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Residents in a Greater Western Sydney suburb are left feeling hopeless after a Commonwealth Bank branch plans to shut at the end of the month without consulting the public. Every day, residents, small business owners and families walk into the Doonside Commonwealth Bank branch in Greater Western Sydney, which has been serving the community for close to 60 years for their banking services. picture : A current affair / Channel 9

CBA bullies need to scrap their Bureau for Gouging

Tip to granny: move your funds into your eight-year-old grandson’s account. That’ll beat these ComBank bullies, writes Tim Blair.

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Wild words from ABC’s angry man of yesterday

The ABC boss is usually sold to the Australian public as a worldly sophisticate. But in seeking to diminish US podcaster Joe Rogan he sounds provincial and slight, writes Tim Blair.

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Australia Day national public holiday January 26. Woman on beach wearing patrotic items of clothing bearing the Australian flag and she is also waving a small Australian flag and holding a drink in a cooler

How to beat the Australia Day pub celebration ban

A pub and bar group has declared no-fun Sunday and Monday on the Australia Day long weekend, but Tim Blair has some handy tips to get around the fun police.

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1970s copy photo of TV personality Darrell Eastlake with his Leyland P76 car, which he races, and bikini-clad admirers (location not known).

EVs are just the Leyland P76 of our sad new era

We gave EVs a go, especially Teslas, which for many drivers served more as yacht-like status indicators than as means of transport, but they’re not for most writes Tim Blair.

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How welcome to country became Australia’s worst cultural export

Instead of importing pointless embarrassment, we’re proudly and successfully exporting it. Americans are now participating in Australian-style ‘welcome to country’ ceremonies, writes Tim Blair.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - AUGUST 17, 2023.Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen speaks at the 49th ALP National Conference 2023 in Brisbane. Picture: Dan Peled / NCA NewsWire

Chris Bowen: The great recycler of words, and energy claims

If renewable energy is the cheapest form of energy – cheaper than coal, apparently – our bills should be substantially lower, writes Tim Blair.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 01: Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd greets Federal Opposition leader Anthony Albanese during the Labor Party election campaign launch at Optus Stadium on May 01, 2022 in Perth, Australia. The Australian election will be held on May 21, 2022. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

Rudd’s situation is untenable, he’s no-one to blame but himself

His arrogance led him to dismiss Donald Trump in the crudest terms but our Kevin happens not to be the greatest healer himself, as anyone who endured his time as Labor leader and PM will recall, writes Tim Blair.

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Albo should be scared: We need to join Trump’s ride

To hell with the scolds and the wimps, the haters and the losers. Donald Trump has changed the way politics works, writes Tim Blair.

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Study our handy bluffing guide and youâll soon be sounding like a complete expert on all matters relating to the 2024 US?election â just like your columnist, shown here in a recent accurate illustration. Picture: ChatGPT

Blair: How to bluff your way through the US election

Study Tim Blair’s handy bluffing guide and you’ll soon be sounding like a complete expert on all matters relating to the 2024 US election.

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Frantically fearful anti-Trumpers putting on quite the freak show

Much of the anti-Trump rhetoric being thrown about reads like a 1950s horror movie poster, but rather falling for this terrifying nightmare, observers should just sit back and enjoy the show, writes Tim Blair.

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