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ABC News shamelessly spreads Liberal Party’s blatant lies

The national broadcaster still refuses to fulfil its duty to broadcast the truth.  
Being Australian isn't all bad news

What does it mean to be Australian? Are we still living in the luckiest country? And where did we ...  
Compulsory voting and the illusion of choice

Compulsory voting is meant to ensure freedom, but when we're forced to choose between the less ...  
Republic should be top priority for Albanese re-election

For a better chance at winning the 2025 Federal Election, the Albanese Government needs to rethink ...  
Trump, TikTok and the price of power

Trump's delayed TikTok ban boosts billionaire donor Jeff Yass, whose growing stake in the app ...  
Indy Eye: Inside the housing crisis with Purple Pingers

Australia is still in the grips of a housing crisis and one man is campaigning for fairness by ...  
Peter Dutton sets eyes on Trump’s mass deportation plan

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton may be tempted to emulate Donald Trump's deportation plan desp ...  
Now 75 reasons why Dutton is unfit to be PM

IA's catalogue of 75 major reasons Peter Dutton should not be prime minister.  
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EDITORIAL: Now 75 reasons why Dutton is unfit to be PM

Michelle Pini updates IA's catalogue of major reasons Peter Dutton should not be prime mini ...  
Media coverage of Dutton’s nuclear 'plan': Scrutiny, stenography or propaganda

Unsurprisingly, the conservative media has failed to scrutinise Peter Dutton's nuclear plan, onc ...  
Death and destruction resume as Trump takes charge

Ominous signs are evident already that preventable deaths will surge again in the United States ...  
BOOK REVIEW: 'Truth Abandoned' misses the mark on trans issues

A new book proclaiming to be a feminist approach to democracy suffers from its misguided view of ...  
Clive Palmer emulates Musk to get Dutton elected

Nutjob candidates, cooker alliances and crocodile tears notwithstanding, Palmer's endgame isnâ ...  
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EDITORIAL: Clive Palmer emulates Musk to get Dutton elected

Sure, there’s a newly-elected madman loose in the Northern Hemisphere ranting about being ...  
Elon Musk salutes new era of fascism

Elon Musk's Nazi-like salutes and Meta's "technical error" usher in Trump's Far-Right "new worl ...  
Collective madness: Everyday Americans on Trump: FLASHBACK 2024

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the USA, ushering in what many predict to ...  
The strange world of nut-job economics

As the Federal Election draws near, a strange posse of commentators, academics and associated ...  
Dutton's permanent migration target another broken promise

Peter Dutton's promise to cut permanent migration by 45,000 is unreachable and just another ploy ...  

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