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A democratic future for the 75 per cent
You needed only to look at the headlines to realise things had not gone to plan. They were damning; Time…
Sod the Scots (and Australian reporting of Brexit)
Apparently the Scottish are taking their cues from Sir Oswald Mosley these days. Following the destruction of fascism in World…
Don’t take health care reform off the election agenda
Monetarism: tick. De-nationalisation of industry: tick. Europe: big new tick. The results of the Brexit referendum are more significant than…
Labor’s love-hate relationship
Despite the media’s classification of 2016 as a close run contest modern Labor is performing at an historically low level…
Del-Con Notes – D-Day
With the election only days away, it may be useful to re-state the modus operandi Del-Cons should bring to the…
Exit fairness in Brexit reporting
“Report and interpret honestly, striving for accuracy, fairness and disclosure of all essential facts,” the very first item in the…
Cover 25 June 2016 AU
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Paella
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Goths
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Wedding
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Tate
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Speak up
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Nursery
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Twist
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Bedside
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School
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Library
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Newsboard
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Euro 2016
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Shorten surfs the Orlando wave
Surf’s up and Bill Shorten is taking off on a pink set he hopes will carry Labor back into government…
The Greens soft drinks tax: illiberal, ineffective, regressive
This Greens’ proposed soft drink tax is not only an affront to individual choice, it would do little to address…
The Greens flag in the final fortnight
“Dear friends,” the invitation email to the Greens campaign launch from Richard Di Natale began. “I don’t know about you,…
Labor can still steal this election
Less than a fortnight from polling day, the latest national Newspoll has the Coalition and Labor at 50:50, while Newspolls…
Get over it!
As someone who managed to move from enfant terrible to grande dame without ever being a proper grown-up, I must…
Australian notes
The pundits keep telling us that this is a dull election. But imagine what it would be like without the…
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This Bill is a disgrace
Libs must fight now for free speech. Or lose the election.
The white man’s burden
Critical race theory is racist and deliberately foments division
