As long as billionaires dress down and speak rough, they can speak with a loud hailer and burn money to inflate their interests, writes Professor Graeme Orr…
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The amount of proper research into the effect of political donations in Australia is "close to zero", as the nation prepares to implement the biggest reforms in decades, writes Professor Gabrielle Gratton.
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The National Party has claimed the “major party model” is “broken” and is being “replaced” — raising speculation it is preparing to merge with Gina Rinehart’s One Nation.
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Media has been barred from a “public” event featuring National Party Senate leader Bridget McKenzie hosted by far-right lobby group Advance.
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A private jet owned by Gina Rinehart flew Exclusive Brethren members to remote Northern Territory communities to campaign at the last federal election, an inquiry has heard.
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Members of the secretive Exclusive Brethren sect were highly active at remote, Indigenous polling booths in the Northern Territory at the last federal election, an inquiry has heard.
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Bogus social media “news” pages aggressively spreading Pauline Hanson propaganda are lavishing praise on her multi-billionaire bankroller Gina Rinehart.
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Australians are less engaged in their communities, lonelier, unhappier and less satisfied with life – but there is cause for hope, writes Dr James O’Donnell.
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Many feel governments aren’t holding up their end of the deal, corroding support for democracy, writes Mario Peucker.
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To understand the surge of the far-right, look at nationalism, authoritarianism and populism — and how much they already exist in Australia, says Dr Ibolya Losoncz.
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News sources are increasingly fragmented — yet the gatekeepers are more concentrated. This presents a growing problem for democracies, writes Daniel Angus.
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The question is not whether migration is “good” or “bad” — it’s how it’s managed, writes Professor Alan Gamlen.
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As long as billionaires dress down and speak rough, they can speak with a loud hailer and burn money to inflate their interests, writes Professor Graeme Orr…
The post Australia’s billionaire problem and the ‘corruption of the democratic process’ appeared first on The Klaxon.
The amount of proper research into the effect of political donations in Australia is "close to zero", as the nation prepares to implement the biggest reforms in decades, writes Professor Gabrielle Gratton.
The post Democracy for sale: Money has many ways to skin the democracy cat appeared first on The Klaxon.
The National Party has claimed the “major party model” is “broken” and is being “replaced” — raising speculation it is preparing to merge with Gina Rinehart’s One Nation.
The post Nats “preparing One Nation merger” appeared first on The Klaxon.
Media has been barred from a “public” event featuring National Party Senate leader Bridget McKenzie hosted by far-right lobby group Advance.
The post Coalition’s “MAGA arm” bans media appeared first on The Klaxon.
A private jet owned by Gina Rinehart flew Exclusive Brethren members to remote Northern Territory communities to campaign at the last federal election, an inquiry has heard.
The post Rinehart jet “flew Exclusive Brethren around remote NT” appeared first on The Klaxon.
Members of the secretive Exclusive Brethren sect were highly active at remote, Indigenous polling booths in the Northern Territory at the last federal election, an inquiry has heard.
The post Exclusive Brethren “highly active in NT” at federal election appeared first on The Klaxon.
Bogus social media “news” pages aggressively spreading Pauline Hanson propaganda are lavishing praise on her multi-billionaire bankroller Gina Rinehart.
The post Sham Hanson “news” sites push Rinehart propaganda appeared first on The Klaxon.
Australians are less engaged in their communities, lonelier, unhappier and less satisfied with life – but there is cause for hope, writes Dr James O’Donnell.
The post A toxic recipe for social disconnect and disaffection appeared first on The Klaxon.
Many feel governments aren’t holding up their end of the deal, corroding support for democracy, writes Mario Peucker.
The post Why Far-Right Ideas Appeal Beyond the Fringe appeared first on The Klaxon.
To understand the surge of the far-right, look at nationalism, authoritarianism and populism — and how much they already exist in Australia, says Dr Ibolya Losoncz.
The post Politics: Why Is Australia Shifting Right? appeared first on The Klaxon.
News sources are increasingly fragmented — yet the gatekeepers are more concentrated. This presents a growing problem for democracies, writes Daniel Angus.
The post Information crisis hidden by opaque Big Tech appeared first on The Klaxon.
The question is not whether migration is “good” or “bad” — it’s how it’s managed, writes Professor Alan Gamlen.
The post Migration is not a crisis or a cure-all. It just needs to be managed appeared first on The Klaxon.
