Democracy
Silencing dissent: How Australia’s Zionist lobby is rebranding anti-racism as hate

Australia’s Zionist lobby pushes laws to silence anti-Zionists, rebranding dissent as hate and ...  
Trump’s $15 billion distraction fails to bury Epstein bombshell

As the Epstein files resurface, Trump’s desperate $15 billion lawsuit reeks of distraction — ...  
The Liberal Party has a patriarchy problem

The Liberal Party's gender divide exposes a deeper crisis in Australian democracy.  
Jillian Segal's plan to combat antisemitism straight from lobby group wish-list

How a right-wing lobby group’s 15-point plan became government policy on antisemitism.  
America needs a big healthy dose of cynicism to get over Trump

America’s democracy is being torn apart not just by Trump’s lies, but by the blind loyalty of ...  
Jillian Segal’s appointment raises concerns over free speech on Gaza

The Albanese Government's choice of Jillian Segal as antisemitism envoy has sparked warnings over ...  
JOHN SCHUMANN: Dear Democrats, if you don’t fight, you lose

In the face of President Trump’s rising authoritarianism, the Democrats are dithering and ...  
Republic debate sparks push for local power reform

A growing chorus is calling for Australia’s republic conversation to focus less on symbolism and ...  
Sussan Ley’s real opposition is her own party

Just one month into the job, Sussan Ley’s biggest battle isn’t with Labor, but with the ...  
How Israel’s allies hijacked U.S. democracy

Pro-Israel donors poured unprecedented sums into the 2024 Presidential Election, distorting U.S. ...  
Normalising Trump is killing the media's credibility

Mainstream news media are failing to defend American democracy by constantly working to normalise ...  
Democracy defended in 'Dutton Deconstructed'

Pat Comben’s searing political autopsy of Peter Dutton argues that voters didn’t just reject a ...  
The ABC's Antoinette Lattouf ‘issue’

"Deliberately starving and killing children is a war crime. Today, the court has found that puni ...  
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EDITORIAL: The ABC and the Antoinette Lattouf ‘issue’

Sometimes the outcome of an unlawful dismissal case goes beyond justice for an individual employee ...  
ALP’s lucky win masks a rotten electoral system

The Albanese Government’s landslide win was built on just a third of the vote, reminding us that ...  
The Great Australian Dream now belongs to landlords

With average house prices rocketing to over a million dollars, the Australian Dream has lost its ...  
Fair votes, fairer future: Why Australia needs electoral reform

Australia’s outdated electoral system is failing voters and it’s time we made every vote ...  
'Free Alaa' protest shuts British Consulate in Melbourne

A small protest outside the British Consulate turned into a powerful stand for imprisoned writer ...  
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