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A Sydney police officer stabbed in the back of the head then pursued and apprehended the alleged attacker, and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter has crashed in the country’s mountains.

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The L in ALP stands for ‘Landlord’

When the prime minister evicted his pesky tenant, he finally showed he was one of us! A vilified, villainised and vasectomised landlord!

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The L in ALP stands for ‘Landlord’

When the prime minister evicted his pesky tenant, he finally showed he was one of us! A vilified, villainised and vasectomised landlord!

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Dutton’s too scared of homeowners to REALLY go after migration

Peter Dutton is linking housing and migration, but refuses to propose any radical steps to cut the number of people coming into Australia. Why?

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‘Poor judgment’: David McBride objected to investigation of soldiers who severed hands

David McBride was unhappy soldiers who severed the hands of Taliban corpses were investigated, new documents show.

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Demoted NSW MP says Labor is becoming less tolerant of dissenting views

NSW MP Anthony D’Adam was sacked as parliamentary secretary for his comments on Gaza and NSW Police. He says people like himself and Senator Fatima Payman shouldn’t be ‘ostracised’ for their dissenting views.

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For Australia’s most vulnerable, the budget didn’t do nearly enough

The Albanese government has had three budgets now to show some bravery in addressing unwaged poverty. Its offerings are paltry.

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People with disability have spelled out 6 priorities — now politicians must act

People with disability are too often seen as problems to be solved, rather than the problem-solvers with agency to act.

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I’m picking a fight with the YIMBYs. And suggesting a truce (of sorts)

Defending ‘the historical city’ is imperative. But we must also evolve the old links between heritage, ‘character’ and overlay.

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Gina Rinehart doesn’t want you to see this piece of art. But we made one she would happily hang

A portrait of mining magnate Gina Rinehart has gone viral this week after her associates bombarded the National Gallery. We made an artwork she loved.

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Is Labor’s carbon capture fantasy even dumber than Dutton’s nuclear dream?

Who will be on the hook if a carbon capture and storage project fails in fifty or a hundred years’ time? Why, taxpayers, of course.

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Matt Canavan mocks ‘woke’ budget item that his own party lobbied for

‘If you want actual chicken, then that’s what it should be called,’ Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie once said.

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Hope you enjoyed your wages growth, that’s it for now

So much for the wage-price spiral — or even for real wages growing. The latest Wage Price Index data show wages growth has peaked and is now falling.

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‘Billions for billionaires’: An educated guess about what Dutton will say in his budget reply tonight

Peter Dutton will deliver his budget reply speech tonight. It’s already possible to guess what he will say.

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Yes, artists are workers. When will we start paying them properly?

Despite new funding committed to bolster Revive, the government’s national cultural policy, the arts sector is not in a celebratory mood.

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‘The days of close-ups are over’: Al Jazeera staff tell Crikey of working under Israel’s ban

‘We’ve been physically attacked and verbally abused,’ one journalist said.

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From ‘Jimflation’ to ‘Lucky Chalm’: How did the Australian press cover the 2024 budget?

The federal budget offers an insight into the political biases and blind spots among Australia’s major media players.

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Home and hosed with cash: The basket-case department gets a $100m bailout

Amid continuing evidence the Department of Home Affairs is riddled with incompetence, it’s been given $100 million to do the basics better.

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Chalmers’ profligate, partisan and possibly prescient budget

Labor’s budget sends us deep into deficit — and it’s possible that it might not be enough to prop up the economy.

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No budget pathway for Labor’s ambition for higher education — and $50k arts degrees are here to stay

Labor’s budget lays down some important markers for higher education. But many of the most important decisions have been kicked down the road.

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Labor-driven structural change is so far off the table it’s out the window

Labor is now the party of asset owners, while at the same time representing the assetless and poor. Therein lies a problem.

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Is ratcheting inflation down with subsidies a sin?

Yes, targeted subsidies — like the $300 energy bill relief — can be legitimate, even if they cost something.

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The budget proves Labor is losing touch with women voters

Perhaps the people who aren’t struggling to pay rent or put food on the table can donate their $300 energy bill rebate to a frontline service.

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David McBride goes to prison — and Australian democracy takes a hit

The first person to face trial and be sent to prison following the Afghan Files is not those possibly responsible for alleged killings, but the whistleblower.

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Labor’s budget shows its manufacturing vision is in bombs, not batteries

The government wants us to focus on its ‘Future Made in Australia’ project. But the spending allocated to this manufacturing vision pales before that invested in Defence.

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