CN Live! speaks to Andrew Fowler about his new book Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty, how Australia deceived France, undermined its independence and helps threaten war with China. Watch the replay on demand.
The Australian Labor Party, which suspended a senator for breaking with the party to vote for recognition of Palestine, never heard of JFK’s concept of Senate courage, reports Joe Lauria.
If progress on a peace process leading to a two-state solution remains Australia’s sole pathway to recognition of a Palestinian state, Palestinians have been hung out to dry, writes Stefan Moore.
The Consortium News editor examines the cumulative factors that led to the United States releasing WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange from prison.
UPDATED: Biden said Wednesday in response to a reporter’s question at the White House that his administration is “considering” Australia’s request that the case against Julian Assange be ended.
Consortium News was in Port Botany in Sydney, Australia on Sunday to capture these dramatic images of police aggressively arresting protestors trying to block export of military aid to Israel.
The U.S. again voted against a Gaza ceasefire on Tuesday, but this time a slew of U.S. allies abandoned Washington in the U.N. General Assembly, writes Joe Lauria.
Whistleblower David McBride’s lawyers argued on Day One of his trial that a soldier’s duty is not just to follow his superior’s orders, but to serve the entire nation. Joe Lauria reports.
The MPs will face obstinate views about Assange entrenched in the U.S. political establishment, with two days to educate Congressional, State and Justice officials about the threat to the Constitution and a free press, reports Joe Lauria.
Top U.S. officials are speaking at cross purposes when it comes to Julian Assange. What is really going on? asks Joe Lauria.