefire.

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Ron Baumann Ron Baumann

THE MYTH OF IMMINENCE

For years, the public narrative around Iran’s nuclear program has been dominated by a sense of urgency, an insistence that a nuclear weapon is imminent, that time is running out, and extraordinary measures, including war, are justified to stop it.

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Ron Baumann Ron Baumann

DITCHING ZERO

They keep telling us that abandoning climate targets and “ditching net zero” would somehow bring down power bills and ease the cost-of-living crisis. It’s a politically effective slogan because it taps into genuine public frustration over rising electricity prices, housing stress, food costs and stagnant wages.

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