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Neo-Liberal comic economics with Dave Hughes

Previously a comedian, Dave Hughes has become a self-professed corruption crusader and economics ...  
Australian War Memorial must tell the whole truth of the Frontier Wars

The Australian War Memorial needs to tell the full story of the Frontier Wars, including massacres ...  
Japan’s yen crisis could hit Australian households next

Japan’s yen crisis could expose Australia to rising borrowing costs, a weaker dollar and a fresh ...  
Barnaby Joyce discovers the political power of pinkwashing

Sexuality does not confer political virtue any more than ethnicity or faith does.  
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EDITORIAL: Neo-Liberal comic economics with Dave Hughes

Widely reported by Australia’s mainstream media, Melbourne radio host and property investor Dave ...  
Canberra bets against China while banking on its trade

Australia is arming against China while remaining economically dependent on the very power it is ...  
The Tampa crisis: 25 years on

It was winter 2001 when the Tampa hullabaloo blew up: the watershed moment when decent agreement ...  
NBN’s success vindicates original vision — but the job's not done

NBN Co's FY26 results demonstrate the transition from copper to fibre is producing the bene ...  
JEFF MCMULLEN: Living dangerously — the life of a dingo

NSW Parliament will begin hearings on 8 September 2026 on the management of dingoes in national ...  
The kids are alright — it's the One Nation Adults who are a concern

From Vietnam to today’s anti-Hanson rallies, young Australians have a proud history of speaking ...  
News Corp campaign against housing affordability shows right-wing hypocrisy

News Corp’s response to falling house prices exposes the hypocrisy of a right-wing campaign that ...  
AUKUS offers Australia a nuclear solution to climate change

Australia’s embrace of AUKUS exposes the absurdity of prioritising militarisation while the far ...  
Canavan staggeringly wrong on working holidaymakers

Nationals’ Leader Matt Canavan’s recent statements about working holiday makers are so stag ...  
Jillian Segal's 'Understanding Antisemitism in Australia': Putting Israel beyond criticism

Dr Evan Jones examines how Jillian Segal's antisemitism framework conflates criticism of Isra ...  
Real wage increases ensure living standards are rising

Evidence keeps piling up, showing Australians are enjoying sustained expansion of wealth and ...  
Jillian Segal's 'Understanding Antisemitism in Australia': A lesson in propaganda

Jillian Segal's 'Understanding Antisemitism in Australia' report is an embarrassment, writes Dr ...  
Melongate: Anthony Albanese's oafish self-inflicted undiplomatic gaffe

Anthony Albanese's gaffe-ridden Bush Deep podcast interview with Nikki Osborne was puerile and ...  
Business pushes trickle-down myth then blames government for its inevitable failure

Historic economic growth and productivity gains have largely failed to translate into broadly ...  
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