In Iran I fear we may be retreating even further from the principles we once proclaimed, loosening the shackles that civilised nations place on themselves to protect our shared humanity.
It seems unthinkable that we would refuse a US request as it takes on the burden of a war. So why won’t the Government tell us what the US wants and what we have done about it?
You were worried the stockmarket might not come back, right? But why wouldn’t it? This isn’t the first war in the Middle East, and Allah knows it won’t be the last.
Ben Harvey delivers his ‘state of the nation’ – petrol, mortgage, groceries, flights, housing ALL going UP – thanks to war in Iran and there’s just one thing left that’s saving us from total misery.
MARK RILEY: Matt Canavan is a political enigma. And he is exactly the person the Nationals need to prevent them from following the dinosaurs into extinction.
In the aftermath of the Iranian women’s soccer team defection, Ben Harvey recounts famous instances of sport and diplomacy colliding and warns of Tehran’s record of oppression against women.