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Michael Taylor
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“Australians want strong nature protection, clear environmental rules, & leadership that puts the common good first. The Murray Watt environment deal arrives at a time when trust in environmental decision-making is low, & concern for nature is rising.”

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Why Murray Watt Environment Deal Divides Australians
Is the Murray Watt environment deal real reform or political spin, and does it truly protect nature or weaken safeguards?
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November 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Oh, the irony - anti-renewable crusader Barnaby Joyce was Deputy PM when Australia signed up to the Paris Agreement.

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Consumer beware
By now everyone is well aware of the Coalition and One Nation’s anti-renewable crusade, claiming the lights won’t go on and industry will be shuttered. ‘No net zero’ is a great marketing term – fittin...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
How the government convinced us it cares about the bush (spoiler: it doesn’t).

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The Greens’ Genuine Wins, And The Corporate Capture Revealed
Part 2: How Australia’s Government Convinced Us It Cares About The Bush (Spoiler: It Doesn’t) One step forward and a giant leap backward. Real concessions on forests meet systemic failure on climate. ...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
How the government convinced us it cares about the bush (spoiler: it doesn’t).

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The Greens’ Genuine Wins, And The Corporate Capture Revealed
Part 2: How Australia’s Government Convinced Us It Cares About The Bush (Spoiler: It Doesn’t) One step forward and a giant leap backward. Real concessions on forests meet systemic failure on climate. ...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“As the confidence of our financial ministers increases, Jim Chalmers can afford to be franker about the trendlines in budget parameters since his budget speech on 25 March 2025.”

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Political Futures: A More Inspirational Labor Financial Outreach with the Approach of MYEFO 2025?
As the confidence of our financial ministers increases, Jim Chalmers can afford to be franker about the trendlines in budget parameters since his budget speech on 25 March 2025. Any deteriorations in ...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“We do not need a society in which elites can speak without challenge. We do not need a society in which ordinary people live in permanent fear of saying the wrong thing.”

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Why a Just Society Must Defend Both Accountability and Dissent
Public debate in Australia today feels less like a conversation and more like a chronic injury. We poke at it every day; it hurts every day; and yet we no longer remember quite how we [...]
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November 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
“A silent, interlocking system of control has taken root across the globe, undermining democracy, perpetuating inequality, and jeopardising our planet’s future.”

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The Unholy Trinity: How Censorship, the Arms Trade, and Dynastic Wealth Threaten Our Future
The Architecture of Control A silent, interlocking system of control has taken root across the globe, undermining democracy, perpetuating inequality, and jeopardising our planet’s future. This system ...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Five years after Prof Samuel exposed the catastrophic failures of Australia’s environmental laws, the Albanese govt has finally delivered its response. They’re calling it ‘historic reform.’ Every major independent enviro organisation in says it falls dangerously short.”

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How Australia’s “Landmark” Environmental Reform Got Captured
The theatre of Environmental Reform, Part One of A Four-Part Investigation Five years after Professor Graeme Samuel exposed the catastrophic failures of Australia’s environmental laws, the Albanese go...
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November 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Remember when he said he was a genius?

We can add a few words to that.

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He once said he was a genius. Now he wants to immortalise himself.
The only man I can think of who could rightfully claim the title of genius is Leonardo da Vince. Now you might dispute that, and you may be right. I don’t recall any research I [...]
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November 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The sacred and profane – fossil fuels – remained strong at the end of the show.

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Fossil Fuels at COP30: Sacred, Profane and Unmentioned
If the camel is a committee’s version of a horse, then the concluding notes of the 30th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP30) at Belém, Brazil were bound to be ungainly, weak, and messy. [....
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November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“If we accept that a nation’s future depends on the competence, health, and wellbeing of its children, then we must treat early childhood educators as among the most important professionals of our time.”

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Why Regulation Alone Won’t Fix Early Childhood Quality and Safety
Australia’s early childhood sector is at a turning point. In recent times, we have seen a troubling slate of safety and quality incidents in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. Governm...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“Charles Darwin University has officially launched the First Nations Training and Teacher Education Hub, a collaborative initiative designed to grow the next generation of First Nations teachers, educators, and leaders across the Northern Territory.”

