Opinion • Crikey

Trump floundered in the debate. But Harris dealt no fatal blow

Guy Rundle — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 05:56:13 +0000

Progressives will coo at Kamala's performance, but the Donald dream lives on.

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Murdoch to Musk: How global media power has shifted from the moguls to the big tech bros

Matthew Ricketson — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:10:33 +0000

Are we better off with tech bros who assert their influence brazenly, or old-style media moguls who exert influence under the cover of journalism?

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Bridget McKenzie is right. We need powers to break up Qantas

Bernard Keane — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:51:32 +0000

Bridget McKenzie might have been told by the Coalition leadership to pull her head in, but she's dead right on divestment powers in aviation.

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Russian propaganda talking points would be very familiar to News Corp audiences

Christopher Warren — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:33:14 +0000

The Murdoch media has an enormous impact on Australian political discourse. But where are its ideas coming from?

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Macron’s new PM takes French politics from emergency to farce

Megan Clement — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 05:31:15 +0000

History may in fact remember Macron as a handmaiden to the far-right.

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Dutton’s plan to ban people from Gaza was illegal… and predictable

Abul Rizvi — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:38:49 +0000

Dutton's proposal also marks the first time that that a major party leader has refused point blank to assist people with family links to Australia fleeing a war.

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Is Dutton racist? Doesn’t matter. Does he practise racism in public life? Yes, beyond doubt

Michael Bradley — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:38:12 +0000

Being racist is, appropriately, not illegal. Racial discrimination is unlawful. The hard question is determining when the performance of racist beliefs, by words, should be outside the law.

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Racism and racism-adjacent politics: Why Dutton is different

Bernard Keane — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:34:47 +0000

Both sides of politics have exploited racism over the past 50 years. But Peter Dutton is unusual among the recent generation of politicians in displaying overt racism.

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Why would anyone join a youth advisory group on climate change?

Anjali Sharma — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 04:10:56 +0000

As the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water prepares to launch its own advisory council, are youth advisory groups worth engaging in with at all?

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Big ute popularity is an arms race. The price we pay is death

Jason Murphy — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:27:43 +0000

Why are we subsidising vehicles that make us all less safe?

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