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‘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.
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
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
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
Fixing ‘global boiling’ is urgent. That’s why it has to be done slowly
As Antarctica melts into the ocean in the dead of winter and southern Italy is scorched by heat and hail
Dudded: Peter Dutton in No-man’s land
Is there anyone in Australia paying attention to the federal Liberal Party apart from Canberra coke dealers and those men
Whoever wins, we lose
A world drowning in misinformation, depression, existential isolation, conspiracy cults, wellness circuses, creeping fascism, resurgent white supremacy, and the degradation
The first glimpses of Albo’s arrogance
Australians talk about the property market. Incessantly. So much so it is a cliché. If you’re under 40, the housing crisis has been part of your BBQ conversation a fair bit longer than this newly minted government has existed
The toilet police are here and they want you to know they are very serious
If your whole life is devoted to policing toilets, you’d spend a lot of time trying to convince everyone that toilets need police, and it’s an important and serious thing to do, rather than something obsessive and creepy and weird
The disappointing failure of the non-existent ‘Yes’ campaign
On the 30th of August 2022, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held a press conference with Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda