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AIM Extra

Passing the pub test

Cabinet Ministers Michelle Rowland and Anika Wells have referred their use of their Family Reunion entitlement to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority following pressure from the Coalition and the talking heads that generate content for […]
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AIM Extra

Consumer beware

By now everyone is well aware of the Coalition and One Nation’s anti-renewable crusade, claiming the lights won’t go on and industry will be shuttered. ‘No net zero’ is a great marketing term – fitting […]
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AIM Extra

A decent person

If you’re honest about it, there is somewhere in the cockles or sub-cockles of your heart where you believe that life would be better if you had never heard of some people. That’s not to […]
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Politics

The renewables obsession

Federal Coalition Members of Parliament are again demanding that Australia give up it’s ‘obsession’ with renewable energy with (former Nationals Leader) Barnaby Joyce reported as saying “if the rest of the world’s not doing it, […]
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We promise to do better …

Six Million Australians have discovered they have a heightened risk of being the subject of identity fraud this week because … a criminal was given access by an employee to a third-party customer servicing platform. […]
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AIM Extra

A lot of fuss about nothing

Unless we are having one of those ‘what would you do if you won untold millions on the lotto’ moments, usually the conversation about replacing the TV, some other household appliance or even relocating to […]
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Politics

Ask why

As we all know by now, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese didn’t get his ‘sideline’ meeting with US President Trump at the recent G7 meeting in Canada. The media and opposition talking points were awash […]
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Politics

Cui bono

Cui bono is a Latin phrase that translates as ‘to whom is it a benefit’. It is a question we should be asking when entering the polling booth in a few weeks. In the mid […]
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Politics

Looking after number 1

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton self described ‘strong and decisive’ image has a lot of risks coming into the election. Recently a Chinese research vessel sailed to the south of the Australian continent. Dutton was quick […]
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Politics

Dutton’s cunning plans

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s budget reply speech told us everything we need to know about how a cobbled together Liberal/National/LNP/Country Liberal Coalition Government would look after May 3. The ‘signature’ measure of the speech was […]
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Politics

More of the same

It’s always amusing when the ‘news’ from a political party’s parliamentary meetings is the leader told people to stop leaking information to the media. The only way we find out about the speech is that […]