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Let’s have a real conversation about asylum seekers
There was an opportunity. The government was given a real chance by the High Court to regain some of its lost ground against the Coalition. More to the point, it had the chance to regain some shred of...
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The carbon price debate: a little light relief
The debate on the government’s Clean Energy Bills package (the so-called ‘carbon tax’) is in full swing. We’re two and a half hours into what’s promised to be a 35 hour debate – and we can already...
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Carbon price a certainty, but the campaign rolls on
Well, it’s happened. Despite a frantic, near-hysterical campaign of fear mixed liberally with lies … Despite hundreds of thousands – possibly millions – of dollars spent on saturation advertising …...
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Never mind hygiene, how about some manners?
Ah, Summer. The time of slow news days, photo opportunities for local pollies in their own electorate, and the occasional human interest story about Opposition Leader Tony Abbott just missing out on a...
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Party of no policy?
Now, you could be forgiven for thinking we’re in the middle of an election campaign. Between lobby groups buying up television advertising, drop-in visits from the Leader of the Opposition to every...
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Busting the asylum seeker myths
Some of the most shameful debate in the history of Australian politics is taking place right now. Over 40 Coalition speakers rise, one after the other, to gloat about the Gillard government’s decision...
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Election 2013: A tale told by an idiot
It’s time. Time for the media to bring out tired old speculation about the Labor leadership; time for obsessive focus on a single, arguably self-interested poll that indicates an ever-greater victory...
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The dangers of ‘Operation Sovereign Borders’
There’s a ‘national emergency’ on our borders. Did you know that? I’m looking at you, beachfront dwellers. Surely you’ve noticed? Have you alerted the appropriate authorities? Laid in supplies? Built...
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Operation The Price Is Right
We’ve heard it thousands of times. It’s a three word slogan, a caricature, and recently, a shorthand way of describing Coalition policy both inhumane and in violation of our international obligations....
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Abbott’s Ministry – One woman, no science, 12,000 jobs
We now know the make-up of Prime Minister Elect Tony Abbott’s new Ministry – and if it’s a sign of things to come, there are some features that may well be warning signs. For the most part, Abbott made...
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