By canonising Graham Richardson, the Labor Party has handed its enemies – the Murdoch press, the Coalition, the Advance machine – the perfect weapon to use until the election.
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The Emperor’s New Shutdown: Trump’s Second Act Drowning in Its Own Wake
The shutdown’s over, signed away in a late-night ceremony where Trump lambasted Democrats while signing their bill. But for Trump, the real shutdown, the one where American voters close the door on his political future, has only just begun. Turns out the art of the deal doesn’t cover foreclosure.
Stockholm Syndrome Sussan: How a $14m War Chest Killed Net Zero
Australia’s democracy is under siege—not by obvious force, but through dark money and corporate capture. While the Coalition squabbles in party rooms, mining magnates write the real script, turning policy into performance and parliament into purchased theatre.
Advance Australia Where?
An investigation into how the group Advance, backed by mining billionaires and American consultants, is pushing the Liberal Party to abandon its Net Zero pledge.
Title: “The Carbon Question Time” – A Liberal Return to Canberra
Clarke & Dawe would have slaughtered the Liberals’ “Net Zero position”.
So here it is — as if they’ve just walked back into the ABC newsroom.
Net Zero, poor thing, never stood a chance
Net Zero began as a technical phrase in climate science and ended up as a punchline in Australian politics — mangled by MPs who wouldn’t know a carbon cycle from a spin cycle. Here’s what it really means, and how fossil fuel money turned it into a permission slip to keep burning.
They Blew Up 46,000 Years for $135 Million: How Mining Is Devouring Itself
They blew up 46,000 years of human history for $135 million worth of iron ore. And it was legal. From Juukan Gorge to 80,000 abandoned toxic sites, Australia’s mining industry is cannibalising its own future while shipping 86% of profits offshore.
Whither the Coalition?
Once “the natural party of government, the Liberal–National Coalition has become a federation of feuding tribes. Factional decay, Murdoch’s fading megaphone and an attention economy allergic to policy have left it stranded between yesterday’s media and tomorrow’s electorate.
The 32% Presidency: When the Crops Stop Moving
Jimmy Kimmel’s voice trembled when he returned to air. Five days gone. Five billion dollars of Disney’s market value evaporated. Four hundred celebrities, two governors, a fistful of senators, and Ted bloody Cruz all screaming into the void. “Thank you,” Kimmel said, “for reminding us … Continue reading The 32% Presidency: When the Crops Stop Moving
Australia’s Environmental Policy Crisis: A Closer Look
Labor’s Eco Renaissance: Destroying the Joint, Sensitively As federal parliament resumes its familiar variety show of “Consensus or Catastrophe”, the Labor government unveils another environmental revolution; provided it doesn’t trouble its donors in hi-vis or hard hats. Gina Rinehart’s chequebook, Woodside’s lobbyists, and the captains … Continue reading Australia’s Environmental Policy Crisis: A Closer Look
Urban Wronski Writes 