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It’s been twenty years since Paul Keating announced the establishment of the Republic Advisory Committee on 28 April 1993 and appointed Malcolm Turnbull as its chair. Turnbull is back campaigning again for an Australian republic and...
10 May, 2013 3:57 pm / 25 comments
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Abbott productions, in association with Channel 10, present ‘The Best Aweful Movies ever’. Gee nervously treads the red carpet to absorb this creep show.
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5 May, 2013 2:53 pm / 7 comments
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The Canberra Press Gallery Committee has knocked back Independent Australia and its nominee from gaining representation. Callum Davidson explains what happened.
by Callum Davidson
A few months back, myself and David Donovan, managing editor...
29 April, 2013 8:43 pm / 57 comments
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In late-2011, Prof Robyn Eckersley interviewed former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser in a wide-ranging interview. Here we extract a few highlights — on the parties, Tony Abbott and the media.
HAS FRASER CHANGED OR THE LIBERAL PARTY
Eckersley:...
29 April, 2013 8:29 am / 26 comments
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Tess Lawrence says she is barracking for Clive Palmer – and Julian Assange and Bob Katter – in the next Federal election.
by contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence
I AM BARRACKING for Clive of IndieA in the Federal election.
Every...
27 April, 2013 11:21 am / 201 comments
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Tony Abbott has spent most of this year hiding from scrutiny and waiting for what the media say is a certain election win later this year — but have the wheels started to fall off his campaign in the last few weeks? Matthew N. Donovan...
26 April, 2013 8:42 am / 44 comments
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Did Julia Gillard really lie during the 2010 election campaign about introducing a carbon tax? Tom Orren says “aye hae ma doots!”
BACK IN 1984, I was in a car pool of five.
Five is the perfect number for a car pool because...
19 April, 2013 1:29 pm / 45 comments
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Hearing rumours that the copper age was passing, Blackabbott scoured the land for an alternative plan, writes Gee.
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13 April, 2013 8:26 pm / 21 comments
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Managing editor David Donovan says the NBN will transform Australia, making it more prosperous, innovative, competitive, inclusive and more environmentally friendly. He believes the Liberal Party’s opposition to the policy could...
12 April, 2013 12:01 am / 75 comments
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Tony Abbott’s greatest successes have been making Prime Minister Julia Gillard seem illegitimate and obscuring her government’s achievements. The media and public have been too hard on her. Clint Howitt explains.
LAST MONTH’S...
8 April, 2013 4:03 pm / 82 comments