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Australia makes a new bid for dumb protectionism for defence industry

The government's enthusiasm for defence protectionism -- strongly backed by Labor -- isn't just idiotic, it's immoral.

From Mediscare to the TPP, lies create trust-resistant political environment

Our political environment is becoming ever more polluted with lies about major policy issues, undermining already low levels of voter trust.

If the rail workers can't do it, when can we actually strike?

The defusing of Sydney rail-worker's threat to strike has raised once again the question of how free our right to strike really is.

Moody's the latest to expose tax cut deceit

Ratings giant Moody's says Trump's tax cuts will be blown on share buybacks, not investment. Just like CEOs are saying. When will the lies about corporate tax cuts end?

Turnbull needs to take on Trump's Make America Cheap Again silliness

Donald Trump's protectionism is doing real damage to our exporters -- something Malcolm Turnbull needs to raise with the Americans.

The Crikey pocket guide to Australia’s fringe-dwelling far-right groups

Welcome to part two of Crikey's guide to the far right in Australia.

Talking sense on the TPP: Coalition business ally breaks ranks again

Even employer groups want the Productivity Commission to fact-check the government's absurd claims about the benefits of a revived Trans Pacific Partnership.

Hinch's Senate Diary: the Greens have no hope of winning the Australia Day debate. Nor should they.

Senator Derryn Hinch takes on the Change the Date debate in his first Senate Diary of 2018.

Terrorism vs ice: how are we funding the fights against our 'biggest threats'?

News headlines are calling both ice and terrorism as the scourges of our age, but how does funding for these threats stack up?

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton

Tracking transparency: Border Force's record on access and denial

We were delighted to see the intelligence operatives so keen to be open with the press about matters around asylum seekers this morning -- as we see, it has not always been the case.