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After the Apology: Why forced adoption Is not settled history

Forced adoption in Australia is often treated as a closed chapter, but the record tells a diffe ...  
Defending the democratic right of political speech and assembly in Australia

Current anti-democratic laws restricting freedom of speech and assembly cry out to be broken and ...  
The fall of Andrew Mountbatten: More Brooke Bond than James Bond

On the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the intelligence services, and the fine British ...  
No gods, no masters: Facing Chomsky’s Epstein disaster

Noam Chomsky’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein force the Left to confront the dangers of hero-worship ...  
Gun control at home, gun profits abroad: Australia’s defence contradiction

Australia’s strict gun laws have reduced domestic gun violence, but the country still enables ...  
Sydney protests are our Minneapolis moment

When riot police use force against peaceful protesters and premiers applaud the batons, it’s no ...  
LEY DOWN! Libs forge on with "Fantastic" failure  Angus Taylor — liar, denier and water rorter

The Liberals have chosen Angus Taylor, a proven liar who is opposed to net zero policies, as the ...  
Australia’s DV system is gaslighting male victims

Australia counts female DV deaths, but it doesn’t count DV-linked male suicides.  
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EDITORIAL: Will the Libs choose a liar as leader?

In another sign of the Liberal Party's predicament, the man being touted as its leader and futu ...  
Affray vs Assault: What’s the difference under Australian law?

Legal terminology can be confusing. Especially when you only ever hear them mentioned in news ...  
3 judges, 2 decades and 1 bad wig later, Tony Mokbel walks free

Drug baron Tony Mokbel pictured leaving Melbourne Magistrates' Court with criminal defence barr ...  
EXCLUSIVE: GC CEO secretively pushes through Tate pods development twice rejected by Council

A development financially benefitting Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate and twice rejected by elected ...  
EXCLUSIVE SUMMARY: Tom Tate and his Baker's pods collapse GC democracy

Despite the Gold Coast City Council twice voting to reject a development proposal endorsed by his ...  
Slow violence in the Kimberley’s forgotten prison

Year after year, Broome Prison remains overcrowded, degrading and overwhelmingly Indigenous — ...  
Australia’s whistleblower laws protect the state, not the truth

From Bernard Collaery to David McBride, the evidence shows Australia’s whistleblower framework ...  
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 ...  
Royal commission push after Bondi killings driven by politics, not evidence

The demand for a royal commission into the Bondi killings reflects media and political pressure ...  
How Iran’s regime weaponised religion

Behind the language of morality and law, Iran’s theocracy has spent decades protecting abusers ...  

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