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PHON versus Pini: IA editor pulls pin on Pelican Pauline

Poster person for prejudice, Pauline Hanson’s "monoculture" comments have inspired Greek-Aus ...  
Killings continue to surge under Trump’s destructive rule

While Donald Trump is making headlines losing his war against Iran and his personal grift of ...  
Centre v Right populism: Same grievances, different answers

Can Community Strong Australia deliver policies that address the economic conditions driving ...  
Teals' new party puts their independence at risk

The Teals' decision to form a political party risks undermining the independence that made them ...  
Pauline Hanson's multiracial Australia shift puts supporters to the test

Pauline Hanson’s apparent acceptance of a multiracial Australia may expose deep tensions within ...  
The A to Z of who Pauline Hanson does and does not represent

Pauline Hanson always tells us who she doesn't represent – those of whom she's had a gutful †...  
Future PHON fiefdom: Australia's Mad Max monoculture

Now that Aunty Pauline has been elected as our new prime minister, I am entitled, as a white ...  
Britain's push for proportional representation leaves Australia behind

Britain's growing push for proportional representation is shining a spotlight on Australia's ow ...  
Working class solidarity the antidote to the rise of the Far-Right

Fascism emerges during times of economic stress to protect the interests of the capitalist class ...  
People-led democracy is the answer to Australia's political malaise

As governments become increasingly disconnected from public needs, people-led inquiries and ...  
How Pauline Hanson turned grievance into political power

Pauline Hanson has built a political career on grievance and outsider appeal, but her growing ...  
How the Right radicalised its own voters

Mainstream conservative parties helped create the conditions for the Far-Right's rise by norm ...  
Pauline Hanson targets multiculturalism while ignoring the real crisis

Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club speech raised real problems such as housing, energy costs ...  
What Catiline tells us about Trump and democratic decline

Donald Trump is often treated as an aberration, but history suggests otherwise.  
No, Pauline, 63 per cent of Australians do not use candles

Pollsters and newsrooms are culpable for Australia’s worst media failure in recent memory.  
Electoral reform and education essential to eliminate populist politics

The working and administration of Australia's existing election system is competent and resp ...  
One Nation now importing Farage's grievance politics

The moment a society can describe a real injustice only in the vocabulary of extremists, the ...  
Corporate Australia wants fewer rules? Give us fewer reasons to demand them

Trust in Australian business has been strained after years of corporate scandals and widening ...  
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