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📥 The Politics: The best thing Linda Reynolds could do for her reputation is to drop her defamation proceedings against Brittany Higgins.
Read “Leave the hat, Linda” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥 The Politics: Why did so many in the media go in to bat for a figure as dubious as Bruce Lehrmann?
Read “The lion’s den” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥 The Politics: The sickening spectacle of Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten exposes the worst in our media and our politics.
Read “The sausage factory” by
@MrDTJames
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📥 The Politics: Who in their right mind compares a pro-Palestine protest to the Port Arthur massacre?
Read “Something rotten” by
@rachelrwithers
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Welcome to the first issue of the new-look The Politics with
@rachelrwithers
!
A cut above the rest?
The Coalition wants to have its tax cut and eat it too:
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📥 The Politics: It’s time for the major parties to accept that minor parties and independents are here to stay
Read “The coalition of the unwilling” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥 The Politics: The Australian government has reinstated funding to UNRWA in Gaza, but the claims that caused the funding freeze in the first place remain questionable.
Read “What’s in a claim?” by our newest contributor, Jan Fran:
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📥 The Politics: Why aren’t all innocent deaths in Gaza “completely unacceptable” to the Australian government?
Read “No relief” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥 The Politics: The government appears to be buying into racist scare campaigns, as it cancels the visas of Palestinians fleeing a humanitarian disaster
Read “How low can Australia go?”:
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📥 The Politics: Two very different public figures are pointing to the serious frustration being felt by young Australians.
Read “The young and the assetless” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥 The Politics: The government has little to be proud of this sitting week, disappointing progressives on immigration, climate and transparency.
Read “Labor in vain” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥 The Politics: Scott Morrison is the last person we should be taking advice from if we are to avoid ‘drifting into a valueless void’
Read "Scott Free" at the link below:
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📥The Politics: Peter Dutton’s Trumpian attacks on the media must not be allowed to stand
Read "The power of a thug" at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: The Coalition hounds Labor over High Court decisions, while admitting they don’t know how to stop them
Read “High nonsense”:
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📥The Politics: As Israel launches a ground offensive in Rafah, the Australian government rushes to outlaw doxxing
Read “A dox on both our houses?” at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: The Opposition’s push towards nuclear energy is nonsensical – and that’s just the way the fossil fuel lobby wants it.
Read “Going Nuclear”:
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The Coalition will seek to amend Labor’s changes to the Stage Three tax cuts, but ultimately not block or repeal them, while continuing to whine incessantly about how TERRIBLE they are 🥲
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📥 The Politics: Labor’s failed deportation scramble shows it must stop trying to outdo the Coalition on immigration detention
Read “Pulling a Dutton” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥The Politics: Is the nation mature enough for a serious conversation about tax reform?
Read "Let's talk about tax, baby" at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: The Coalition is all of a sudden worried about ‘cohesion’, but it still largely ignores the issues – like gendered violence and homelessness – that tear at our social fabric daily.
Read “Sticking points” by
@GreenJ
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📥 The Politics: The national conversation is finally turning towards male violence, even as sections of the media seek to stir up fears around multiculturalism.
Read “The threat within” by
@MrDTJames
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📥 The Politics: The Coalition is losing sight of its humanity, as it defends Israel at all costs.
Read “The fog of politics” by
@rachelrwithers
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We shall fight on the beaches... until it becomes politically inconvenient to do so
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📥 The Politics: Why aren’t conservatives concerned by Donald Trump’s sinister threats to Australia’s sovereignty?
Read “The edge of allegiance” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥 The Politics: The Albanese government is acting a lot like its predecessor when it comes to transparency
Read “Border farce” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥 The Politics: Will anything actually change on Australia’s end if Israel refuses to change course?
Read “Par for the course” by
@rachelrwithers
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Former treasurer Joe Hockey would like you to know that he is definitely not bitter.
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📥 The Politics: How many more wake-up calls does the Dutton-led Liberal Party need?
Read “The bold and the delusional”:
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📥 The Politics: Recent events have put Peter Dutton’s Port Arthur comments into stark perspective.
Read “The bad shepherd” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥The Politics: The desperate Opposition wants to reignite last year’s racist moral panic over the release of human beings who have served their time
Read “Indefinite desperation” at the link below:
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📥The Politics: It seems Peter Dutton no longer wants “dirty lefties” to enjoy their weekend.
Read “Flexible logic” at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: As the Dunkley byelection looms, the influence of shady lobby groups such as Advance Australia should be attracting more scrutiny
Read “Advance Australia where?” at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: What kind of democracy stands by as journalists are killed by the dozen?
Read "Bearing witness" at the link below:
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As
@MrDTJames
wrote ahead of the Dunkley vote, Sussan Ley will be remembered "as a shameless, fearmongering extremist, prepared to say anything to appease cookers inside and outside her party."
Sign up to receive Rachel and Daniel's analysis this week at
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📥The Politics: When is the government going to take on the kind of systemic tax reform that literally everyone knows is needed?
Read “Taxing times” at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: The right savages the government’s pick for governor-general, who is exactly the kind of woman they need to win back
Read “Mostyn wanted” by
@rachelrwithers
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Is the nation up to talk about negative gearing?
