Tips and Murmurs Editor

Data breaches, leaks and fake IDs: Why teen social media bans could impact all ages

Charlie Lewis — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 01:11:19 +0000

There's no shortage of reasons the government's proposed age limit on social media should make you nervous.

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How do you make a series about Lachlan Murdoch when he won’t participate? We asked the ABC

Charlie Lewis — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 01:16:12 +0000

The ABC has created a three-part Australian Story on Lachlan Murdoch. The first hurdle? He wouldn't talk.

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An evangelic candidate for governor bought hundreds of bootleg pornos in the ’90s and that’s not the weirdest part

Charlie Lewis — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:59:37 +0000

Pornography, Russian propaganda and unruly family members — just another week in US politics.

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Gerard Rennick’s revolutionary Reddit handle, Erin Molan’s Trump exclusive, and anti-Greens campaigners unmasked

Charlie Lewis — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:19:53 +0000

Also in this week's Tips and Murmurs, the Lara Trump song we've all been waiting for.

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How everything became about the Greens blocking the CPRS in 2009

Charlie Lewis — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:33:15 +0000

Labor reminded the Greens yesterday of the party's rejection of the carbon pollution reduction scheme in 2009. It wasn't the first time.

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An asylum seeker saw no way out of Australia’s immigration purgatory. The numbers paint a bleak picture

Charlie Lewis — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:17:51 +0000

Asylum seeker Mano Yogalingam died by suicide last week, following a 49-day protest against Australia's immigration limbo. Crikey examines the numbers of a broken system.

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Remembering Fatman Scoop and his inexplicable detours into Australian politics

Charlie Lewis — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 01:15:09 +0000

Normal people will remember Fatman Scoop for his contributions to some of the century's best party music. But we in the bunker are not normal.

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Is Trump genuinely losing it? Is Harris, for that matter?

Charlie Lewis — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 04:33:02 +0000

Donald Trump gets more erratic, while Kamala Harris gets more centrist.

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The Oz’s unfortunate pic, Social Services (finally) asks what people think, and an old fashioned Fordham farrago

Charlie Lewis — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:53:37 +0000

The Department of Social Services calls on an old friend, Grover joins the (inevitable) CPAC circuit, and plenty more in this weeks Tips and Murmurs.

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The knockout suit, a decapitated whale, and the Dems are doing it again: The week in US politics

Charlie Lewis — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 01:59:09 +0000

Trump appoints the literal brain worms guy to his team, and the Democrats hit back hard with a TikTok dance. US politics in 2024, baby!

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