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Rundle: Barnaby and the Nats stuck between a mine and a hard place

Rundle: Barnaby and the Nats stuck between a mine and a hard place

As Barnaby Joyce follows his ambitions, the Nationals are going to have to start paying attention to rural voters, not mining interests — or go the way of the dodo themselves.

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David Bowie is not your agile disruptor

David Bowie is not your agile disruptor

Bowie wasn’t exceptional because he moved fast with the times; quite the opposite.

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The more things change: Hawke-era political debates we are still having today

The more things change: Hawke-era political debates we are still having today

From stopping the boats to a second Sydney airport, the issues being debated by the Hawke cabinet could have come from today’s headlines.

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The ABC is already more commercial than you think

The ABC is already more commercial than you think

Last financial year, the ABC made more than 15% of its total revenues from commercial activities.

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Tips and rumours

David Irvine’s role revealed … money for nothing … Bruce Billson’s return? …

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Poll Bludger: WA Libs out of money, out of votes

Labor has opened up a convincing lead in Western Australia’s polling.

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Media briefs: Fair Work upholds ‘Hunger Games’ redundancy … Briggs complaint to Press Council … farewell, Starman …

The Jamie Briggs scandal has resulted in a complaint to the Press Council. And other media tidbits of the day.

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Mayne: how to fix the public company AGM

In theory, it’s simple. In practice, not so much.

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Deeds, not words: women see through Defence’s culture-change fakers

A troubling report shows abuse is still a long way from over in Australia’s defence forces.

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Australian allies of Turkish cleric may have to choose sides

Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen has a lot of support in Australia, but as tensions heat up with the Turkish government, those supporters may have to choose sides.

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How the NT justice system is failing Aboriginal children

Children in NT detention centres, 96% of whom are Aboriginal, are being held in solitary confinement, gassed and spit hooded, Darwin-based barrister John B. Lawrence SC reports.

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Business bites: $20 a barrel oil? … coal roils … Swiss turmoil …

Could oil be headed for under US$20 a barrel? Plus other business tidbits of the day.

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DECODER

WHAT WAS SAID:

"I’ve had shadow portfolios, been leader in the Senate, deputy leader of the party, been a successful minister. That’s what counts."

"Come on guys, I've served my apprenticeship."

Barnaby Joyce
Election Deciders
The Power Index profiles the influential insiders, flacks and tabloid hacks.
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The campaign directors
1
The strategists
2
The spinners
3
The unionists
4
The lobbyists
5
The ad creatives
6
The money bags
7
The TV directors
8
The tabloid editors
9