[Link] Federation 'ill-equipped' to deal with 21st-century challenges as Australia grows 'vulnerable'

Read: 21/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

More than 250 stakeholders are behind a report, as part of the National Resilience Project (NRP), that makes recommendations on topics including energy security, climate change responses, global and regional security risks, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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[Link] Monsters, Inc: The Taliban as Empire’s bogeyman

Read: 22/8/2021 www.aljazeera.com

The dominant narrative on the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan erases the decades of imperial violence Afghans suffered.

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[Link] ‘Prices going up’: competition watchdog tells governments to limit asset sales as public loses trust

Read: 30/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

Competition watchdog Rod Sims has called for curbs on state and federal government privatisations, saying the public has lost trust after seeing prices rise following asset sell-offs.

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