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A massive mandate?

A massive mandate?
yesterday 3

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Noel Turnbull

This is Labor's best chance at defeating Dutton

This is Labor's best chance at defeating Dutton
16.01.2025 20

The New Daily

Noel Turnbull

Saving Labor from a likely defeat

Saving Labor from a likely defeat
14.01.2025 9

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Noel Turnbull

Australian social cohesion under threat

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 5

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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...

07.01.2025 6

The New Daily

Noel Turnbull

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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Albo makes Dutton look electable

It is now abundantly clear that the Albanese Government is gutless. But what’s worse is that – as recent events demonstrate – it’s also...

06.12.2024 2

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Australia at war – again, again and again

Every year or so Australia gets a bulky new book about an Australian war, military action, hero or some other military matter written by what is...

30.11.2024 2

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Tragedy followed by farce in Future Fund dispute

When Marx wrote “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice, the first time...

25.11.2024 3

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AWM one step forward one step back on Frontier Wars

The Australian War Memorial oscillates between seeming to be ready to admit that Australia’s Frontier Wars ought to be commemorated in the AWM...

13.11.2024 4

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If you think the immediate future under Trump is horrific, just imagine the alternative

WTF just happened? is a question being asked around the world after the US Presidential election. In some places it is a cause for celebration and...

07.11.2024 3

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What the insurance experts say about Queensland’s climate plans

The new Queensland Premier, David Crisafulli, has made some moderately progressive comments about climate and nuclear energy but they are, when...

03.11.2024 3

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Bezos sullies Washington Post’s history

Journalists around the world were once inspired by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to commit to significant investigative journalism. The pair,...

29.10.2024 2

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Could it happen here?

Inauguration Day for the new President in 2025 will mark the 90th anniversary of the publication of Sinclair Lewis’  It Can’t Happen Here. This...

22.10.2024 1

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A life of achievement in politics

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there were purposeful, progressive and committed Labor Governments. The recent biography of Race Mathews,...

15.10.2024 1

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Dependency or protectorate?

It is understandable that people around the world obsess about US elections given the cultural and political impact the country has on the rest of...

18.09.2024 1

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Guess what? Tony Abbott got it wrong

Guess what? A study of about 1,500 climate policies in 35 countries found that the single most effective policy in reducing carbon emissions was a...

15.09.2024 1

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Noel Turnbull

Is a new American civil war possible? Probably not, but…

It is sometimes difficult to believe that the US is not headed irretrievably towards a new civil war. But recent research suggests that among the...

06.09.2024 2

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Another dumbed down Australian promotion

Australia has come up with some absolute shockers when advertising agencies have been tasked with promoting the country around the world. Lara...

11.08.2024 1

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Armed conflict and multimedia at the Australian War Memorial

There is no doubt that multimedia technology can tell stories dramatically. These stories particularly resonate with a generation raised on video...

09.08.2024 1

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What’s the point of the Albanese Government?

The Albanese government is arguably the most timid Labor Government in our history. What’s the point of the Albanese Government? You might argue...

02.08.2024 1

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Bad news for the media

The latest Reuters Institute and University of Oxford report on media in Australia and the world has been published – and it’s bad news for almost...

31.07.2024 4

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UK water industry still about investors and not consumers

One oft-proven way to make money is to pick up a few gems among a pile of discarded mining rubble. In the case of the UK, an investment fund is...

18.07.2024 1

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“The Sun has won”: exponentially growing solar destroys nuclear, fossil fuels on price

It’s not known if Peter Dutton reads The Economist but if he does, he must probably think from time to time that it is sometimes dangerously left...

10.07.2024 2

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