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When trouble strikes, call Jen. But what does she stand for?

Scott Morrison's wife is his most trusted and influential adviser but what skills does she actually bring to the cabinet table?

‘People are learning their history from memes’: an expert’s guide to far-right extremism

Far-right extremism is now as big a threat to the West as al-Qaeda once was, and experts are having trouble keeping track of its mutations.

Facebook’s latest social experiment: drive readers to credible new sources

Time will tell if Facebook's anti-news push will send readers towards real, evidence-based journalism elsewhere, or block a generation from being socialised into news.

The pitfalls of life as a gofer: lessons from those who’ve served their masters

Why would any self-respecting person become a fawning sycophant to a rich and powerful boss? Is a bulging pay cheque a good reason to sell your soul?

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A 2020 incident in which a 14-year old driving a stolen car crashed, killing four teenagers (AAP/Michael Chambers)

Negligence: one rule for politicians, another for the rest of us

Why do politicians get off scot-free when their decisions, or lack of them, have awful and sometimes tragic consequences?

Former staffer Brittany Higgins interviewed on The Project (Image: Channel 10)

How to mishandle a workplace sexual assault scandal

The government's mishandling of the parliamentary sexual assault case has been shocking. And there will be more — and worse — to come.

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Most unemployed people aren’t on the dole — here’s why this is so important

There's a big difference between unemployed Australians and those taking JobSeeker payments, and that distinction could have huge economic impacts this year.

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Does success at controlling the pandemic mean you don’t have one?

John Pilger recently criticised Australia's 'COVID scaremongering in a pandemic-free society'. Did he have a point?

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Atomising and mystifying: why the nebuliser is the perfect symbol of our times

Australia's repeated screw ups, the endemic petty scandals and the lack of vociferous public anger are all interconnected. COVID just blew the mist away.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews (Image: AAP/James Ross)

Nebuliser, schnebuliser. Truth is Dan Andrews has no confidence in contact tracing

It's an open secret that Victoria's check-in process is not up to scratch. Is that why the state is locked down yet again?

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Christian Porter finally abolishes the Family Court. Pauline Hanson – 1. Families – 0

The attorney-general took absolutely no notice of pretty much every expert in the country. But he did listen to Pauline Hanson.

Bridget McKenzie (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

Bridget McKenzie has an impeccable sense of timing — or is it just dumb luck?

Bridget McKenzie's predictably evasive Senate appearance this week was a fitting reminder of all the chaos she wrought last year.

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Why ‘news’ extends so universally in Facebook’s shutdown. Guess who is to blame?

Why is the concept of 'news' at the heart of the stoush with Facebook so broad? Because the two biggest media companies demanded it be like that.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

Why on earth would anyone want to invest in Australia?

For a supposedly pro-investment government, Scott Morrison and his stumblebum team sure have done their best to discourage it.

Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

In both the ADF and in her office Linda Reynolds fails to address abuse allegations

Under the defence minister reports of abuse in the ADF have continued to climb.

Scott Morrison (Image: Tom Red/Private Media)

Indifference, cover-up, smears: the mistreatment of Brittany Higgins is a political crime

The government's response to the alleged rape of one of its staffers has at all times been motivated only by politics, rather than humanity.

‘Oh my god, they’ve done it’: Australia reacts to Facebook killing the news

It was the day the news died — taking many other unrelated pages with it — on Facebook's Australian platform. Here's what Australians said.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (Image: AP)

We are not alone. Why Facebook wants to get out of the news game everywhere

Australia could just be the first theatre in Facebook's play to get out of the news biz.

The empty Facebook page of Australia youth publisher Junkee (Image: supplied)

Australia gets Zucked, leaving news outlets scrambling

Media organisations are frantically trying to figure out what to do now that Facebook has pulled out of news. And it's especially bad for small publishers.