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The fierce reaction to Australia’s new Future Fund mandate is a throwback to a bygone era

Peter Costello and John Howard should note that sovereign wealth funds now typically consider national policy objectives in their decisions

The Guardian - AU

Sam Mostyn has called for a return to civility. When was that, exactly?

The governor-general yesterday made an impassioned plea for a ‘return to disagreeing well’. When precisely did she have in mind?

Crikey

For lessons on societal unhappiness and immigration, Crikey readers turn to Karl Marx and John Howard

You weigh in on the divide between young and older Australians, the political discourse on immigration, and police suppression of protesters.

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Coalition assurances on abortion mean nothing: History shows how women could be targeted

Peter Dutton’s assurances there would be no change to abortion laws under his government are belied by the history of the Liberal party, which has traded parliamentary votes for abortion restrictions.

Crikey

Trumpette, Liberal Party VP and expert room reader: Who is Teena McQueen?

From jokes about sexual harassment to being Q+A’s worst-ever panellist, enjoy this recap of the baffling public life of Teena McQueen.

Crikey

No longer Jonestown? The diminished political power of Alan Jones

The 83-year-old former shock jock still has friends in high places. But his Monday arrest shows just how far the once-mighty has fallen.

Crikey

Fear rather than respect: the secret behind Alan Jones’s decades-long grip on power

Chris Masters, the author of bestselling biography Jonestown, says the broadcaster’s ‘evangelical following’ and bully pulpit allowed him to manipulate power and have ‘princes and premiers bowing before him’

The Guardian - AU

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Alan Jones once seemed unassailable. What ended it was a peculiarly Sydney story of media, politics and power

For decades it seemed Alan Jones was unassailable.

The Conversation

Private health insurance is a dud. That’s why a majority of Australians don’t have it

The private insurers are reportedly seeking a 5-6% premium rise next year. That’s rich – especially when you consider 65% of policies don’t cover everything

The Guardian - AU

The Hindmarsh Island bridge case is being deliberately misremembered in a new fight over the Blayney goldmine

Twenty-three years after the federal court found there was no reason to think ‘secret women’s business’ was a lie, the claim that it was is still being used to discredit what Aboriginal people say about their culture

The Guardian - AU

Australians barely have the right to strike thanks to the Labor Party

It used to be completely illegal to strike. But in a cruel irony, legalising industrial action made things much worse.

Crikey

Disunity is death but Liberals remain in pole position

State and territory Liberals have endured a week of unrest and agitation but things are still looking up for the party on several electoral fronts.

AAP

‘Widespread scepticism’: Nine staff unimpressed by executives’ response to damning cultural review

‘It made it seem like absolutely nothing will change,’ one Nine staffer told Crikey.

Crikey

Bill Humphreys out to prove three world championships across 50 years a worthy challenge at 80 years old

US rider out to defeat single Belgian in men's 80-84 division at Gravel World Championships

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We would all be adrift without migration

Letters and Short Takes, September 25, 2024

The Guardian - AU

Albanese urged to ditch Howard-era native forest logging exemptions

Exclusive: independent MPs and Lidia Thorpe tell PM that environment law reforms under negotiation must remove exemptions for native forest logging

Crikey

Nine engages former John Howard spinner as consultant amid company turmoil

A former cult figure and Liberal Party spin doctor is helping Nine as it grapples with the fallout from a turbulent year.

The Guardian - AU

NSW nurses and midwives announce strike – as it happened

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Newcastle Herald

Democratic cycle returns city to time-honoured tradition

Independent will in Newcastle forces council leadership change

Crikey

Albanese cements Australia’s status as the global village idiot

Anthony Albanese is only the latest politician to propose internet censorship. For a quarter of a century, Australia has had a succession of dumb censorship ideas.

Crikey

Abbott influences the global far right, AUKUS Forum courts Trump, Downer investigates cover-ups

Former sex addict Hillsong minster has a lot of friends in the Liberal Party, and Tony Abbott wins praise from a man (repeatedly) convicted of using a Nazi slogan.

Crikey

Peter Dutton isn’t racist — he’s a xenophobe. There’s a crucial difference

Accusations of racism will just bounce off the opposition leader. Charges of xenophobia helpfully point us towards a history of nationalism.

Crikey

From Islamophobia to inflation: How xenophobia went legit

Once upon a time the border control debate focused on Muslim refugees. But now voters are simply worried about the overall number of people coming in.

Crikey

Polling on race: The secret is deniability

A voter’s reason for liking what Peter Dutton says may be racist or xenophobic, but they can easily defend that position in other ways without asking themselves any hard questions.

Crikey

When everything and everyone is racist, the worst offenders hide in plain sight

In a world where so much is decried as racist, those who traffic in overt bigotry no longer stand out.

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