After tragedy, grief is quickly hijacked by blame. Votes are counted, ideologies accused, and humanity lost in the noise. But violence is not a referendum, and collective guilt solves nothing. What matters is courage, evidence, and a media culture that informs rather than inflames.
The Swan Newspaper is going south…specifically the South West of Western Australia. We will be telling stories about the great southern region, its history and…
Travelling companions aren’t always pleasant. If you are forced to sit beside someone who is obnoxious or smelly or you aren’t in the mood to…
A bunch of really special people start chopping and slicing at the Margaret River Soup Kitchen every Wednesday morning in preparation for the 5.00 pm…
I always wanted to open a bakery…if I win lotto I will and call it ‘This Day’…as in ‘give us this day our daily bread’. …
Margs people or ‘Margites’ as I affectionately call them will get a kick out of a newby (a Maggot) who was annoyed about what sounded…
The Cowaramup Bullshed is the ‘Men Shed’ for the Margaret River region. Apparently others are planned for Margs itself and there is also one at…
Immortality has always been humanity’s oldest dream. From myths of gods to the latest neural implants, we’ve searched for ways to outlast time. Now, Dyson swarms — vast constellations of solar-panel satellites — promise limitless energy, while artificial intelligence and neural technologies hint at endurance beyond biology. Could machines carry our voices, memories, and even our identities into futures powered by the stars?
Australia’s future will be shaped not by distant alliances but by the realities of our own region. For too long, we have tied ourselves to Washington’s strategic fears, most recently through the costly and outdated AUKUS submarine deal. At over $360 billion, AUKUS locks us into dependence on the United States and Britain while doing little to secure our nation in an era when autonomous systems and advanced technologies define modern defence.
The real choice facing Australia is clear. We can cling to a declining America, which hides inequality and social control behind the rhetoric of “freedom”, or we can embrace our place in the Asia Pacific by working with China, our largest trading partner and a nation that has lifted millions out of poverty while building infrastructure across continents.
Western narratives about “reds under the bed”, about Taiwan as a spark for World War III, and about American moral superiority are propaganda designed to serve oligarchs and arms dealers. Chinese people, by contrast, have proved time and again to be generous, trustworthy, and valuable partners.
China is not our enemy. China is our friend. For Australia, the path to peace, prosperity, and independence lies not across the Pacific but with our neighbours in Asia.
Australia has welcomed almost two million migrants in the past decade, yet housing affordability and wages are in crisis. While families are left struggling to find shelter and fair pay, real estate agents and big business profit from a system that rewards exploitation over community wellbeing.
Walking down a laneway you see a beautiful, fluid design, a calligraphic masterpiece as awe inspiring as anything you’ve seen in the Getty, Guggenheim, Louvre…
The ways in which Aboriginal people have been portrayed by non-Aboriginal people reflect Euro-centric values and have been largely negative. Strong representations of Aboriginal people…
From ‘The Aboriginal People of Alice Springs’ by Dan White This and many more amazing pictures of Indigenous people of Central Australia can be viewed…