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Paid agitator Avi Yemini's plan to harvest votes for One Nation

Legislative reform is needed when paid political agitators profit from the exploitation of demo ...  
What New Zealand can teach Australia about democracy

The Farrer by-election has exposed the cracks in Australia's two-party system and revived the case ...  
Independents now partying: Why a new party will likely be just another party

Managing editor Michelle Pini discusses the prospect of the Teal Independents forming a new ...  
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EDITORIAL: Why a party of Independents will likely be just another party

This week saw the first rumblings of the Teal Independents forming a new party.  
Stoking hate in the Sunshine State

Twenty-six people face possible gaol time for displaying or voicing words the Crisafulli Govern ...  
Why is there so little diplomatic action on Chinese state-sponsored hacking?

Power politics, economic dependence and international law are blocking diplomatic action on ...  
The making of America's first dictator

As legal immunity expands and institutional safeguards erode, America edges ever closer to a ...  
Trump now placed to end U.S. democracy

Bit by bit, Trump’s efforts to undermine, steal or even cancel the mid-term elections are taking ...  
Before the marches: They were already here

Muslim men who stopped to pray five times a day in the red dust of the Australian interior did the ...  
Gold for Australia! How 'people power' toppled Trump's GC Tower

Craig Hill, the man who brought the Trump Tower crumbling down, explains how he – along with ...  
Curated accounts conveyed to Royal Commission without context

Hyperpartisan accounts of curated, centred lived experience omit key facts at the Royal Commission ...  
Happy 125th birthday to the Commonwealth of Australia

The 9th of May is a beautiful time of the year, with breezy, high-skied blue days around Austra ...  
Farrer falls: One Nation crashes the Coalition fortress

The voters of Farrer have jumped from the dirty dishwater of the LNP into the seething sewer of ...  
Why do politicians get to inflame, but citizens don’t?

When citizens fear speaking while politicians speak freely, then freedom has become a one-way ...  
Nationals out, One Nation in: A new Liberal Coalition partner rises

It is clear that the Liberals are bereft of ideas for moving this country forward.  
Modern Money changes everything

Everything changes when governments admit that money does work the way Modern Monetary Theory says ...  
Dictators, democracies and the death of a free press

As governments tighten their grip on information, press freedom around the world is collapsing ...  
The Farrer Form Guide: Dreamers versus RWNJs

The 2026 Farrer by-election won’t change the course of Australian politics, but it might give it ...  
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