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The More Digitally Dependent Australia Becomes, the Less Resilient It Gets

The Telstra Outage Didn’t Break Australia. It Revealed It.

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Labor’s Housing Reform Has a Democracy Problem

Albanese promised voters he would not change negative gearing or capital gains tax. Now his government is asking them to accept both as fairness.

Jun 14 • The Modern Enquirer

The War Didn’t End Iran’s Nuclear Problem — It Concentrated It

Bombing Iran's nuclear facilities destroyed buildings. It didn't account for the enriched uranium. That's where the real contest now sits.

Jun 14 • The Modern Enquirer

Everything Is About Story

How the stories we tell shape who we become—and who we might still be.

Jul 16, 2025 • The Modern Enquirer

The First AI Infrastructure War

The race between American and China for AI dominance isn’t just about technology. It’s about infrastructure, energy, and military power—and the Middle…

Mar 7 • The Modern Enquirer

America Has No Exit Strategy Because Iran Has No Incentive to Stop Fighting

Why Tehran may believe time and escalation strengthen its negotiating position.

Mar 14 • The Modern Enquirer

AI Has Entered The Kill Chain

Artificial intelligence is now defining targets on the battlefield

Mar 12 • The Modern Enquirer

Australia gutted its energy infrastructure chasing net zero — now we’re running on empty

After a decade chasing net zero, an energy superpower can barely fuel itself.

Mar 11 • The Modern Enquirer

How Britain’s Oil Crisis Led to the CIA-Backed Coup in Iran

The 1953 overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh grew out of a struggle over control of Iranian oil that began half a century earlier.

Mar 9 • The Modern Enquirer

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Bombing the Same Problem Twice

One year after Trump declared Iran’s nuclear program destroyed, Washington says the same threat now requires war.

Mar 4 • The Modern Enquirer

The Return of Regime Change — and the End of America First

How the Iran campaign signals a shift from restraint to structural intervention — and a foreign policy voters were never explicitly asked to approve

Mar 1 • The Modern Enquirer

Why an Old-Fashioned Ciggie Now Feels Strangely Radical

On freedom, risk, and being left alone

Feb 3 • The Modern Enquirer

Could Pauline Hanson Become Prime Minister? The Question Australia Is No Longer Laughing At

Once dismissed as unthinkable, a Hanson-led government is now a structural possibility — as the major parties lose legitimacy and the political centre…

Jan 26 • The Modern Enquirer

The Antisemitism Bill Collapses Under Its Own Logic

The Government wants sweeping new powers. It hasn’t proved they’re necessary — or even coherent.

Jan 22 • The Modern Enquirer

Maduro "Captured" Following Years of U.S. Criminal Charges and Escalating Bounties

Claims that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured and removed from the country by U.S.

Jan 3 • The Modern Enquirer

Don’t Blame Arabs. Blame Your Liberal Democracy

How liberal democracy was transformed from a system of governance into a moral religion—and in the process quietly dismantled the country it claimed to…

Dec 20, 2025 • The Modern Enquirer

🧨 How Western Elites Used Hitler to Build a Post-War System Designed to Control You

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Dec 12, 2025 • The Modern Enquirer

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