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FLASHBACK 2019: Put Gun Nation last!

The dangers posed by political extremism, misinformation and vested interests continue to cast a ...  
One Nation's poll surge and the politics of prediction

Polls can capture a moment in time, but treating them as crystal balls risks turning political ...  
AFR-king what!? Mad money mag grovels to Gina, bootlicks billionaires and promotes plutocracy

‘Billionaire barons have every right to use their money to influence us’, pontificated the ...  
AI is not just technology — it’s reshaping society in ways we don’t control

AI is transforming society: Will humanity shape that transformation or be shaped by it?  
A party of Independents will only succeed if it is transparent

The success of any party of Independents will depend not on its branding, but on whether it can ...  
The ALP and its lack of authenticity

Labor cannot keep claiming to be the voice of labour if the people at the top have never really ...  
New Caledonia: Paris continues to obstruct decolonisation

New Caledonia is a test of whether France is prepared to apply the human rights principles it ...  
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 ...  
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