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Poisoned policy: How 1080 baiting exposes Australia’s pest control crisis

Australia’s reliance on the lethal poison 1080 to control invasive species is exposing deep ...  
The current electoral system actually favours One Nation

Analysis suggests Australia’s electoral system may be unintentionally boosting One Nation’s ...  
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EDITORIAL: The state of a (not) independent Australia address

Fellow Independent Australians, it is with our greatest and most sincere regret that we must ...  
Political books that still influence Australian public debate

Books don't just sit on shelves. They move ideas. They nudge conversation. In Australia, ce ...  
Australia Day 2026 violently exposes deep national divisions

If the aim of Australia Day is to promote national unity and social cohesion, writes Dave Donovan ...  
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EDITORIAL: Australia Day 2026 violently displayed the deep divisions in our nation

There’s an old saw about tourists in Ireland pulling up to the side of the road to ask a local ...  
#5 TOP IA STORY OF 2025: 'March for Australia' is not common patriotism — it’s Nazi-led mobilisation

With Israel calling out everyone but actual Nazis this week over alleged "antisemitism", this Aug ...  
Barnaby Joyce defects to One Nation — baggage included

Barnaby Joyce has joined One Nation, continuing a political career defined by betrayal, ambition ...  
Compulsory voting under scrutiny amid claims it breeds political apathy

While hailed as a model of fairness, compulsory voting may be breeding apathy instead.  
Awed Albo abandons republic (and Australia's dignity) in haste to embrace King Charles

Albo's recent meeting with Charles Windsor and avid declaration that Australia would not beco ...  
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EDITORIAL: Awed Albo abandons republic (and Australia's dignity) in haste to embrace King Charles

Albo's recent meeting with Charles Windsor and avidly declaration that Australia would not beco ...  
Sun shines on Sunshine State as football season ends

Celebrations around the end of the season, in the main professional football codes, moved north in ...  
Power to the people: Haggling with the energy giants

When a little pushback can magically turn a “best deal” into a better one, it’s clear ...  
'March for Australia' is not common-sense patriotism — it’s a Nazi-led mobilisation

The messaging for the viral rally is slippery and vague, but the organisers are just another ...  
Remembering Col Joye, Australia’s first teen idol

The world recently lost a music icon, and few can boast of a legacy like Sydney's homegrown supe ...  
Myall Creek Memorial marks 25 years amid ongoing silence on Frontier Wars

On its 25th anniversary, the Myall Creek Memorial stands as a quiet rebuke to the national silence ...  
A wonk’s guide to Australian progressive politics

A self-proclaimed political wonk explains Australia’s baffling party system, why he voted Green ...  
The ABC's Antoinette Lattouf ‘issue’

"Deliberately starving and killing children is a war crime. Today, the court has found that puni ...  

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