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One quiet night in Moonee Ponds, Liberal ‘indoctrination’ warriors…
There was little surprising at last night's 'education challenge' event featuring Kevin Donnelly and Senator Sarah Henderson.
A No vote will be Australia’s Trump moment
The parallels between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Indigenous Voice to Parliament No campaign are extensive.
Humanity’s headstone is built, only its epitaph awaits
As the arc of civilisation careens past its inflection point, the world has ceased speaking of climate change in future tense.
It was a landmark moment in First Nations education. Only one…
Liberal Senator Kerrynne Liddle was the only politician present at yesterday’s launch of a First Nations report calling for…
Working from home: employers love flexibility… except when it…
Employers and property owners are continuing to fight working from home, despite years of calling for 'flexibility' in industrial…
‘Kitchen Cabinet’, the limp dishrag of political interviewing,…
Kitchen Cabinet is returning to the ABC. To celebrate, Charlie Lewis remembers some past eps featuring Scott Morrison, Kevin Rudd…
Monarchists’ hot take on the games, News Corp’s crappy merch, and the…
The monarchist's come after Daniel Andrews, News Corp release some crap merch, and we reveal a close defence relationship with...…
When the goodies became the baddies: Albanese and team go LNP lite
Labor has forgotten its promises to Australians, say Crikey readers, leaving its supporters bewildered and deeply disappointed.
‘Entire system change’: landmark moment in the fight for First…
First Nations educators have launched a report calling for national reform of Australia's First Nations education system.
Andrew Leigh, God’s lonely man, wants more unaligned Labor company
Labor's Andrew Leigh doesn't like factions, isn't in one, and thinks they damage his party. Now he's broken Labor's code of…
The Indigenous Voice to Parliament: isn’t something better than…
In response to Benjamin Abbatangelo's recent article against the Voice to Parliament, Crikey readers ask: what's the alternative?
Won’t somebody think of the children? Qld LNP votes no to consent…
Kids learning about consent at school boosts their well-being as well as their academic performance. But the Queensland LNP voted…
NT government changes its mind in hours over a state funeral for Dr…
On Monday morning, NT chief minister Natasha Fyles said no to a state funeral for Turner. By lunchtime she had changed her mind.
Barnaby Joyce trashed the regulator and left Labor to clean up his…
Former Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce was told it was a bad idea to move the pesticides regulator to his electorate, but he did…
Something for everyone (but the Greens) in Fadden
The LNP retained Fadden in a run-of-the-mill byelection result that confirmed Labor will continue to struggle in Queensland.
How the sealed robodebt report chapter unwittingly assists the…
With the addition of a caveat, it would be possible to release the names of those directly implicated in the robodebt fiasco.
My grandmother’s country is under threat and the minister for…
Binybara, or Lee Point, has deep cultural connections to Indigenous peoples. In less than 30 days, it will be clearer for housing.
Oh, so Peter Dutton is concerned about a ‘politically tainted’ RBA…
Peter Dutton doesn't want new RBA governor Michele Bullock to be 'tainted' by either major party. He might want to read this list.
‘Toiletgate’: in NSW Parliament, some ‘concerning’ interactions lead…
NSW MPs are 'bewildered' by the furore caused by a decision to lock some members out of a toilet near the upper house chamber.
What is this thing called the ‘national interest’?
The Albanese government, like that of Scott Morrison, defends the AUKUS deal as being in the 'national interest'. But what does…
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