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The idea of better government can’t be dismissed as an elite myth for delusional progressives

Recent history has shown that those who come to power by rejecting the idea of good government are incapable of governing at all.

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Vale Bill Hayden, who led the way in modernising the Labor Party

The late one-time party leader assembled one of the most talented frontbenches in political history and fashioned a foreign policy both allied and independent.

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Gutting Victoria’s electric vehicle tax is no progressive win

There is nothing progressive about neutering the taxation power of state governments, especially over a modest charge for affluent EV owners.

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AUKUS discussions ‘of deep importance’ at Biden meeting

Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas crisis and a leadership crisis in the Republican Party, talks on Australia’s submarine deal continue apace.

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My money is my power: Anthony Pratt

Billionaire Australian Anthony Pratt is said to have paid former prime ministers Paul Keating and Tony Abbott $25,000 and $8,000 a month respectively for consulting, and then-Prince Charles $182,000 in 2021, and lobby group Advance Australia says Labor’s misinformation laws will be its next target after defeating the Voice.

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Humanity until infinity: Will the world find its heart before it’s too late?

Over the last 11 days, our colleagues in Gaza have been reaching out to us intermittently via WhatsApp. Now, they’re silent.

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Progressivism and the solidarity left are coming to crisis over Palestine

Labor leadership has dragged us into depraved indifference over Gaza. Time for the party’s community supporters to make a break.

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Are Australian airports leaving passengers with accessibility needs behind?

The disability royal commission suggests people with disabilities still face humiliating and dehumanising problems when flying.

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What brings ASIO out of the shadows?

Spy boss Mike Burgess wants calm rhetoric on ‘both sides’ of the Israel-Palestine debate. But what spurs ASIO heads to publicly address a threat?

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Let’s take a look at the Inflation Anger Index

The data might say things are looking up, but Labor shouldn’t boast about that: voters’ perception is very, very different.

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To close the gap, entrenched beliefs among non-Indigenous Australians must shift

It’s startling to learn from referendum voter data that nearly half don’t think First Peoples face more discrimination than ‘white’ Australians.

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Voice data: Understanding the gravity of the No vote and Indigenous support levels

It looked for a while that the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum might buck the trend, but the Yes number’s fall accelerated quickly.

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It’s good the High Court overturned Victoria’s questionable EV tax. But there’s a sting in the tail

It was a ‘misguided and muddled’ policy, but a can of worms has been opened that perhaps only a uniform national road user charge can reseal.

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Labor MPs plead for Gaza Palestinians

Two Labor federal ministers, Ed Husic and Anne Aly, have accused Israel of collectively punishing Palestinians in Gaza, a war crime listed in the Geneva Convention, and FOI’d documents show the Albanese government is not lobbying the US government to drop its prosecution of Julian Assange.

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Don’t just blame politicians and the media for the Voice loss: voters took the No road

Yes, misinformation was presented with little or no scrutiny. But Crikey readers say it was Aussies who booted the referendum into the bin.

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What is Starboard, News Corp’s activist investor?

It’s run by ‘the most feared man in corporate America’, so what does the equity firm have in mind for the Murdoch media empire?

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‘Realistic about our demands’: Fiji wants peace zone in struggle between superpowers

Fiji is caught between two global superpowers on either side of the Pacific Ocean — so when the country’s PM visited Canberra, his wish was for peace and stability.

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Menace, farce and cultish interjections: Donald Trump on the campaign trial

Donald Trump’s dizzying number of trials aren’t interfering with his campaign to be president again — they are the campaign.

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The reckoning for decades of Israeli occupation is upon us

Wilful blindness towards the citizens of Gaza, so common in the global Jewish diaspora, leads to the dehumanisation of an entire population.

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After defeat, the Yes commentariat identify their true enemy: the Australian people

The campaign and defeat has brought out totalitarian instincts, with the No case portrayed as symptom, rather than argument.

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‘Completely unsound’: Experts skewer Indigenous Voice vote claim

‘This analysis would get tossed out even in high school level geography, social studies or statistics,’ one professor said.

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What Heston Russell’s ABC defamation win means for new public interest defence

The latest test of Australia’s defamation laws shows that some may have celebrated the new public interest defence too early.

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Biden: ‘Other team’ bombed Gaza hospital

US President Joe Biden based his assessment that ‘the other team’ bombed a Gaza hospital, killing hundreds, on his defence department’s data, and Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli backs out of supporting Treaty legislation.

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Rolfe evidence in Kumanjayi Walker case delayed again

Zachary Rolfe is seeking to have Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage recuse herself from the inquiry into Rolfe’s 2019 killing of Kumanjayi Walker.

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Rolfe evidence in Kumanjayi Walker inquest delayed again

Zachary Rolfe is seeking to have Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage recuse herself from the inquiry into Rolfe’s 2019 killing of Kumanjayi Walker.

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