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Queen coverage highlights failure of media's duty

The passing of Queen Elizabeth was met by a singular narrative of the mainstream media, eager to ...  
JOHN PILGER: Silencing the lambs — how propaganda works

For decades, propaganda has steered the course of the mass media's narrative, dominated by the ...  
Dunderheaded diplomacy: Australia’s funding offer to the Solomon Islands

What is it about Australian diplomacy that makes it so clumsy and dunderheaded?   
Elite rule: Liz Truss' socially exclusive cabinet

Despite her rhetoric of inclusivity, Liz Truss' cabinet is anything but that, writes Sam Bright ...  
Press freedom under threat again for whistleblowers

Bearing hallmarks of the 2019 Australia Federal Police raid on the ABC over its 'Afghan Files' ...  
ClubsNSW’s private criminal prosecution against Friendlyjordies

The latest display of power by the gambling industry over a whistle-blower and a YouTuber should ...  
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EDITORIAL: ClubsNSW’s private criminal prosecution against Friendlyjordies

If you don’t know the story about pokies whistleblower Troy Stolz and ClubsNSW, and what it ...  
It’s all political: Julian Assange appeals his extradition

Julian Assange's legal team are basing a defence on their client being prosecuted and punished for ...  
Jobs Summit should not be a rubber stamp for neoliberalism

The Jobs and Skills Summit will give the opportunity to confront the failures of neoliberalism.  
Anti-protest laws highlight political hypocrisy across the board

Governments are punishing protesters for speaking out against the very issues our politicians ...  
Waleed Aly is wrong: An inquiry into Morrison's multiple ministries is needed

Waleed Aly has a piece in Nine Entertainment outlets in which he wonders what the point is of an ...  
Italy's cautionary tale: Neoliberalism the only choice at the ballot box

Neoliberalism is a suffocating and prevalent political ideology that the Italians cannot escape ...  
Grifters like Alex Jones and Avi Yemini spin truth for financial gain

Far-right provocateurs have no regard for the truth and manipulate it based on what will make them ...  
Secret ministerial makeover smacks of rule by divine right

By ruling in secret, the Morrison Government was not being responsible to the parliament and was ...  
Morrison and the Murdoch bad guys

This week saw the release of the Solicitor-General’s damning report on former Prime Minister ...  
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EDITORIAL: Morrison and the Murdoch bad guys

This week saw the release of the Solicitor-General’s damning report on former Prime ...  
Western democracy is declining

Scott Morrison’s actions are the standard for democracy in decline and it is time for Western ...  
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