Democracy
Shocking bail conditions for climate activists

Greg isn’t allowed to associate with himself.  
Citizen assemblies could lead the way to better democracies

Citizen assemblies play an integral role in smart city development, allowing the people to be more ...  
The Scott Morrison apocalypse is nigh

Refusing to fade into obscurity, former PM Scott Morrison's path of Pentecostal psychopathy ...  
Biased reporters should lose status as 'journalists'

Quality journalism is crucial to a healthy democracy because it holds power to account and informs ...  
Morrison Courts Pentecostal world domination

Scott Morrison is continuing the Pentecostal agenda in Opposition, undermining the system of ...  
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Labor moves quickly on anti-corruption body — but who's watching the watchers?

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has moved quickly to set up a task force to get Labor's federal ...  
ICAC alone won't fix our failing democracy

Further reform is needed to tackle the depth of misconduct shaming Australian politics, other than ...  
Labor's Mark Dreyfus undoes unjust prosecution of Bernard Collaery

By the Government rightly dropping the charges against Witness K's lawyer Bernard Collaery, ...  
Australians are being robbed of our democratic rights

Australia's democracy has been eroded by legislation that removes our rights and a dominant ...  
Australian journalists are at war with their audience and the audience says 'enough'!

Founder and publisher Dave Donovan and managing editor Michelle Pini analyse the widening ...  
Questions remain over Assange's stroke, as he is sent to likely death

The details surrounding Julian Assange's mini-stroke in October 2021 remain unclear, as he is to ...  
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EDITORIAL: Australian journalists are at war with their audience and the audience has had enough

One of the odd revelations from Dr Tim Dunlop’s recent article surveying certain prominent ...  
Albanese needs to restore trust after staff cuts backlash

Anthony Albanese has made a mistake by proposing the cutting of Independent MP staff members ...  
Labor needs to make tough decisions now

The Labor Government faces issues that it must confront quickly or risk one term with Peter Dutton ...  
FLASHBACK 2021: Morrison Government sends Australia backward in women's rights

The overturning of Roe v Wade in the U.S. has reminded us all of the importance of women's rights ...  
Independents spit the dummy over Albanese's staff cuts proposal

Some Independents have expressed public outrage at the proposed staff cuts by Prime Minister ...  
Journalists need to listen to media critique before it’s too late

Before journalists can repair their broken institution, they first need to admit they have a ...  
The world is now a much better place, not just Australia

Several recent elections of reformist governments augur well for global collaboration.  

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