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Let's be clear: Australia is not immune to ‘democratic backsliding’

It is increasingly clear that we cannot take democracy for granted.  
Murdoch takes aim at Independents

Even by the degraded standards of the once-sensible The Australian newspaper, this seems loopy.  
POEM: Just stop

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
Fake boobs and fake polls: Nine News' L-NP protection racket

Nine News has plummeted to lower depths by attempting to lie to its audience and offering a safe ...  
Parliament votes in favour of bringing Assange home

In a historic vote, parliamentarians have shown unprecedented support for the return home of ...  
Why Barnaby's drunken planter tumble – and other mad acts – matter

After Barnaby Joyce MP was filmed sprawled on his back on a Canberra footpath, managing editor ...  
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EDITORIAL: Why Barnaby's drunken planter tumble – and other mad acts – matter

We may be inclined to agree with Nine’s Jenna Price and 'feel sorry for Barnaby'  were it ...  
Working holidaymakers continue strong contribution to net migration

A surge in working holidaymakers has increased challenges for the Albanese Government to curb net ...  
History of genocide repeating itself in Gaza

Israel's treatment of the people of Gaza mirrors efforts by Nazi Germany to eradicate the Jewish ...  
NBN making progress but still paying for political footballing

While Australia's broadband network is finally achieving positive developments, it is still ...  
IA presents the Best of Barnaby

From his parliamentary rants to media comments that have landed him in hot water (sans carp) ...  
Rockliff Government vies for corruption crown

From poker machine scandals to child abuse cover-ups, the last of Australia's blue states has ...  
Western world forsakes victims of Gaza genocide

As the Palestinian population continues to endure hell on Earth, nothing more is being done by ...  
Labor's decision to pull UNRWA funding is just wrong

The Albanese Government's decision to pull UNRWA funding has rendered Australia complicit in the ...  
No end in sight to ever-rising Indigenous incarceration numbers

With numbers of Indigenous Australians in prisons reaching an all-time high and police violence ...  
Farmers should shed National Party and fight for their interests

Australian farmers should begin asserting their rights rather than being co-opted by the National ...  
Russian defectors' dance of love

Russian defectors Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova's performance of Giselle in Melb ...  
Albanese Government reforms skilled visa after Dutton's 'sledgehammer' approach

After former Immigration Minister Peter Dutton took a sledgehammer approach to the temporary skill ...  
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