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Hunt receiving the award for 'Best Minister'. (IMAGE: World Government Summit).

Seven Times Greg Hunt Proved He Really Was The Best Minister In The World

By Max Chalmers on February 10, 2016 The Insider

Australia’s Minister for the Environment has been handed a prestigious award. Think he didn’t deserve it? Just have a look at his record, writes Max Chalmers.

It’s official. You may have always suspected it to be true but now we know it as an absolute fact. Greg Hunt, beloved so dearly in his home nation, has been awarded the title of World’s Best Minister. You go, Gregory.

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The tide is high and big coal is not holding on. (IMAGE: MaxGag, Flickr)

The Rising Tide Of Mining Executives’ Tears

By Thom Mitchell on February 8, 2016 The Insider

“Imagine yourself standing in the ocean and you are digging your toes into the sand, trying to keep your head above the water as each wave rolls past.”

Who could that be? An unnamed scientist at the CSIRO, whose job in climate research fell to the axe in the latest wave of cuts? Perhaps a seaside property owner, living under a rock now threatened by sea-level rise? A Pacific Islander, maybe, pleading with the Australian government to quit profiting from the export of fossil fuels that is sinking their homeland?

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(IMAGE: Charbel Akhras, Flickr)

How To Beat Poverty In One Of The Nation’s Poorest Black Towns: Install A $1.3m CCTV System

By New Matilda on February 8, 2016 The Insider

Sure, Aboriginal people in the remote Aboriginal community of Aurukun in the far north of Cape York might be living in abject poverty.

And sure, they might have some of the worst life statistics on earth. Indeed, according to a report, Dropping off the Edge, released last year:

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Capitalism Explained Through The Medium Of Cookies

By New Matilda on February 8, 2016 The Insider

Ian McAuley and Ben Eltham – New Matilda’s two main writers on economic issues – are, to put not too fine a point on it, thoroughly awesome.

Week in week out, they explain in simple terms what all those ‘economic thingies’ are, and how they play out politically.

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Please, clap. Jeb Bush.

VIDEO: Jeb Bush Goes From Preordained President To Human Applause Sign

By New Matilda on February 5, 2016 The Insider

Imagine for a moment that your brother is George W. Bush.

When your brother becomes president in 2000, with your assistance, you feel good. Your brother is a moron. You are far less of a moron. His ascent to the most powerful political office in the world can only be a good thing: your time will come too. Your idiot brother did it. How hard could it be?

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