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RonniSalt
What is happening to ‘our’ ABC?
At some time between 10 and 11 am on September 3rd last month, a man called Nick Fletcher passed a…
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Dave Milner
Fuck Rupert Murdoch
Most of us have only a limited capacity to ruin the lives of the people in our immediate orbits. We…
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Thomas Mayo
What if the referendum was about you?
Imagine if the question we will all be asked at the referendum on 14 October was being asked just about you: Would you want to be consulted before decisions were made about your future?
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RonniSalt
Voiceless
It may or may not be a well-known fact that the Uluru Statement From The Heart has a beautifully subtle,…
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Dave Milner
The ‘No’ campaign’s argument isn’t based on fear – it IS fear
Preambles being all the rage, before we begin I’d like to acknowledge how painfully Australian it is that the Prime…
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RonniSalt
Bullshit and spin
During his rise to power in 1930’s Germany, Adolf Hitler’s inner circle had a major problem – their leader was…
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Joel Jenkins
‘War is peace’: What does AUKUS get us into, and why?
The Labor national conference has a deep historic legacy, having shaped some of our young nation’s most consequential policy decisions….
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Dave Milner
I willingly watched Channel 7 and didn’t even regret it
Deep down, on some fundamental – even spiritual – level, most of us are aware that watching Channel Seven is…
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Dave Milner
During Earth’s hottest year, Murdoch’s climate denial is un-fucking-hinged
Climate denial has always been cretinous, deadly and irresponsible, but today, right here, right now, it requires Morrisonian levels of…
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Joel Jenkins
The Fordham Effect
In its year-and-a-bit of government, after a decade of playing the small target in Opposition, senior members of the Australian…