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Australians barely have the right to strike thanks to the Labor Party

It used to be completely illegal to strike. But in a cruel irony, legalising industrial action made things much worse.

Crikey

Disunity is death but Liberals remain in pole position

State and territory Liberals have endured a week of unrest and agitation but things are still looking up for the party on several electoral fronts.

AAP

‘Widespread scepticism’: Nine staff unimpressed by executives’ response to damning cultural review

‘It made it seem like absolutely nothing will change,’ one Nine staffer told Crikey.

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Bill Humphreys out to prove three world championships across 50 years a worthy challenge at 80 years old

US rider out to defeat single Belgian in men's 80-84 division at Gravel World Championships

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We would all be adrift without migration

Letters and Short Takes, September 25, 2024

Newcastle Herald

Albanese urged to ditch Howard-era native forest logging exemptions

Exclusive: independent MPs and Lidia Thorpe tell PM that environment law reforms under negotiation must remove exemptions for native forest logging

The Guardian - AU

Nine engages former John Howard spinner as consultant amid company turmoil

A former cult figure and Liberal Party spin doctor is helping Nine as it grapples with the fallout from a turbulent year.

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NSW nurses and midwives announce strike – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Democratic cycle returns city to time-honoured tradition

Independent will in Newcastle forces council leadership change

Newcastle Herald

Albanese cements Australia’s status as the global village idiot

Anthony Albanese is only the latest politician to propose internet censorship. For a quarter of a century, Australia has had a succession of dumb censorship ideas.

Crikey

Abbott influences the global far right, AUKUS Forum courts Trump, Downer investigates cover-ups

Former sex addict Hillsong minster has a lot of friends in the Liberal Party, and Tony Abbott wins praise from a man (repeatedly) convicted of using a Nazi slogan.

Crikey

Peter Dutton isn’t racist — he’s a xenophobe. There’s a crucial difference

Accusations of racism will just bounce off the opposition leader. Charges of xenophobia helpfully point us towards a history of nationalism.

Crikey

From Islamophobia to inflation: How xenophobia went legit

Once upon a time the border control debate focused on Muslim refugees. But now voters are simply worried about the overall number of people coming in.

Crikey

Polling on race: The secret is deniability

A voter’s reason for liking what Peter Dutton says may be racist or xenophobic, but they can easily defend that position in other ways without asking themselves any hard questions.

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When everything and everyone is racist, the worst offenders hide in plain sight

In a world where so much is decried as racist, those who traffic in overt bigotry no longer stand out.

Crikey

Albanese to announce social media age ban

Labor is planning on introducing a minimum age for access to social media, and Clare O’Neil highlights the ‘total despair’ of young people trying to find affordable housing.

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'Not happy, Andrew!': Barr lookalike revealed in Libs ad

The party has riffed on a popular Australian advertisement.

Crikey

Racism and racism-adjacent politics: Why Dutton is different

Both sides of politics have exploited racism over the past 50 years. But Peter Dutton is unusual among the recent generation of politicians in displaying overt racism.

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The Guardian - AU

Australia helped bring peace to Timor-Leste – but that doesn’t absolve it of a long appeasement of Indonesia

The Howard government promoted itself 25 years ago as the people’s champion while at the same time affording Jakarta diplomatic cover for militia violence

Crikey

Ta-ta, Bill Shorten, the coming man always and the great never was

Twice opposition leader, the retiring minister is a victim of the supreme paradox of ambition: the greater the height, the further the fall.

The Guardian - AU

Senate committee told foreign student cap would ‘gut’ private education sector – as it happened

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Crikey

Federal Liberals gaffe NSW takeover

The federal Liberal Party has stumbled at the first hurdle of its takeover of the party’s NSW division, and John Howard has criticised Jim Chalmers’ comments about interest rates and the RBA.

The Guardian - AU

John Howard ‘left of Albanese’ on gambling reform, Costello declares as Labor ditches watchdog

Chief advocate of the Alliance for Gambling Reform says government failed to deliver the late Peta Murphy’s three most important recommendations

The Canberra Times

Sirius House losing its 'controversial' moniker in a private renaming ceremony

APS office is getting its new name, but the public is not invited.

Crikey

Anderson’s exit can be a reset at the ABC. It must start with Radio National

Radio National should be the centre of national culture, not drifting in the margins. Guy Rundle has some ideas on how to set things right at the station.

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