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Rupert Murdoch’s brazen intervention in the 1975 Federal election campaign led to reporters at The Australian going on strike. Don’t hold your breath for that to happen this year, says Joan Evatt.
“With great power comes great...
15 March, 2013 1:59 am / 27 comments
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The Gordonstone mine dispute is a case study in why Tony Abbott must not be allowed to become prime minister, says former Victorian MP Denise Allen.
“They may have buried the statue, but they can’t bury the truth, and they won’t...
19 February, 2013 4:10 pm / 24 comments
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Progressive Christian leader Rev’d Dr Ray Barraclough calls for a minute’s silence on Australia Day to recall the consequences for Indigenous Australian from the arrival of the First Fleet.
Oil painting of Indigenous Australians...
26 January, 2013 5:40 pm / 13 comments
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Why don’t we celebrate Australia Day on a day all Australians can get behind. David Donovan suggests February 23 would be a more appropriate day.
This year I’m not celebrating Australia Day.
I love Australia with a mighty passion,...
26 January, 2013 1:10 pm / 42 comments
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Why is Australia’s capital city so very different from its original design? Callum Davidson takes us on a stroll down the paths of Canberra‘s history to find out.
LET’S TAKE A WALK, if you will, through the bustling streets...
25 January, 2013 1:55 am / 6 comments
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2013 will be another year of smear, says Rodney E. Lever, based on the long history of the bloody, muddy, battles between Australia’s major political parties.
‘Pig Iron” Bob Menzies, from a 1943 election pamphlet.
AS...
17 January, 2013 9:59 am / 19 comments
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Here we present the first in a jolting six part series by Dr George Venturini; here, he looks at our nationalism, human rights record and rampant militarism.
SUB-TROPICAL FASCISM ― THE AUSTRALIAN WAY:
NATIONALISM, PATRIOTISM AND FEAR
The...
28 October, 2012 8:48 am / 6 comments
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Despite what you may have heard, the ABC is far from being left-wing, say 3CR radio host Bill Deller.
By Bill Deller
Despite what post-modernism has done to intellectual life around the world, truth is knowable.
Despite the efforts of...
26 October, 2012 5:04 pm / 8 comments
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‘It appears that, through omission, or self-censorship, the official line on Afghanistan is in safe hands with our supposedly “left wing” ABC’, writes Adam Hughes Henry.
A recent interview by ABC News 24 host Kim...
14 October, 2012 12:01 am / 3 comments
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Broadcaster Bill Deller discusses WikiLeaks, the CIA and the ALP, and why Australia won’t get a seat on the UN Security Council.
IN 1975, I was appointed as the Education Officer of the Western Australian Trades and Labour Council...
13 October, 2012 12:01 am / 20 comments