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When an opposition votes for bad laws, democracy is broken

Australia's steady pace towards becoming a police state isn't being hindered by the Labor Oppos ...  
The water is rising and there's no Defence

Our Defence Department is not equipped to deal with external threats or domestic civil unrest as ...  
MUNGO MACCALLUM: AFP raids are the road to totalitarianism

Our Prime Minister assures us that the AFP raids of last week had absolutely nothing to do with ...  
Keneally exposes visa system chaos under Dutton

The Morrison Government clearly has no plans to deal with the chaos in our visa system, writes ...  
Why Scott Morrison is paid three times what he’s worth

There is something seriously amiss with Australia’s parliamentary salaries. Alan Austin consi ...  
Media organisations need to speak up in support of whistleblowers and press freedom

If there are to be press freedoms, we must look to and criticise the silencing and prosecution of ...  
How the Liberals won the "unwinnable" Election

Much has been said about Scott Morrison’s recent election victory but less has been said about ...  
Wren's Week: The Chinese Navy, AFP raids and interest rate cuts

John Wren takes a look at the visit to Sydney by the Chinese Navy, the AFP raids against journa ...  
Guns, dark money and the far Right

Gun lobbying groups are influencing Australia's political parties with untraceable dark money ...  
Watergate: The Oxford connection behind Australia’s richest water deal

Jommy Tee and Ronni Salt untangle the web of key identities behind Australia’s most lucrative ...  
The ALP, modern monetary theory and an Australian Green New Deal

The ALP might have had a better chance at the election by offering a Green New Deal inspired by ...  
AFP raids: An assault on journalistic freedom

Dr Jennifer Wilson looks at some of the repercussions of the journalistic AFP raids from both ...  
Three long years, three crazy weeks, nine national disasters

It’s been three weeks now since the nation decided to re-elect the Coalition and allow Scott ...  
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EDITORIAL: Three long years, three crazy weeks, nine national disasters

It’s been three weeks now since the nation decided to re-elect the Coalition and allow Scott ...  
Warring against sources: The security state and public interest journalism

The AFP raid on the home of Annika Smethurst signals another blow to journalism and freedom of ...  
Trump gets UK Royal treatment as thousands protest against all he stands for

Protesting both the individual cruelty of President Trump and the "politics of hate" he represent ...  
Spotlight on Rio Tinto Kakadu uranium clean-up

Four decades of imposed uranium mining ERA and Rio Tinto is about to end at the Ranger Uranium ...  
Peter Dutton's History of Australia

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton discusses his new book, 'Peter Dutton's History of Australia ...  
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