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Of packages and politicians
22nd July, 2014, 8:58pm
There is something else in the outrage about Lambie's 'package between their legs' comments. Apparently women shouldn't ... more
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Equal Love: Labor remains an enemy
22nd July, 2014, 1:53pm
'Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is now confirmed as the keynote speaker at the Australian Christian Lobby’s upcoming 2... more
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Most Unsuccessful Tax in History: Marita Noon on Repeal of the Carbon Tax
22nd July, 2014, 10:00am
THE Wall Street Journal states: “The public hates it.” The (UK) Telegraph calls the tax: “one of the most unsucces... more
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Australia, the US and Israel: a tale of shared genocide
21st July, 2014, 10:26pm
The slow genocide in Palestine, like that in Australia and the US, aims to push back the original inhabitants and steal ... more
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Open Thread
21st July, 2014, 9:22pm
From the poem Desiderata: Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far ... more
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Ben Hills’ monument to newspaper journalism
21st July, 2014, 1:43pm
Ben Hills has a new book out – Stop the Presses! How Greed, Incompetence (and the Internet) Wrecked Fairfax. It... more
The Blogs
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Ambit Gambit
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Questions for Premier Palasczcuk?
20th July, 2014, 12:06am
On the basis of today’s Stafford by-election, you would have to put your money on Anastacia Palasczcuk being the n... more
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Palmer in trouble in the Senate
13th July, 2014, 11:20pm
All the media commentary I have read says Tony Abbott is the one with a problem in the senate, but that is to misread en... more
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Jennifer Marohasy
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Most Unsuccessful Tax in History: Marita Noon on Repeal of
22nd July, 2014, 10:00am
THE Wall Street Journal states: “The public hates it.” The (UK) Telegraph calls the tax: “one of the most unsucces... more
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Open Thread
21st July, 2014, 9:22pm
From the poem Desiderata: Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far ... more
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Andrew Bartlett
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Political donations: buying influence and outcomes.
15th May, 2014, 11:44pm
The furore in New South Wales over developers and resource companies seeking to buy influence through political donation... more
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The Liberal’s compulsion to turn public assets into priv
9th June, 2014, 11:11pm
The LNP in Queensland have been softening up the public for a privatisation binge pretty much from the day they got elec... more
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Political donations: buying influence and outcomes.
15th May, 2014, 11:44pm
The furore in New South Wales over developers and resource companies seeking to buy influence through political donation... more
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Club Troppo
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Ben Hills’ monument to newspaper journalism
21st July, 2014, 1:43pm
Ben Hills has a new book out – Stop the Presses! How Greed, Incompetence (and the Internet) Wrecked Fairfax. It... more
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Australian economic reform: The next generation
21st July, 2014, 1:40am
As published on the Lowy Interpreter on 14 July 2014. Growth in HALE index, Intangible GDP, net national income and GDP... more
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Skeptic Lawyer
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Equalising consumption => lowering vulnerability
20th July, 2014, 2:29pm
A comment on a previous post expresses a common set of views among conservatives: Darwin has the final word on sillyne... more
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Marriage is about …
18th July, 2014, 12:09pm
A common argument against same-sex marriage is that marriage is “about” children. Or that the purpose of mar... more
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En Passant
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Of packages and politicians
22nd July, 2014, 8:58pm
There is something else in the outrage about Lambie's 'package between their legs' comments. Apparently women shouldn't ... more
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Equal Love: Labor remains an enemy
22nd July, 2014, 1:53pm
'Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is now confirmed as the keynote speaker at the Australian Christian Lobby’s upcoming 2... more
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Henry Thornton
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Inflation shock - for some
1st January, 1970, 11:00am
Schlock horror ... inflation surprises on the upside. Henry said in early March: 'Australia's goods...... more
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The rise of China and the decline of the West
1st January, 1970, 11:00am
Easter weekend has seen much press comment on the rise of China and its governance. Julia Gillard i...... more
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What The People Want
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Leaders and the qual
9th June, 2014, 7:03pm
The qualitative results on the approvals for Abbott and Shorten, as well as preferred prime minister undercut the result... more
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May polling - the quants
25th May, 2014, 8:09pm
After weighting our sample for likely voting intentions there are some strong messages for both Tony Abbott and Bill Sho... more
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