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Hinch: Pauline, don’t use me when defending the phrase ‘go back to where you came from’

Former senator Derryn Hinch is none too happy to hear that Pauline Hanson has invoked his name as part of her defamation defence.

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Crunching the numbers on the environment since Labor took office

Australia needs to annually reduce emissions by 17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent to meet its 2030 goal. In 2022-23, we increased emissions by 4 million tonnes.

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QLD police removes Indigenous advisory

The First Nations advisory group to Queensland’s police force has been sacked, Josh Frydenberg wants campus protests cleared out, and China has fired flares at an Australian Navy helicopter.

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Australia slumps in world press freedom rankings (again)

International perceptions of press freedom in Australia continue to be affected by ‘hyperconcentration’, our defamation laws and threats from government.

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Laptops, wallets and a box of Chills records: Sydney Airport auctions off your stuff

Crikey has already managed to match a box of lost records with its rightful owner.

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Lee Point’s destruction for defence housing is an ecocide massacre

‘The community that has formed across this country will never forget the violence of the colony, the silence of our elected members, and the devastating failures of our heritage and environmental legislation.’

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The liars at Qantas lied to customers over ghost flights, then lied about their lies

There is seemingly no end to the deception at the flying kangaroo.

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Government restarts PwC gravy train with $700,000 cash splash

New contracts with PwC’s Indigenous Consulting were published last week — the same day the Finance Department issued a surprise notice indicating PwC Australia could soon resume federal government work.

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Is gambling the only thing keeping our newspapers alive?

The undead daily print product mainly exists to promote gambling through inserted form guides. But how much longer can it last?

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‘Allegedly’: Do journalists actually not believe women?

As the media reporting on gendered violence comes under more and more scrutiny amid a gendered violence crisis, we clarified why journalists use the language they do.

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‘Too soon’ to call Perth stabbing terrorism

WA police are reticent to call the recent Peth stabbing a terrorist attack, Meta says nobody reads news on Facebook anymore anyway, and student workers on placement will get weekly payments from next year.

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Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?

Ordinary Solomon Islanders have more pressing issues to worry about than diplomatic tussles between global powers.

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Social cohesion is impossible when the national business model is division

We’re spending millions on social cohesion. But how cohesive can Australia be when it deliberately excludes so many groups?

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So just how long have humourless protected groups been ruining comedy?

Bad news folks! Comedy was conclusively ruined at least as far back as the 1950s.

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Will Albanese’s initiatives to stop violence against women actually help?

Crikey breaks down Labor’s announcements and asks the experts which proposals will actually have an impact.

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A dispatch from campus as protesters clash over Palestine

The Melbourne protest is part of a wave of actions at various campuses around the country and the world.

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Memo to Greg Combet: vote the Future Fund’s $110m Tesla shares against Musk’s latest pay scam

The government is currently fighting Elon Musk in the courts. But there might be another way to take the billionaire down a peg.

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Peters’ ‘Chinese puppet’ dig at Bob Carr a bad look for Luxon’s fumbling government

Australia’s former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr joins a growing coterie of lawyered-up foreigners looking to sue New Zealand’s deputy prime minister.

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‘I did not know of the massacres, I am ashamed to say’: Premier’s education gap has lessons for us all

Jacinta Allan’s admission that she only learnt the horrific history of massacres in Victoria while prepping for the Yoorrook Justice Commission points to a much broader social problem.

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Housing deficit worse than ever

All-time lows in housing supply are contributing to Australia’s rental crisis, Melbourne is spending $30m on ‘greening’ itself, and a criminologist ex-cop outlines the most necessary reforms to combat domestic violence.

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Government paves the way to resume handing contracts to PwC Australia

A surprise procurement note says the Finance Department is undertaking an ‘examination’ as to ‘PwC Australia’s ethical soundness’.

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Indigenous peoples can’t be collateral damage in the push for a green future

‘The expectation is that Aboriginal people should merely be passive beneficiaries through the form of unfair, prohibitive and paternalistic mining royalty schemes.’

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‘Get rid of that tie’: We asked the viral suit guy to rate and roast Aussie politicians’ fits

Twitter’s ‘menswear guy’, Derek Guy, went viral for roasting the outfits of celebrities and athletes. We asked him to judge the fits of Aussie politicians.

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Age verification won’t work, but idiot verification is doing fine in the male violence debate

Imposing age verification in an effort to block kids’ access to pornography will just send Australians to the darker and more sinister parts of the internet.

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Let’s get this right and avoid knee-jerk decisions on misogyny and men’s violence against women

The reality is that many young people access adult content on social media sites, rather than dedicated pornography sites.

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