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The Taxman
Paul Collits: Political Science This is the story of how networks of Mates have come to dominate business and government, robbing ordinary Australians. Every hour you work, thirty minutes of it goes to line the Mates’ pockets rather than your own. Mates in big...
The secret sensory life of plants
Samarth Kulshrestha, University of Canterbury Plants are often seen as passive organisms, rooted in one place and largely unable to react to the world around them. But a new field of research is challenging these assumptions and showing that plants are as...
Sunday Morning Rumble Podcasts with John Stapleton, Michael Gray Griffith and various Guests
Disaster for Disaster Bay: Industrial Kelp Farm Threatens NSW’s Last Coastal Wilderness. With Ian Williamson. Gender Affirming Care in Australia: With Mianna Gender Affirming Care in Australia: With Mianna and Cafe Locked Out On Interviewing The Last ANZAC...
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The politics of looking away: Gaza, AUKUS, the teals and the NACC
This week’s briefing outlines the big issues to look out for: the growing pressure on the Albanese government over Gaza; questions about the future of the teal independents; the AUKUS debacle continues; and the ongoing credibility crisis facing the National Anti-Corruption Commission.The Gaza conflict is becoming a more politically difficult
Integrity on hold: The crisis facing the National Anti-Corruption Commission
The resignation of National Anti-Corruption Commission commissioner Paul Brereton is a significant moment for one of the Albanese government’s flagship integrity reforms, but it also raises a far deeper issue: Australia’s federal anti-corruption watchdog has failed to meet the expectations placed upon it. Established in 2023 amid widespread public anger
The Teal Party of Australia: Will it take off?
The teal independents emerged as a political rebellion against the Liberal Party’s shift over into culture-war politics under figures like Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton, offering the more affluent urban voters a politically safer alternative that combined economic conservatism with climate action, integrity in politics and socially progressive values. But