My latest investigation in Declassified Australia is about one of Australia’s richest men, Andrew Forrest, and his attempt to develop green hydrogen in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest wants to make himself a champion of ‘green energy’ by building an US$80 billion mega-dam to develop ‘green’ hydrogen in one of…
TRT World interview on surging violence in Palestine and Israel’s Supreme Court
My interview with global broadcaster TRT World on rising violence in the West Bank and faux Western (and Israeli) concerns about the Supreme Court, a body that’s rarely protected Palestinian rights.
Dangers of an Israeli spy in your pocket
My book review appears in today’s Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age: Imagine a weapon so powerful that it makes every person on the planet with a mobile phone potentially vulnerable. It isn’t a scammer or traditional hacker but a new, much more virulent form of intrusion that takes control of all your personal information…
Belmarsh Tribunal on Julian Assange co-sponsored by Declassified Australia
I’m happy to announce that Declassified Australia, the news website that I co-founded in 2021, will be co-sponoring the upcoming Belmarsh Tribunal at Sydney University on 4 March. It’s the latest in a long tradition of similar events around the world, aiming to hold the powerful to account. In this case, it’s about highlighting the…
Why Israel sells spyware to repressive Bangladesh
Following revelations that Israel sold spyware to Bangladesh, I was interviewed by Benar News: “The latest revelations about Israel selling surveillance weapons to Bangladesh follow a sadly familiar pattern. The fact that Bangladesh is a dictatorship is irrelevant for Israeli arms dealers and the Jewish state,” said Antony Loewenstein, an Australian researcher whose forthcoming book [The…
TRT World interview on new far-right Israeli government
Following the visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, I was interviewed by global broadcaster TRT World on the state of Israel/Palestine relations and why the Jewish state remains so appealing to many.
The merging of Israeli far-right power
With the new far-right Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, there’s a lot of talk in the Western media about what this could be mean for the Palestinians. In short, nothing good. I was interviewed by global broadcaster TRT World about these related issues: While there is much debate inside Israeli political and military circles…
Finding ways to access vast Afghan resources
My latest investigation for Declassified Australia (where we’ve just launched a crowd-funding campaign with Patreon so supporters can back our independent journalism with $): PDF here: TWIGGY’S AFGHAN MINERAL COUP – Declassified Australia Andrew Forrest, Australia’s second richest person, is on a self-declared global mission to fight climate change. But there’s another side to this story that’s…
TNT Radio interview on Wikileaks, press bravery and conflict
David McBride is an Australian hero, a former military lawyer turned whistle-blower who exposed war crimes in Afghanistan. He appears weekly on TNT Radio and interviewed me last weekend about journalism, war, ethics, Wikileaks and accountability:
Speaking in support of freeing Julian Assange and Wikileaks
On 10 December, I spoke outside the Sydney office of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in support of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The other speakers included whistle-blower David McBride and Greens Senator David Shoebridge. The video was filmed by Cathy Vogan of Consortium News.