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Joel Jenkins
Fool me twice, shame on me
Saturday’s Labor victory was its biggest win since the Chifley era, with a lower primary vote (34.7%) than Bill Shorten…
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RonniSalt
Is it over yet?
By the time you read this, the 2025 federal election campaign will mercifully have less than 24 hours left on…
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Dave Milner
Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway
There’s an Australian election tomorrow, Joe Exotic from Tiger King is now tangentially involved, and I just cannot take any…
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Michael Bradley
Sorry Not Sorry, Welcome Not Welcome
“I’m bringing Columbus Day back”, Donald Trump gleefully announced on Truth Social, reinforcing the ancient tradition (that began in 1971)…
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Jo Dyer
Everyone, even The Australian, is over Peter Dutton
When you lose the fan club at The Australian, a Coalition leader is in serious trouble. After Andrew Hastie was…
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Dave Milner
On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy
Just a few quaint pandemic-y years ago, Scott Morrison, Prime Minister, secret Health Minister, secret Finance Minister, secret Industry, Science,…
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Michael Bradley
The craven crushing of campus dissent
Universities have been with us for many centuries, with their roots deep in the tradition of philosophical enquiry as a…
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John Delmenico
Influencers! At The Budget
Normally the idea of locking a bunch of social media creators in a room without access to the internet would…
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Dave Milner
Israel is mass murdering journalists and Aussie media loves that shit
Isn’t it insane that not wanting Palestinian children to be blown up with impunity can leave you feeling alienated from…
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Michael Bradley
Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight
As the saying goes, everything the Nazis did was legal, under German law. Hitler began by being lawfully elected, then…