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New education hub launches to train more First Nations teachers
Charles Darwin University Media Release Charles Darwin University (CDU) has officially launched the First Nations Training and Teacher Education Hub, a collaborative initiative designed to grow the ne...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
“A govt’s attempt to restrict access to info, particularly under the guise of protection, is not a solution; it is a catalyst for a more profound problem. Limiting exposure to diverse perspectives does not create a well-informed citizenry; it creates an info vacuum.”

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The Unseen Battle: Why Access to Alternative Media is a Modern Necessity
In an age where information is power, a silent war is being waged for the mind. The landscape of public discourse is increasingly curated, with gatekeepers – both state and corporate – determining whi...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“Why is a modern nation losing essential services every time the weather turns violent?”

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Power Outages During Storms: Why Australia Keeps Going Dark
Power outages during storms are increasing. Learn why networks fail, how mobile towers lose power, and what real network resilience would look like.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“How Australia capitulated to digital overlords (and called it safety).”

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PART TWO: THE SILICON LEASH
How Australia Capitulated to Digital Overlords (And Called It Safety) The AI Wars: How Australia Became a Server Farm with a Flag Over two days, Urban Wronski examines the speculative bubble hollowing...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“Our democracy depends on shared norms: that expertise matters, evidence carries weight, and truth is more than a viewpoint. When journalism collapses these distinctions, public debate becomes vulnerable to manipulation by those who profit from confusion and outrage.”

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The Moral Duty Australia’s Media Can No Longer Ignore
What does it mean to give someone a platform? Not the right to speak, every Australian possesses that, but the power to amplify a message to millions. A platform is no neutral megaphone. It confers [....
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November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“At a time marked by a global decline in democracy, intergenerational inequality, and declining trust in political institutions, Australia’s parliaments cannot afford to sideline the voices and views of younger generations.”

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Young Australians are ready to shape democracy
UniSA Media Release A radical shift is needed in how Australian parliaments engage with young people, ensuring that the next generation is not sidelined by the country’s political institutions, but en...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Here are some examples of orders that should have been disobeyed, and it would have been legal to do so.

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US military orders that should be disobeyed
By Walt Zlotow   Loading up or flying planes to Israel with tons of weapons, the likes of which have already killed over 70,000 Palestinians. Any service member doing that is guilty of assisting genoc...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“The vision of an America that unleashes its ‘battlefield power’ upon the world is a dangerous fantasy.”

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The “Arsenal of Freedom” is a Dangerous Fantasy for Armchair Warriors
The rhetoric of transforming the Pentagon into a “battlefield power” is historically illiterate, morally bankrupt, and a recipe for endless war. A recent public statement by Secretary of War, Pete Heg...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“Thirty billion dollars. That’s what Meta will pour into AI infrastructure this year alone. [To put that into context] that is enough to build every hospital Australia needs for the next twenty years. Enough to solar-panel every school and library on the continent.”

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THE AI WARS: A TWO-PART INDICTMENT
Debt, Democracy, and Digital Dependency The AI Wars: How Australia Became a Server Farm with a Flag Over two days, Urban Wronski examines the speculative bubble hollowing out democracy and the colonia...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The horrible nexus between neo-colonialism, cruelty to refugees and underworld criminality underwritten by the public purse.

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Contract Bikies and Bribed Politicians: Australia’s Nauru Refugee Deal
It began with the colourful confessions of former Australian Army rifleman Oisin Donohoe. In a report published in The Age on November 8, Donohoe made salty allegations that the private security inten...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
“What I’m thankful for this Thanksgiving” (from an American friend).

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What I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving
By Walt Zlotow When I enjoy Thanksgiving dinner this Thursday, my 81st in a long and peaceful life, I’ll be thankful the world has not stumbled into nuclear war. Don’t remember my first Thanksgiving, ...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
“One year after the Australian Human Rights Commission launched the country’s first national roadmap to eliminate racism, 54 civil society organisations are calling on the Australian government to urgently fund and implement the National Anti-Racism Framework.”

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Civil society calls for urgent action on the National Anti-Racism Framework
SSI, ACOSS, FECCA, SCOA, CCA and RCOA joint Media Release One year after the Australian Human Rights Commission launched the country’s first national roadmap to eliminate racism, 54 civil society orga...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM