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AUKUS and the submarine illusion: Australia’s $368 billion surrender

As Washington debates whether it can spare the submarines, Canberra continues to pay for vessels ...  
Angus Taylor’s One Nationfication of the Liberal Party is Australia’s MAGA moment

Friday 13 February is a fitting date for Angus Taylor to roll Sussan Ley as Liberal Party leader ...  
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 ...  
The new hate speech bill threatens Australian civil liberties

If there was ever a sign that Australian civil liberties and rights have been thrown under a bus ...  
No intelligence, no trust: The hidden cost of Australia’s foreign policy

Australia’s legally defensible foreign policy decisions are eroding community trust at home ...  
Pauline's ON in polls but can't PHON a friend... at the AEC

Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON) claimed it would drop the PH part of its name last October. ...  
How Pauline Hanson turned Gen X disillusionment into political fuel

Once defined by dissent and solidarity, Generation X is now fuelling Pauline Hanson’s resurgence ...  
Welcoming a war criminal: Herzog signals death of social cohesion

As protests erupt nationwide against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Australians are ...  
The braggart soldier returns: Trump on the grand stage of ego

Donald Trump is framed as a modern Pyrgopolynices, a braggart whose performative narcissism has ...  
Mayhem is the point: Trump's politics of terror

What looks like chaos on America’s streets is not a breakdown of authority, but the deliberate ...  
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 ...  
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EXCLUSIVE: GC CEO secretly pushes through Tate development twice rejected by Council

A development twice rejected by elected councillors was quietly resurrected through bureaucracy ...  
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EDITORIAL: Tom Tate and the collapse of democracy on the Gold Coast

Despite the Gold Coast City Council twice voting to reject a development proposal endorsed by his ...  
Australia’s social cohesion troubles can be resolved by addressing inequality

Australia’s fraying social fabric isn’t being torn apart by culture wars or extremism alone ...  
Australia’s growing tolerance for racism a threat to democracy

As racism shifts from the fringe to the mainstream, Australia’s social cohesion and democratic ...  
Beyond reform: South Azerbaijan’s case for political agency

Decades of exclusion and environmental collapse have pushed South Azerbaijan beyond reform and ...  
Trumpism, but make it Australian: One Nation’s migration fantasy

By borrowing Trump’s rhetoric while ignoring Australian law, One Nation offers fear, fantasy and ...  
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