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Pauline Hanson proves we have a two-tier senate

Pauline Hanson proves we have a two-tier senate

How convenient that Pauline Hanson is suspended from the Senate just as Black Friday sales kick off. Fingers crossed black kettles are on sale – never has Parliament served up such a textbook pot calling the kettle black moment. Hanson had proposed a private senators’ bill to ban full-face coverings in public, citing ‘national security’ and ‘women’s ...
The trans myth

The trans myth

On November 18, MP Di Farmer proudly posted on Facebook that she had been part of a protest outside Parliament House in Queensland and was a signatory to a petition against the banning of puberty blockers for gender non-conforming children in Queensland. Farmer was joined by MPs Grace Grace, Mark Bailey, and my own local member Joe Kelly, to vehemently ...
Mineral vs chemical sunscreens? Science shows the difference is smaller than you think

Mineral vs chemical sunscreens? Science shows the difference is smaller than you think

“Mineral-only” sunscreens are making huge inroads into the sunscreen market, driven by fears of “chemicals”, a belief that “mineral” products are inherently safer, and confusion about how sunscreens actually protect our skin. How mineral sunscreens actually work is not widely understood, and neither is what’s actually in them. We tested
Protecting victims of explicit AI content online

Protecting victims of explicit AI content online

This week ACT Independent Senator David Pocock introduced a Bill to ‘protect identity in [a] deepfake future’. The Bill is titled Online Safety and Other Legislation Amendment (My Face, My Rights) Bill 2025 and will seek to amend the Online Safety Act 2021. The Bill was introduced merely weeks away from the ‘social media ban’ that will commence on 10 ...
Pennings Reigns Victorious Over Adanis’ Five-Year “Attack Dog” Legal Pursuit

Pennings Reigns Victorious Over Adanis’ Five-Year “Attack Dog” Legal Pursuit

Environmental activist Ben Pennings has come out the other end of a five-year-long legal persecution waged against him by Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani victorious. Pennings signed off on a 26 November 2025 order that ended the yearslong proceedings, as plaintiffs Adani Mining and Carmichael Rail Network dropped the 26 August 2020 filed lawsuit ...

Pauline Hanson proves we have a two-tier senate

Pauline Hanson proves we have a two-tier senate
How convenient that Pauline Hanson is suspended from the Senate just as Black Friday sales kick off. Fingers crossed black kettles are on sale – never has Parliament served up such a textbook pot calling the kettle black moment. Hanson had proposed a private senators’ bill to ban full-face coverings in public, citing ‘national security’ and ‘women’s ...

The trans myth

The trans myth
On November 18, MP Di Farmer proudly posted on Facebook that she had been part of a protest outside Parliament House in Queensland and was a signatory to a petition against the banning of puberty blockers for gender non-conforming children in Queensland. Farmer was joined by MPs Grace Grace, Mark Bailey, and my own local member Joe Kelly, to vehemently ...

Mineral vs chemical sunscreens? Science shows the difference is smaller than you think

Mineral vs chemical sunscreens? Science shows the difference is smaller than you think
“Mineral-only” sunscreens are making huge inroads into the sunscreen market, driven by fears of “chemicals”, a belief that “mineral” products are inherently safer, and confusion about how sunscreens actually protect our skin. How mineral sunscreens actually work is not widely understood, and neither is what’s actually in them. We tested

Protecting victims of explicit AI content online

Protecting victims of explicit AI content online
This week ACT Independent Senator David Pocock introduced a Bill to ‘protect identity in [a] deepfake future’. The Bill is titled Online Safety and Other Legislation Amendment (My Face, My Rights) Bill 2025 and will seek to amend the Online Safety Act 2021. The Bill was introduced merely weeks away from the ‘social media ban’ that will commence on 10 ...

Pennings Reigns Victorious Over Adanis’ Five-Year “Attack Dog” Legal Pursuit

Pennings Reigns Victorious Over Adanis’ Five-Year “Attack Dog” Legal Pursuit
Environmental activist Ben Pennings has come out the other end of a five-year-long legal persecution waged against him by Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani victorious. Pennings signed off on a 26 November 2025 order that ended the yearslong proceedings, as plaintiffs Adani Mining and Carmichael Rail Network dropped the 26 August 2020 filed lawsuit ...