It’s not as though we weren’t telling them from 2015

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

I mean, it’s peak WA

So is Scotty from Marketing doing Big W’s comms now?

I maintain that the Holocaust was not a licence to commit genocide

When help backfires: Why policy rewards the wrong people Policies meant to ease inequality often inflate demand and are captured by higher-income groups, leaving affordability largely unchanged while widening gaps within generations.

So close! Monetising the vulnerable is about as equitable as the political donors will permit

Events upend plans as fuel crisis forces Albanese government off script The energy 'E' in the acronym DCCEEW is sure getting a workout, with public servants tasked to find policy options that will work rapidly to ease the cost-of-living pressure.

Gosh it’s almost as though being allied to genocidal maniacs isn’t in the national interest

DPS investigating the cause of One Nation policy leak Confidential policy documents belonging to One Nation, related to health, mining, and migration, were shared via e-mail to parliamentarians of all parties.

One Nation? Policy? Steady on

National defence strategy long on verbosity, short on solutions ANALYSIS | Australia’s 2026 defence strategy outlines a costly expansion centred on AUKUS, drones and missiles, but offers limited practical detail on delivery, self-reliance and risk amid heavy relia...

The sunk costs fallacy looms large when youre allied to the most dangerous megalomaniac in recorded human history

Queensland government appoints former politicians to public service Andrew Cripps will be the first special commissioner for rural and regional Queensland. Peter Dutton and Michael Choi will join the Queensland Investment Corporation board.

I mean, Queensland has always been a den of iniquity but bloody hell

Surely QLD is taking the piss appointing Dutton to anything?

NACC flags integrity survey is to return this year www.themandarin.com.au/310954-nacc-...

See what we really need in the NACC is a squad of autists who don’t care whether they are liked or not, to do the actual work the statute and the public demand

Conservative appointments to the Federal Court are starting to show up in some horrible regressive judgments

It’s not like we haven’t said so since 1996

APS assistant minister gives 'the bottom line' on AI in government Patrick Gorman tells public servants AI is inevitable, but people are still accountable for its outputs.

Did anyone have handing over the reins of government to non-citizen billionaires on their 2026 bingo card?

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Executive remuneration another example of lost expertise in the APS APS executive pay is inconsistent and often excessive, with weak standards, poor transparency, and flawed processes. Review of tribunal methods and stronger oversight is needed.

Meanwhile in the community sector, the pay for professionals is so paltry that it’s only staffed by the independently wealthy who can afford to treat a job like a hobby or vocation
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It all happened so fast, but justice moves so slow: The death in custody of Stevie Lee Nixon-McKellar In 2021, a neighbour called the cops on a young Aboriginal man sitting in a car. Within an hour, he was pronounced dead. Now, his family continue their fight for justice.

It all happened so fast, but justice moves so slow: The death in custody of Stevie Lee Nixon-McKellar
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He looked out the window and noticed it was fucking raining

Off to bake a lemon pound cake or two

His spirit went home: The death in custody of Stevie Lee Nixon-McKellar In 2021, a neighbour called the cops on a young Aboriginal man sitting in a car. Within an hour, he was pronounced dead. And now, the Qld Coroner refuses to release the police body cam footage.

His spirit went home: The death in custody of Stevie Lee Nixon-McKellar
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Prevention or patch-up? Cruel policies are incompatible with wellbeing OPINION | The compliance regime is so punitive that it is hard to imagine what purpose it can have other than punishment for being poor.

Prevention or patch-up? Cruel policies are incompatible with wellbeing www.themandarin.com.au/309842-preve...

The bodycam footage of Stevie Lee's death is horrific. The Qld Coroner refuses to release it. In 2021, a neighbour called the cops on a young Aboriginal man sitting in a car. Within an hour, he was pronounced dead. Now, his family continue their fight for justice.

The bodycam footage of Stevie Lee's death is horrific. The Qld Coroner refuses to release it.
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This is why I have an ASIO file

Morrison, Campbell among 'robodebt six' cleared; Withnell, Wilson found corrupt All but two of the illegal scheme's bureaucratic masters were spared because they did not meet the corruption evidentiary threshold.

As an avid watcher of Robodebt’s fallout, is it any wonder the brazen illegality goes unpunished when the APS is in the thrall of its political masters?

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Christ on a bike Marie Kondo isn’t even dead yet

“Difficult”?!?! We told you so

Would definitely donate to a crowdfunded expose of what went on in the prayer room

Are we all appreciating that X is Putin’s platform of choice?