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Friday Flashback: Dutton’s Detailed Plan…
From our old site comes this clever piece by Rossleigh from June 20 last year. It’s one worth saving before the old site disappears. A few days ago I was rather cynical when I read […]
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Peter Dutton’s plan to sack 36,000 public servants comes at a cost
Editorial: Is Peter Dutton just spouting populist rhetoric, or does he fully intend sacking 36,000 public servants if his party wins office later this year? If the latter, there will likely be repercussions. These are […]
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Elect Peter Dutton, get a mini Trump
Peter Dutton – the man who wants to be prime minister – has shown a noticeable inclination towards adopting some aspects of Donald Trump’s political style and policies, particularly in the context of populism and […]
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Is “Bad Faith”‘s Council for National Policy the Atlas Network’s half-brother?
The Council for National Policy is the ultra-secret body tracked in the documentary Bad Faith. Are the Mont Pelerin Society fingerprints there just by chance? The chaos that is erupting from the people around Trump […]
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Crossbench and community sector leaders urge parliament to raise income support
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release Parliamentarians, including many members of the crossbench, have joined community sector leaders in calling on the parliament to raise the rate of income support. MPs Bridget Archer, […]
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DeepSeek AI Case study: Let’s Get Australia Back on Track – The Priorities of a Dutton Coalition Government
By Steve Davies My reasons for deciding to use the Liberal Party’s document as a case study are to: Demonstrate the speed and value of using AI in conjunction mechanisms of moral disengagement and moral […]
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Election 2025: Who let the dogs out?
Before we all plunge into electioneering mode I would like to say a few things about the piss-poor political choices available in Australia, as well as the piss-poor political discussions that we are all about […]
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Trump, Tariffs and Russia: A Very Muddled Policy
It has become something of a fixation in the Donald Trump war chest of options that cowing, discomforting and baffling his various counterparts on the international scene with tariffs is bound to work at every […]
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Right-wing fantasy meets the brick wall of reality
Trump spent the last two years making an awful lot of promises. He’s gunna instantly end every war on the planet. He’s gunna fire half the public service. He’s gunna eliminate any spending he doesn’t […]
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Democracy Fragile in QLD Local Governments
By Callen Sorensen Karklis In 2024 during the QLD Local Government elections – much like in the NSW local elections – interesting changes occurred in our democracy across the state. Many voters, much like the […]