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Do we hold politicians to an impossible standard of professional purity?

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Craig Thomson

Australia is one of the richest countries in the world. Our governments act as if we are poor

Australia is one of the richest countries in the world. Our governments act as if we are poor

Australia's health system is in crisis and while the tensions over funding between state and territory leaders and the Commonwealth is at an...

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Richard Denniss

Burning homes and rising premiums: why fossil fuel companies must pay the bill

Burning homes and rising premiums: why fossil fuel companies must pay the bill

Another summer, another round of devastation: homes lost, communities evacuated, lives upended. Just days after hundreds of homes were destroyed...

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Ebony Bennett

Stalling numbers: the ABS data that proves the migration 'peak' is over

Stalling numbers: the ABS data that proves the migration 'peak' is over

Time and again throughout Australian history migrants have been demonised during times of hardship. Login or signup to continue reading In recent...

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Melinda Collinson

NTFA premier league power rankings: Will a long-running streak be broken?

NTFA premier league power rankings: Will a long-running streak be broken?

While last year's NTFA premier league men's competition was incredibly cut and dry, 2026 is shaping as anything but. Login or signup to continue...

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Josh Partridge

Gory sausage making at the Labor knackery

Gory sausage making at the Labor knackery

The time may have come to retire the phrase "social coherence". One hardly ever heard of it a few years ago, but as Australian society seems to be...

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Jack Waterford

This TikTok star sharing Australian animal stories doesn't exist - it's AI Blakface

This TikTok star sharing Australian animal stories doesn't exist - it's AI Blakface

The self-described "Bush Legend" on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram is growing in popularity. Login or signup to continue reading These short and...

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Tamika Worrell

Enacting law to control language is full of peril

Enacting law to control language is full of peril

Language is a living thing. It grows, stretches and contracts. It can be ugly and crude or beautiful and heavy with nuance. A single word,...

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Garry Linnell

We've been down the hate laws rabbit hole before. Here we are again

We've been down the hate laws rabbit hole before. Here we are again

We are so good at doing the same thing over and over again - and then failing to learn from the lessons. Login or signup to continue reading Here...

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Jenna Price

This political whiplash is a real pain in the neck

This political whiplash is a real pain in the neck

There's a reason use of the term "whiplash" took off in the 1960s. As car ownership increased so did the number of accidents. We began to take...

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John Hanscombe

Inflicting damage under the guise of support

Inflicting damage under the guise of support

It is insulting to suggest that Randa Abdel-Fattah, the writer at the centre of the storm that led to the cancellation of Adelaide Writers Week,...

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Amanda Vanstone

Old words that best sum up our modern times

Old words that best sum up our modern times

I'm torn. Is he a fopdoodle or a cockalorum? Or perhaps a snollygoster? Either way, his devoted gobemouches lap up his torrent of uglyography,...

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John Hanscombe

The world cannot afford to fail at this a third time

The world cannot afford to fail at this a third time

Three times the world has tried. It has failed twice. And recent events suggest it is about to fail a third time. Login or signup to continue...

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Crispin Hull