The Prime Minister's grovelling to Donald Trump over Gaza and AUKUS has landed Australia in the odious and unenviable position of estrangement, distrust and contempt from its closest neighbours, writes Peter Henning.
Peter Henning
As Israel鈥檚 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched his Operation Gideon鈥檚 Chariots in Gaza 鈥 the final military campaign to create Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥渇reedom zone鈥 鈥斅爏ome Western elites suddenly became anxious, writes Peter Henning.
An irony of the federal election result is that while some rejected Peter Dutton for his support for Donald Trump,聽the聽re-elected PM聽looks like he聽will continue to support Trump鈥檚 foreign policies and wars, including the genocide of Palestinians, writes Peter Henning.
Peter Henning argues that while the it is wrong for 鈥渞epresentative democracy鈥 to be replaced by snake-oil pork-barrelling, the聽deliberate censorship of Australia鈥檚 contribution to genocide is the most disgraceful aspect of this federal election campaign.
On April 2, federal environment minister Peter Garrett gave the green light to Gunns to start bulk earthwork operations on the site of their proposed pulp mill in Tasmania鈥檚 Tamar Valley.