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Bank victims gather in Canberra

Last month, bank victims converged on Canberra from all over the country. The stories they told ...  
Praise be! Father Morrison is PM

Thank God we finally have a Prime Minister in this country who is willing to tackle the most ...  
Quaedvlieg vs Dutton: What au pair!

On Thursday, 6 September 2018, a war of words erupted between embattled Home Affairs Minister ...  
Coalition corruption: Turnbull’s tawdry tenure terminates

Will Malcolm Turnbull’s departure end one of the worst periods of corruption in our history? ...  
Who is Fraser Anning?

To answer this question, Senator Fraser Anning agreed to a one-on-one interview with IA at his ...  
Gina Rinehart and the CEF millions

Gina Rinehart has not only been amazing generous to the IPA and Barnaby Joyce, but also to an ...  
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EDITORIAL: Gina Rinehart and the mysterious CEF millions

Gina Rinehart has not only been amazing generous towards the IPA and Barnaby Joyce, but also to a ...  
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WEEKLY WRAP: Planet COALition

What can we say about newly-minted PM Scott Morrison’s first few days of power overload?  
The vision and legacy of Australian tertiary education

Dr Michael~John Shea examines how the Whitlam Government gave rise to the tertiary education ...  
Governance, corruption and the public interest

The breakdown of journalistic integrity due to media monopoly means that errant political acti ...  
What's wrong with Australia's democracy?

Kevin Bain reviews three publications offering diverse perspectives of what is ailing Australia ...  
The 2018 Canberra Shenanigans Stakes

All the excitement from the nail-biting 2018 Canberra Shenanigans Stakes — a three-horse race ...  
Dutton, the au pair affair and the question of abuse of power

Why is it necessary for ministerial positions to have such overarching powers of discretion that ...  
Morrison's first week looks just as bad as the week before

Our latest Prime Minister, Scott "ScoMo" Morrison, has survived his first ten days, but there’s ...  
PM Morrison: Ten days that did not shake the world

PM Morrison's inaction has been driven by the irreconcilable differences between the moderates and ...  
Taking over the corporate regulators, one IPA appointment at a time

Recent regulatory appointments by the Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison Government only contribute to ...  
Barbarians at the library door

Libraries are being transformed or closed through government and private cost-cutting measures, ...  
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