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#1 STORY OF 2025: 75 reasons why Dutton is unfit to be PM

And finally to #1, by managing editor Michelle Pini, who in January built on the earlier work of ...  
What Gaza and Ukraine reveal about a new era of imposed peace

From Gaza to Ukraine, externally designed peace plans are replacing negotiation with compliance ...  
Barnaby Joyce defects to One Nation — baggage included

Barnaby Joyce has joined One Nation, continuing a political career defined by betrayal, ambition ...  
Trump’s decline into open corruption signals the end of America’s authority

While this year saw the demise of the USA as a global leader, next year may reveal its successo ...  
Changing the climate in the Liberal Party

Now, at least and at last, the line is drawn on climate change and the environment.  
Trump’s Security Strategy: A delusional blueprint for disaster

America’s new National Security Strategy reads less like a plan for stability and more like a ...  
How many Robodebts will it take to end government cover-ups?

We may have had a Royal Commission into its systemic failures and voted in a new Federal Labor ...  
Debate over how to fight fascism exposes fault lines on the Left

Amid renewed debate over black bloc activism, Omar Hassan replies to Tom Tanuki’s critique of ...  
Trump’s America being destroyed by its own racism

Donald Trump’s return to power isn’t a political revival, it’s the inevitable consequence of ...  
Coalition’s Australian values test is the ultimate dog whistle

Sussan Ley’s so-called “values test” exposes the Coalition’s desperation to court the ...  
Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America

Penny Wong’s cautious diplomacy reveals Australia’s struggle to balance loyalty to the U.S. ...  
Compulsory voting under scrutiny amid claims it breeds political apathy

While hailed as a model of fairness, compulsory voting may be breeding apathy instead.  
Contrasting outcomes consign Coalition to the compost heap of history

Prices, jobs, growth and debt all confirm the Coalition parties have run out of puff.  
The world needs Mr Trump's orange renaissance

A measured defence of the global stability provided by a man who accidentally startles nations ...  
Republic campaign reignited by evidence of royal involvement in Whitlam sacking

Fresh scrutiny of royal interference in Whitlam’s Dismissal has renewed calls for Australia to ...  
ABC News advances its alliance with Murdoch’s Sky News

Recent programs have confirmed ABC News is increasingly under the control of pro-Coalition acti ...  
Why Andrew is the monarchy’s biggest argument for an Australian republic

Former Prince Andrew’s scandals highlight a monarchy losing relevance — and an Australia ready ...  
From propaganda to profit: The hidden economy of media control

The monopolisation of media isn't just undemocratic — it enables criminal economies to flou ...  
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