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Trump and the US: Signs of lame duck syndrome

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Lame duck syndrome emerging

Lame duck syndrome emerging
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A dangerous trifecta

A dangerous trifecta
03.11.2025 6

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Yes – he's a dictator

Yes – he's a dictator
31.10.2025 9

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The key to social cohesion

The key to social cohesion
26.10.2025 9

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The Apocalypse and the Antichrist

02.10.2025 9

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Is history repeating itself?

26.09.2025 9

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What will happen if/when the AI bubble bursts

15.09.2025 9

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If you really want some subs – try this

03.09.2025 10

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RSL tries to tackle its troubles

01.09.2025 10

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Trump is underwater

19.08.2025 8

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You aren't laughing now, are you?

18.08.2025 8

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Are you happy?

12.08.2025 10

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The war on US science

21.07.2025 7

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What Australians think of Trump and the US

15.07.2025 10

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The one-word problem for Israel

08.07.2025 10

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What the world thinks of Trump

25.06.2025 6

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Trump most unpopular president in presidential polling history

22.06.2025 10

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There's something about Jacqui Lambie

15.06.2025 7

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Australia doing nothing to attract American scientific talent

06.06.2025 8

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Thames Water disaster drags on

04.06.2025 10

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Sea change in attitudes to Israel and Gaza

01.06.2025 10

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The vampire kangaroo legacy

25.05.2025 6

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The US war on science

13.05.2025 5

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What the hell just happened?

05.05.2025 8

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RSL stands up for Welcome to Country while Dutton weaves and dodges

02.05.2025 7

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Voters looking at the least bad option

29.04.2025 7

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The great election silence

21.04.2025 10

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Dutton appears to be slowly losing ground

04.04.2025 20

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Dutton appears to be slowly losing ground

03.04.2025 8

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What the election polls are – and aren’t – telling us

28.03.2025 4

The New Daily

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What the election polls tell us

Political junkies and the media are obsessed with opinion polls on the relative standings of the political parties. Movements within standard...

27.03.2025 10

InDaily

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What the election polls are – and aren’t – telling us

26.03.2025 10

The New Daily

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What the polls are and aren’t telling us

24.03.2025 7

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Submitting to, or trying to placate, bullies never works

18.03.2025 6

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Discombobulating the media election campaign coverage

10.03.2025 10

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The Murdoch plague on world politics

07.03.2025 8

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Dutton’s missteps undo his tough guy persona

04.03.2025 70

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There will always be an enemy

01.03.2025 8

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Dutton’s stuff-ups: Tough guy who’s not so tough

28.02.2025 8

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Snouts in the trough

17.02.2025 10

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Musk – a perfume on the nose

09.02.2025 3

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A massive mandate?

30.01.2025 7

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This is Labor's best chance at defeating Dutton

16.01.2025 20

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Saving Labor from a likely defeat

14.01.2025 9

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Australian social cohesion under threat

10.01.2025 6

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If only… 22 reasons to regret Australia’s missed opportunities

Everyone has the odd “if only” thought from time to time. If only you had made a different career choice, if only you had not said the things you...

07.01.2025 10

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When will the Trump-Musk bromance end?

Elon Musk has been a major presence in the Trump US presidential campaign – financially, through social media and also through encouraging tech bro...

07.01.2025 6

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When will the Trump Musk bromance end?

How long will Elon Musk last in the Trump orbit? Currently he seems to be ubiquitous but that presents a problem for Donald Trump and his massive...

05.01.2025 5

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What the Australian War Memorial should be doing about children

Give me the child for the first seven years and I will give you the man was a Jesuit maxim attributed to Ignatius Loyola. It is probably...

15.12.2024 5

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