It’s obvious the Coalition are incapable of partaking in a serious debate about tax. But that’s no reason the rest of the country shouldn’t, especially given the maturity with which voters have handled the Stage Three adjustments.
📥The Politics: Is the nation mature enough for a serious conversation about tax reform?
Read "Let's talk about tax, baby" at the link below:
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Today:
@Sarah__Schwartz
of the
@jewishcouncilAU
on the Coalition's use of Jews as political footballs. Subscribe to the 4pm email:
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📥 The Politics: Coalition Home Affairs spokesperson James Paterson does his best Peter Dutton impression
Read "Dutton’s shadow" at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: As Australian society becomes increasingly polarised by the actions of Israel and Hamas, politicians should be appealing for respectful disagreement. Read “Room for nuance” by Michael Bradley
@marquelawyers
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📥 The Politics: As the Coalition tries to delay the transition to renewables, Sky News rubbishes heat concerns as “soft and woke”
Read “Feeling the heat”:
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📥 The Politics: The battle over ‘truth in political advertising’ laws is heating up
Read “You can handle the truth” by
@MrDTJames
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📥 The Politics: Does the Coalition actually support a two-state solution?
Read “Feud state” by
@rachelrwithers
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📥 The Politics: Is the government really going to deal with a party that has proven itself openly hostile to climate action?
Read “Playing with fire”:
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Today:
@marquelawyers
on Peter Dutton's disregard for international law. Subscribe for the 4pm email:
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📥 The Politics: Our treatment of Indigenous people paints a far more vivid picture of who we are as a nation than Sam Kerr’s late-night run-in with police
Read “Stupid white bastards”:
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📥 The Politics: If amending the Stage Three tax cuts was the ‘right thing to do’, why doesn’t the same go for other abandoned Labor reforms?
Read "False premises " at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: The lack of transparency on defence spending is indefensible when we’re talking about billions of dollars
Read "War, what is it good for?" at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: Crossbenchers unite to pressure the government into action on deaths in custody and child removals
Read “Unfinished business” by
@MrDTJames
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19/02/2024 - SOFT TARGET.
Peter Dutton’s Coalition reignites the time-honoured political tradition of calling Labor soft on borders, while the media joins in the hysterics.
The Opposition has attempted to paint Labor's Asylum Seeker policies as 'soft'.
#ThePoliticsAU
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📥 The Politics: Dutton’s lies on border security are a sign that nothing stands between him and cynical politics – not even stopping the boats
Read "Boarder Insecurity" at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: The leader of the Opposition has drawn the battlelines over big cars, in his small-minded attempt to quash fuel efficiency standard.
Read "Small Dutton energy " at the link below:
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📥The Politics: Parliament backs a call for Julian Assange to be returned home, as the WikiLeaks founder prepares to face a UK court again next week
Read "Very soft diplomacy" at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: The continued rise of Senator Alex Antic signals that divisive politics isn’t going anywhere
Read “Antic’s roadshow” by
@MrDTJames
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📥 The Politics: Labor’s manufacturing plan gives Albanese a new story to tell, while speaking to the old idea of nation-building
Read “Building expectations” by
@MrDTJames
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The Politics is seeking a Managing Editor, as we expand from a weekday newsletter to an independent media outlet.
Get in quick - applications close Friday March 15:
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📥The Politics: After last year’s failed Voice referendum, how will the Albanese government find a way forward in Indigenous affairs?
Read "Never mind the gap" by
@MrDTJames
at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: The housing debate continues today with Greens housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather announcing a new policy. Read “Housing on the Hill”:
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📥 The Politics: The fates of three Australians separately accused of offending the security establishment are being decided in the shadow of AUKUS. Read “AUKUS-trated justice” by
@d_hardaker
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📥 The Politics: Peter Dutton says ASIO has ‘besmirched’ all politicians, as the Coalition uses a national security warning to score political points. Read "The patriot " at the link below:
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📥 The Politics: It seems women’s equality will have to wait a little longer, presumably for the sake of the surplus . Read “Super vs. surplus”:
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Today:
@d_hardaker
on a linguistic marvel recently coined by the head of one multinational: "profit shaming". Subscribe for the 4pm newsletter
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Today:
@d_hardaker
on News Corp boss Michael Miller's hypocrisy in denouncing Big Tech. Read now on our new website:
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Today:
@beneltham
on the enduring need for funding frontline services. Sign up for the 4pm column:
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Today:
@crystal_jane
on the Senate's silence around Hollie Hughes following the outrage around Fatima Payman. Subscribe to the 4pm column:
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In today's newsletter:
@blairpalese
of the Climate Capital Forum on what the Budget means for renewables. Sign up to receive it at 4pm:
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Today:
@jack_toohey
on the budget's lackadaisical approach to a country on fire. Subscribe now to receive the email at 4pm:
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PM already stealing (very average) jokes from The Politics in QT...
We shall fight on the beaches... until it becomes politically inconvenient to do so
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@Aitch_El
@marquelawyers
Agreed! This piece is calling for politicians to be more nuanced in their use of the label anti-Semite, which some use as a way to censure or silence those who criticise or oppose the war. Read the full piece here:
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