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Greens staffer throws hand grenade, calls it satire, plus: inside the Greens’ “den of iniquity”. The tax story that has News and Fairfax at war. Israeli news site hoax victim speaks out. Fred Nile prayed for the balance of power (really). Turnbull quits tobacco. Keane: voters want the right kind of reform. And Reclaim Australia’s creepy snail mail.
The Rupert Tax? Keane on Hockey’s tax task ahead. Plus: yesterday’s Senate hearing explained. How Big Iron drank the Kool-Aid -- and why it will cost you. Xenophon closes in on Pyne’s seat. How to defeat Reclaim Australia. Who's making money off Anzac Day? Razer: other reasons to hate Dallas Buyers Club. And a convenient typo from the Oz?
Are Sydney house prices really to blame? Mayne: Nine’s extraordinary attack on Murdoch. Subeditors thin on the ground at the Oz? Rundle: how Greens Derangement Syndrome went viral. Pyne's expensive children. Stilgherrian on the Dallas Buyers Club verdict. Energy white paper winners. And Unimelb tells students: complain to ISIS, not us.
The dirty secret about penalty rate opponents. Dead Diggers on social media – crass or educational? We ask a war historian. “Mangy dog”: David Leyonhjelm couldn’t give a rat’s what you think about his views on women. Fact-checking News Corp’s election coverage. Will Foley cave on poles and wires? Protesters scream tolerance at Melbourne racism rally. Beefed-up security at Parliament House. And meet the Palestinian sperm smugglers.
Keane on super tax concessions. Twiggy's bold plan to save Fortescue. Why Slater and Gordon bought Quindell so cheaply. Rundle: the scourge of the depression confessional. Has SecureDrop been compromised? Razer: Clarkson has irrelevant white guy syndrome. Poll Bludger on Jacqui Lambie’s game plan. NT Labor shoots itself in the foot. And a win for Big Gay.
Why Twiggy’s cartel won’t save Fortescue. A “sleazy crew of chancers”: Rundle on the UK campaign trail. The best and worst of April Fools. Keane unpacks the Harper review. The ABC’s grammar queen gets the axe. John Madigan’s wind problem. Access your own metadata -- at a price. Assange’s dire warning about the TPP. And Razer: in defence of offensive jokes.
Greens candidate “furious” over shafting in the NSW seat of Sydney. Shut up and tell happy stories: SBS staff warned to stop leaking to the media. Keane: how to design a fair tax system. Surprise! Voters want multinationals to pay their due. Why Lisa Pryor is suing Mark Latham. What shutting remote communities will do to Aboriginal art. And the Church of Bang Bang Boogaloo comes to Melbourne.
Treasury rolls over on tax dodgers. News Corp brings Diggers back from the dead. Labor gets a drubbing in NSW, plus: we crash the Greens’ election-night party. Mayne: Slater and Gordon bets the house on UK venture. Is Alan Kohler on the way out? Rundle: farewell to ancient Sanaa. The Guardian’s shady corporate sponsor. And the shocking truth about Tele terror Tim Blair.
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