Presently the dumb country, Australia, is regaled with the presence of a couple of royals and what a better place than to announce that the princess of whatever is pregnant.

If you've never seen a horse race before, the stunt on the Sydney Opera House would have drawn your attention to horses, jockeys and betting (responsibly — whatever this means as betting is never responsible).

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Global ramifications of the Russia-India Défence deal 2018

Due to an unstable roster of ministers, Australia's climate and energy policy has been suffering, writes Giles Parkinson.

HERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS that go to the state of Australia’s policy-making and the health of its democracy. They are particularly relevant as we watch, in horror, the course that climate and energy policy is taking in this country.

Eight years ago, just five people worked for the company's predecessor, which was located a few streets away. Today, though, it has 180 employees on the payroll and they deal with hundreds of billions of euros. They hail from 43 countries and speak two dozen languages.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned Wentworth by-election voters to think "carefully" before voting for independent candidate Kerryn Phelps, after a new poll placed her far ahead of Liberal opponent Dave Sharma.

"To do nothing, to literally be a party with nothing to say, which is what some people are suggesting we should be, a party with no ideas is not the party I am prepared to lead."

                  Malcolm Turnbull

These prophetic words were spoken by Malcolm before being pushed by Tony Abbott in 2009, who to say the least had plenty to say, mostly rubbish — actually ONLY RUBBISH. 

“Singapore shall forever be a sovereign democratic and independent nation, founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of her people in a more just and equal society.” These were the words of the “Proclamation of Singapore” by Lee Kuan Yew on 9 August 1965.

It’s been hours since the long overdue Ruddock report into religious freedom was exposed as recommending religious schools should be able to discriminate against and exclude LGBTIQ students and teachers, and I’m sick with panic.

Wilderness of mirrors: MI6, the Cold War, spies and traitors from Gordievsky to Skripal

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By George Galloway, a former member of the British Parliament, for nearly 30 years, presents TV and radio shows (including on RT). He is a film-maker, writer and a renowned orator.

Galloway became the Vice-President of the Stop the War Coalition in 2001. He spoke anti-war demonstrations. After permission for an anti-war rally in Hyde Park on 15 February 2003 was initially refused, Galloway said the government had a choice between half a million people at the rally or half a million people in a riot.