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Silencing the evidence: How Australia’s whistleblower inquiry buried the truth

A Senate Inquiry that promised whistleblower reform instead buried critical evidence, suppressed ...  
Pauline's ON in polls but can't PHON a friend... at the AEC

Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON) claimed it would drop the PH part of its name last October. ...  
Australia’s AI paradox: Mass adoption, minimal strategy

As generative AI becomes an everyday tool for Australians, new OECD data exposes a dangerous gap ...  
How Pauline Hanson turned Gen X disillusionment into political fuel

Once defined by dissent and solidarity, Generation X is now fuelling Pauline Hanson’s resurgence ...  
Welcoming a war criminal: Herzog signals death of social cohesion

As protests erupt nationwide against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Australians are ...  
The RBA did not make a mistake in 2025 — the facts changed

The Reserve Bank’s pivot on interest rates reflects a shifting economic landscape rather than ...  
Government pressed on legal implications of Isaac Herzog visit

As Israeli President Isaac Herzog begins his visit to Australia, the Federal Government faces ...  
Selective context: Why Isaac Herzog’s visit deepens Australia’s moral failure

Calls to ‘consider the context’ of President Herzog’s visit obscure Israel’s ban on dozens ...  
Misplaced negativity blocks social progress

Addressing Australia’s urgent reforms requires more confidence and less division.  
Perth’s Invasion Day bomb didn’t shock the nation

A white supremacist brought a nail bomb to Invasion Day, but the response from the nation was not ...  
The braggart soldier returns: Trump on the grand stage of ego

Donald Trump is framed as a modern Pyrgopolynices, a braggart whose performative narcissism has ...  
Mayhem is the point: Trump's politics of terror

What looks like chaos on America’s streets is not a breakdown of authority, but the deliberate ...  
JEFF McMULLEN: Marie Bashir and Rob Hirst’s rhythm of kindness

The first female Governor of NSW and Midnight Oil’s songwriting drummer had some wonderful ...  
EXCLUSIVE: GC CEO secretively pushes through Tate pods development twice rejected by Council

A development financially benefitting Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate and twice rejected by elected ...  
EXCLUSIVE SUMMARY: Tom Tate and his Baker's pods collapse GC democracy

Despite the Gold Coast City Council twice voting to reject a development proposal endorsed by his ...  
Media framing is shaping our opinions before we realise it

Our opinions feel personal, but they have often been shaped by repetition and framing long before ...  
Naming the real problem with our climate

Our climate is collapsing because our comfort depends on systems that exploit people and nature ...  
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EXCLUSIVE: GC CEO secretly pushes through Tate development twice rejected by Council

A development twice rejected by elected councillors was quietly resurrected through bureaucracy ...  
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