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Since December, the Immigration department has increasingly censored refugees’ ability to communicate with the outside…More
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Labor Will Regret Newstart Debacle
It was all, apparently, a mistake. Centrelink, the Australian Government’s vast benefits and pensions bureaucracy,…More
In Defence Of Compulsory Voting
You wouldn’t know from its current premier, but Queensland was the first state in Australia…More
The Real Hole In Labor's Economic Policy
When the Treasurer, just before Christmas, announced that a budget surplus this financial year was…More
The Year The Media Old Boys Got It Wrong
I seem to have spent a lot of my time this year arguing against the…More
Abbott Must Sack Brough Over Ashby Scandal
The blogosphere has been busy of late, analysing the arcane details of the PDF Tony…More
New Laws Restrict Cronyism, Not Speech
Changes earlier this year to political donation laws in NSW continue to attract opposition from…More
A Plea For Smarter Debate In 2013
John Howard once said we need a "right wing Phillip Adams". That is someone, who,…More
Did Abbott Lie To The Electoral Commission?
This is the final in a series of extracts from Margo Kingston’s 2007 book Still…More
Slipper Conspiracy A Coalition Win
The disintegration of the Peter Slipper sexual harassment suit is an appropriate way to end…More