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The AFL is kicking goals on social justice

The AFL’s socially inclusive agenda is an absolute necessity, writes assistant editor Nicholas ...  
Wren's Week: Liberal tax cuts and the Folau hypocrisy

John Wren takes a look at the status of promised tax cuts and the hypocrisy surrounding Israel ...  
Extinction Nation: Four Corners program raises environmental questions

A recent Four Corners interview with Environment Minister Sussan Ley failed to ask some of the ...  
Why the religious Right needs to be victimised to know it’s alive

Christian organisations in Australia have been given a chance to play victim in their pursuit of ...  
Dear mainstream media, the Coalition won — Labor lost

Instead of doing its job and holding the Government to account, the mainstream media seems forever ...  
“Brexit” Boris to join Trump and Morrison in the conservative leaders' club

British Conservatives, voting on whether to make Boris Johnson their party leader, may be opening ...  
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EDITORIAL: Dear mainstream media, the Coalition won — Labor lost

Instead of doing its job and holding the Government to account, the mainstream media seems forever ...  
Be ready: China and the East to dominate technological development

The Huawei boycott has wider implications for the political and economic order of the world ...  
Lies, damned lies and tax cuts statistics

Former Head of Finance Michael Keating debunks an SMH article that suggests the Morrison Gove ...  
Fukushima, the 'nuclear renaissance' and the Morrison Government

Despite the death of the “nuclear renaissance” following Fukushima, the nuclear corporations ...  
Inquiry to reveal koala extinction truth

A new Inquiry into the future of the koala is likely to uncover the Berejiklian Government's ...  
Why Ken Wyatt's appointment is not a victory for Indigenous Australians

Many hope an Indigenous person in the Ministry for Indigenous Australians will be an advocate ...  
Israel Folau and the anti-gay lobby kicking against the breeze

Israel Folau’s sacking from Rugby Australia comes as religious communities worldwide are prof ...  
Peter Dutton's Medevac gripe

Peter Dutton continues his mission to overturn the Medevac legislation, writes Dr Binoy Kampa ...  
Istanbul election a final test for Turkish democracy

This weekend will see another test for Turkey’s beleaguered democracy, writes Carey Robinson.  
Coal lobbyist rises in the PM's ranks

Australia's energy problems have been exacerbated by the rise through Morrison's ranks of the ...  
Politics of envy: Feeding the rich in an entitled society

It's about time the Australian Government started doing something to assist the poor and homeless ...  
A desperate plea to save the life of Kayban Jamshaad

The Australian immigration department has denied a visa to an infant in desperate need of medical ...  
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