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LIVING DANGEROUSLY : the life of a dingo.

For two and a half centuries this iconic Australian canid has been shot, trapped and poisoned with 1080 baits.A NSW Parliament Inquiry beginning in September 2026 will consider the future of dingoes in national parks a paragraph. Article in Independent Australia August 18 2026.  .

WHEN MEN WERE BROTHERS : Vale British Antarctic expeditioner, Geoff Somers. 

This tribute by Jeff McMullen on Independent Australia July 25 2026.

Trump attacks the enemy within.On July 4th 2026 - the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States as a new nation - President Donald J. Trump invoked a century old American fear of communism to focus on his political enemies at home. Article in Independent Australia July 9 2026.

THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY. This is a transcript of a talk by Jeff McMullen to The University of the Third Age, Newport New South Wales, Australia. July 1st 2026. 

Counting nuclear warheads in the new nuclear arms race. Jeff McMullen follows up the comments on the threat of renewed nuclear weapons tests. Published on Independent Australia, November 24th 2025. 

The boy with no eyes - the dangers of a new arms race. This  article by Jeff McMullen about nuclear testing at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan and the risks of renewed nuclear testing. November 11 2025.  

The price we pay for not learning from history. In this article published on Independent Australia March 6 2026 Jeff McMullen looks at the US-Iran relationship over the last half century and how leaders have difficulty seeing the outcomes of war and the treachery of alliances.

Beware the paper tigers. Written by Jeff McMullen March 18 2026, examining some of the possible escalation scenarios in the Iran War. The article appeared as an Editorial in Independent Australia. 

Trump's "own goals" in Iran. Article by Jeff McMullen, April 8 2026.  Independent Australia .

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Sleeping Rough in the 'Lucky Country'. The post-budget cries of class warfare miss the reality of the poverty in our midst, Jeff McMullen writes. Published on Independent Australia May 16 2026.

These are Fighting Words.This article by Jeff McMullen on October 10 2025 appeared on the Independent Australia and a shorter version on Pearls & Irritations. 

Australian Artist, Peter Hudson, publishes his marvellous collection of twenty years of his study of the miracle and fragility of life on earth. His book is entitled The Mystery of Being Here (published by University of Sunshine Coast. Foreword by Jeff McMullen 2022.

Australia has long denied the right of its First Peoples to a just treaty on their occupation of this continent for some 65,000 years. Is a Treaty the Best Way to Ensure the Rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples? After a discussion at Western Sydney University on Monday 24th October 2016 this article was published in the New Matilda November 2016.

Australia must clean up the contaminated bore water on which remote and regional communities depend. Jeff McMullen's report broadcast on The Science Report Australian Broadcasting Commission. 

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