The striking down of Victoria's political donation laws by the state's high court is a messy affair, but something desperately has to change. The post I ran for Caulfield in
For a while now I’ve been trying to teach myself about jazz. In grim times, this project has given me great pleasure. I’ve begun by reading some books and watching a couple of documentaries. When I come across a musician who interests me, I read their Wikipedia page and other
Federal Liberal “leader” Angus Taylor delivered a despicably racist, ethnonationalist migration policy speech on Tuesday, 14 April 2026. This desperate politician, whose status as opposition leader is in freefall, demonised what’s dubbed “our migrant community”, he called for immigration based on (white) “Australian values”, and the danger in this ...
An open letter asking for mercy for David McBride from Attorney General Michelle Rowland read now...
While the political right has been the most of obvious nostalgia factory in recent years, the appeal of AI-generated nostalgia slop is worryingly broad. The post Between populist commentary and
How do populist leaders win power, how do they maintain it, and what should the rest of us do about it? These are the questions political scientist Susan C. Stokes sets out to answer in her new book, The Backsliders. Building on her own important academic work and that of
Internal emails show months of unheeded warnings from the OAIC about overstated privacy claims in the government's age check technology trial, which didn't technically test or assess the products against
Richard Marles' speech on our new defence strategy was completely delusional about what the US has done to the world — and promises billions in wasted, borrowed money. The post
NSW Premier Chris Minns' protest laws have been ruled unconstitutional. He shouldn't just be 'disappointed', he should hang his head in shame. The post Chris Minns is a constitutional vandal.
In times of crisis, the city of Carthage would start feeding children to a bronze god. Carthage had a Baal Hammon. We have Sportsbet. The post Albanese’s gambling reform is
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With the odds stacked against him in the Farrer by-election, the Greens candidate is refusing to cede civic discourse in the regions to the right. The post Richard Hendrie
The striking down of Victoria's political donation laws by the state's high court is a messy affair, but something desperately has to change. The post I ran for Caulfield in
For a while now I’ve been trying to teach myself about jazz. In grim times, this project has given me great pleasure. I’ve begun by reading some books and watching a couple of documentaries. When I come across a musician who interests me, I read their Wikipedia page and other
Federal Liberal “leader” Angus Taylor delivered a despicably racist, ethnonationalist migration policy speech on Tuesday, 14 April 2026. This desperate politician, whose status as opposition leader is in freefall, demonised what’s dubbed “our migrant community”, he called for immigration based on (white) “Australian values”, and the danger in this ...
An open letter asking for mercy for David McBride from Attorney General Michelle Rowland read now...
While the political right has been the most of obvious nostalgia factory in recent years, the appeal of AI-generated nostalgia slop is worryingly broad. The post Between populist commentary and
How do populist leaders win power, how do they maintain it, and what should the rest of us do about it? These are the questions political scientist Susan C. Stokes sets out to answer in her new book, The Backsliders. Building on her own important academic work and that of
Internal emails show months of unheeded warnings from the OAIC about overstated privacy claims in the government's age check technology trial, which didn't technically test or assess the products against
Richard Marles' speech on our new defence strategy was completely delusional about what the US has done to the world — and promises billions in wasted, borrowed money. The post
NSW Premier Chris Minns' protest laws have been ruled unconstitutional. He shouldn't just be 'disappointed', he should hang his head in shame. The post Chris Minns is a constitutional vandal.
In times of crisis, the city of Carthage would start feeding children to a bronze god. Carthage had a Baal Hammon. We have Sportsbet. The post Albanese’s gambling reform is
Read: Epstein files and 'friendly' fire. read now...
With the odds stacked against him in the Farrer by-election, the Greens candidate is refusing to cede civic discourse in the regions to the right. The post Richard Hendrie