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Pauline Hanson came, saw, and conquered Canberra
The National Press Club this week attempted to show its liberal democratic credentials by giving the One Nation leader a…
Roll over Banjo, they’re culling your brumbies
I’m sure Banjo Paterson would be rolling in his grave if he learns that the beautiful wild brumbies that featured…
Stop the scare – save the science
The past two decades have seen an explosion in climate anxiety among children, defined as the chronic fear of environmental…
GetUp! did One Nation a favour (again)
Activist group GetUp! are laughably hopeless at their stated purpose … combatting One Nation. Previously, the group boasted about putting…
Why One Nation is striking a deeper chord
One Nation’s critics have a lazy explanation for its rise. They say Pauline Hanson’s party is merely riding a Populist…
Pauline Hanson and the party of one
When you have been swimming in a sewer long enough, you lose the ability to smell your own filth. I…
Gina Rinehart invests in Elon Musk’s space race
Let’s face it. If we left the space race to Energy and Environment Minister Chris Bowen, Australia would be attempting…
Roman precedent suggests Hanson might turn out great
Can Pauline Hanson follow Giorgia Meloni’s example?
Fire the Liar: The politics of broken promises
‘Never ask a liar why they lied. To explain it, they would have to lie again.’ Online, the quote is…
Space cowboys: Nasa’s all-male crew causes outrage for no reason
Another day, another mindless imagined Woke outrage. Artemis III is set for launch in 2027. It is a ‘low Earth…
One Nation may have found the Holy Grail of Populism
Like most political commentators, we have been transfixed by the meteoric rise of One Nation as a credible political force…
Inclusive art where we no longer belong
I recently left an art display at the Art Gallery of Western Australia called Attachment Styles: Modes of Belonging in…
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