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I’m With Her: A Play On Words To Start Conversations About Violence Against Women

Australia continues to see horrific reports of violence against women across the country, including reports of sexual harassment and assault in workplaces. In the university…More

January 15, 2024

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Special Investigations View all

Indigenous affairs

The Farce At Kirribilli: Abbott, Shorten Put The Con Back Into Constitutional Reform

Stop The Forced Closures: A Wire From Berlin

It’s Official. God Hates Coal.

Aboriginal Funding In South Australia: You're Not Going To Believe Where It's Going

WA Minister Tells Parliament He's 'Proud' Of World-Beating Juvenile Jailing Rate

NT Corrections Commissioner Stands By Statement Praising Staff After Aboriginal Death In Custody

Ordered To Pay Costs Over Stolen Generations Test Case, Collard Family Appeal To High Court

Calls For Aboriginal Juvenile To Be Shot For Target Practice After Public Shaming By NT Police

No Charges To Be Laid Against Queensland MP Billy Gordon

Defunding Of Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service Provider Criticised As 'Political Decision'

Online Poll Finds Majority Of Black Australia Opposed To Recognise Campaign

Aboriginal And Party Leaders To Discuss Recognise Campaign As Activists Call For More Radical Agenda

Getting Over Noel Pearson: A Jewish Perspective

A 7th State: Michael Mansell On Another Way Forward For First Nations Self-Rule

30 Aboriginal Sacred Sites Deregistered Under Flawed Legislation

Australian Politics

From Public To Private: The Real Reason Why Mike Baird Stinks

Malcolm Turnbull: Private School Boy, Trainspotter, And A Prime Minister Still In Waiting

Gaming Mobile Black Spot Funding: A Malcolm Turnbull Innovation

Politics As Satire: What Have Donald Trump, John Howard, Tony Abbott And Malcolm Turnbull Got In Common?

She’s Back: The Racist Innovation In Pauline Hanson’s Maiden Speech

Casino Mike And Little Penguins: Likes Public Businesses, Hates His Business Being Made Public.

Lying Or Misremembering? Malcolm Turnbull, Peter van Onselen And The Negative Gearing Mystery

A Political Way Forward, Without Bowing To The Bigotry: Senator Kim Carr

Note To Selves: Pauline Hanson’s Bigotry Is Now Mainstream And Acceptable

Malcolm’s Sensible Centre: Corporatisation, Concentration Camps And Climate Catastrophe

The Rise And Rise Of The Political Troll From The ‘Alt-Right’

Won’t Somebody Please Think Of The Angry White Ruling Class

Malcolm Turnbull’s Maladies

Con Census: Tuesday’s Farce Is Just the Latest In a Long Line Of Outrages

#CensusFail: Boycott Grows, Servers Crash, IBM Rorts, So It’s Business As Usual For Turnbull Govt

International Affairs View all

The Latest Gaza Massacre: ‘There Is No Better Life But For Dead People’

Over the past month, Israel has slaughtered almost 50 unarmed Palestinians protesting the theft of their land and the oppression…More

Environment

Seven-Year-Old Pakistani Latest To Sue Government Over Climate Inaction

Fiji Escapes Disaster As Cyclone Zena Moves Towards Tonga

Two Months After Winston, Fiji Braces For Another Tropical Cyclone

Police Reported To Have Shot Dead Coal-Plant Protestors In Bangladesh

Queensland Labor Has Turned Its Back On The Climate, The Reef, And The Electorate

Asylum Seekers, Climate Change and Australia’s Cult Of Human Sacrifice

The Great Barrier Reef Supports 69,000 Jobs: To Save Them, We Must Make A Choice

Cowspiracy? Or Is There A Deeper Problem?

Great Barrier Reef Bleaching Colours Calls For End To New Coal

Stopping Global Meltdown: Joining Indigenous Women At The Barricades Of Climate Resistance

After A Record Breaking February Let’s Call Our Climate Policies What They Are: Treason

A Woman’s Place Is In The Climate Movement

May’s Planned Global Wave Of Civil Disobedience Is The Right Response To Fossil Fuel Industry

EPA Demands Whitehaven Coal Explain Suspicious ‘Plume Of Black Smoke’

EXPLAINER: Mike Baird’s Anti-Protest Laws – What Are They And Who Hates Them

Civil Society View all

Religious Discrimination Bill: A Curate’s Egg?

There’s a few bad apples (and eggs) in the federal government’s legislation aimed at protecting ‘religious freedom’, writes Jonathon Hunyor.…More

Media & Culture

One Nation Cancelled An Interview Because We Called Them ‘Climate Deniers’

Decades Of Conservative Pressure On The ABC Are Paying Off

The Power Of Words: Eddie McGuire Is A Dinosaur, Not A Monster. There’s A Difference

The World’s Longest Sales Pitch About The World’s Most Stubborn Media Outlet

The Real Favour A Current Affair Has Done For The Government Of Nauru

Muslim Cleric’s Denunciations Of Al Qaeda Turned Into “Links”

Causing A RUCKUS: The Artists Smashing Stereotypes About Disability

Who Do You Think Of When You Hear The Word ‘Terrorist’?

Andrew Bolt, Nova Peris, And The Politics Of ‘Walkabout’

Fairfax ‘Clarifies’ Iran Article

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Acceptable Extremist

Two Years Today: Keeping The Faith In A Torrid Independent Media Love Affair

Asylum Seekers View all

EXPLAINER: What The PNG Supreme Court Decision Can Teach Us About Law And Justice

Tuesday’s Papua New Guinea Supreme Court decision has two vital lessons for Australia: the power of a…More

Peter Dutton Is Facing A Crisis Of His Own Making

OPINION: Thanks to the success of the ‘stop the boats’ talking point, the Coalition has…More

22-Year-Old Faces Two Years Jail After Halting Flight In Refugee Protest

Two separate cases will go before Victorian courts today after protesters delayed a Qantas flight…More

A Simple Guide To Asylum Seekers: Who Are They, And How Can We Help Them

Australia’s asylum seeker path is unsustainable, writes John Preston. We have to find another way…More

Business & Consumerism View all

Who Does A Surplus Serve?

The obsession both sides of politics have with getting the budget back to surplus is punishing the poor, entrenching high…More

Education View all

School Testers Deny NAPLAN Side Effects

The Australian Senate’s Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee is currently holding an inquiry into the effectiveness of the "National…More

Workers' Rights View all

China’s Politics of Disaster: Port Explosion Shook Tianjin, But Also A Nation

Fire and explosion engulfed a large area of Tianjin’s Tanggu industrial park on Wednesday night. The damage was extensive. Multiple…More

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