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Trump 2.0: Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Florida Fire

Can America pull back from the brink of a civil war, or a failed fascist state? The answer appears to be ‘probably not’. It looks…More

Ukraine And Beyond: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask Noam Chomsky

September 29, 2022

Ukraine And Beyond: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask Noam Chomsky

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Special Investigations View all

#MeanwhileInWilcannia: Leaked Minutes From Emergency Meetings Reveal Govt Officials Blocked Wilcannia Pleas For COVID Help

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: At the start of the pandemic, international jetsetters were rushing home to quarantine…More

Aboriginal Affairs

Transcript: Anthony Albanese’s Speech To Garma re Voice to Parliament, July 30, 2022

The Half-Lives and Believable Truths Of Australia’s Radioactive Waste Facility

Dumping On South Australia’s First Nations

The $290 Billion Noongar Claim: It’s the Constitution, It’s Justice, It’s Mabo… It’s The Vibe!

Lost Country: Aboriginal Flags Have Begun Flying At Half Mast Around Australia

Still Too Strong For You, Karen: Black Family Targeted By White Neighbours Offer Their Home To Bushfire Victims

A Fresh ‘Rob And Karen’ Video, And A Personal Epiphany For 2020

Loves Puppies, Hates Blacks: The Pet Rescue Listing ‘Rob And Karen’ Would Approve

White-Black Couple ‘Rob And Karen’ Revert To Their Middle Names Amid Mildura Racism Row

The After-Life Of Art: Ricky Gervais’ Netflix Series Used A Fake Indigenous Painting. Does It Matter?

Commission Only: How To Launch A Major Inquiry, Then Ignore Its Findings

Indigenous Australia Holds A Key To A Gentler Future

No Bronze Statue For Australia’s Golden Girl

Wesfarmers Responds To $15m Indigenous funding scandal

Native Title Gets A Boost (A Very Small One) From The High Court

Australian Politics

Just When You Thought the Sports Rorts Affair Couldn’t Get Any Worse…

Emergency? What Emergency? No Facts, Please. My Mind Is Made Up!

Bridget McKenzie Is The Symptom, Not The Disease

Pauline Hanson Weaponises Her Wilful Ignorance. Why Can’t We Call It Out?

Timeline Of A Capitulation: How Morrison Finally Conceded Climate Change Makes Bushfires Worse

Two Sides, Same Coin: It’s Not About Labor Or Liberal Anymore. It’s Too Late For That Now.

Ready, Fire, Aim: PM’s Office Caught ‘Leaking’ Against NSW Libs, Conservative Journo Confirms

Morrison Touts For Lib Party Donations On Govt’s Bushfire Response Ad

Coal-Loving Morrison Continues His Nervous Fiddling While Australia Burns

Morrison Announces Inquiry Into States’ Fire Policies, But It’s Business As Usual On Federal Climate Plans

We Let Scott Morrison Make Our Bed. Now He’s Lying In It, And So Are We

Scott Morrison’s Burning Moment

Greens Botch Apology Over Party Probe Into Jeremy Buckingham Sexual Assault Allegations

Wanted: Super Computer Capable Of Calculating Brand Damage ScoMo Has Caused While In Hawaii

An Uncomfortable Time To Be In Politics (Or Anywhere With A ‘Climate’)

International Affairs View all

Second Alex Jones Sandy Hook Hoax Trial Gets Underway In The US

The second Alex Jones defamation trial – that’s right, there’s another one – into the Sandy Hook ‘Hoax’ Lawsuit has…More

Environment

No Power To Kill: A Nuclear Dilemma For Vladimir Putin

A Legal Climate Change: Heathrow Expansion On Hold Over UK’s Paris Promise

Renewable Energy And Misleading Maps: The Art Of ‘Statistical Deception’

Follow The Leaders? The Role Of Universities In A Collapsing Climate

Planning To Fail: The Q&A Climate Of Entertainment Over Information

It’s Time For Revolution. Our Climate Crisis And Our Future Demands It.

Hazard Reduction Burns Don’t Stop Wildfires, Say Nation’s Eminent Ecologists

Nothing Left: The Greatest Moral Challenge Of Our Nation, And Why We’re Failing To Tackle It

We Spent $17b On One Fleet, We Won’t Spend $500m On The Other. Which Do You Think Is More Urgent?

Greener Power Reduces Emissions, But It Also Can Heighten The Risk Of Bushfire

Mayor Fiddles On Climate Change As Kangaroo Island Burns. Residents Get Busy Raising Funds To Save Wildlife.

Climate Change Is Science Not Politics. So Can We Talk About It Yet?

Now Is Not The Time To Talk About Climate Change… Cue The Fireworks!

Fire Season Meets Hunting Season: A Bad Time To Be An Animal in Australia

10 Cool Things Scott Morrison Can Do On Holidays In Hawaii While Australia Burns

Civil Society View all

You Can’t Lead With A Forced Jab: The Cost Of Coercion Over Conversation

You might have already made your mind up on vaccinations, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still crucially important conversations…More

Media & Culture

Buddle Muddle: Why The Media Can’t Get Enough Of Australia’s Own Dr Evil

ED’S DESK: Fears, Queers And Katherine Deves

If Alan Jones Was A Climate Activist…

Craig Kelly Didn’t Say Anything In Car Crash UK Interview That Our PM Hasn’t Said Already

(Reflections On) Our Culture And The Arts

Fringe At The Edge Of The World Is Coming Back To Tassie Next Month

Insiders, Outsiders: Media And Climate Change And Repeating, Without Question

If You’re Having Alphabet Problems, I Feel Bad For You Son, I Got 99 Problems But My ABC’s Aren’t One.

The Lies About Assange Must Stop Now: John Pilger

Has The Melbourne Press Club Just Released The Worst Media Statement In History?

The Robots Are Coming. Sensible, Universal Laws On Social Media And Publishing, Not So Much.

Jay-Z’s Got 99 Problems And Hopefully Arbitration Will Solve (At Least) 1

Asylum Seekers View all

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We’re Going To Need A ‘Scotty From Marketing’ When the Climate Refugees Start Flooding Australia

Scott Morrison is a man ahead of his time, because at some point in the…More

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A Living Hell In A Piece Of Paradise Part II: The Last Volunteers

NGOs and volunteers assisting with the migration crisis on Chios, in the Greek Isles, are…More

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Another Labor Of Lies On ‘Plane Arrivals’ And Worker Exploitation

The federal Opposition is trying to distract you with their latest refugee rhetoric, writes Sanmati…More

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Destitute Refugees In Indonesia Show Australia Must Lift Ban On Resettlement

Australia’s refugee scandal is not just limited to the islands of Manus and Nauru, writes…More

Business & Consumerism View all

Pinched Some Post-It Notes From Work? Check Your Super Before You Return Them

And you thought workplace theft was a problem… every year in Australia, almost three million workers have around $6 billion…More

Education View all

Elected Leaders Of 750,000 University Students Demand Bettina Arndt Be Stripped Of Australia Day Honours

Student presidents representing at least three quarters of a million students enrolled at 18 different universities across Australia have joined…More

Workers' Rights View all

Qantas CEO Earns 590 Times More Than His Staff, So Before You Get Cranky With the Jetstar Baggage Handlers…

Let the baggage handlers eat cake… but definitely don’t let them eat the airline meals, because we need them to…More