Trump diplomacy
Value the independent voices in parliament
Andrew Wilkie regrets signing a deal with Julia Gillard when she didn’t follow through with gambling reform and says the independents would be well advised to stay independent.
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Legal action to deny school change is abuse of privilege
I am really shocked that anyone would bother trying to sue a school for going co-ed. What is wrong with people that they feel they have to protect exclusiveness and the exclusion of girls?
Elon Musk ‘not taking the presidency’, says Donald Trump
The prospect of the Tesla billionaire taking over is “not happening”, Donald Trump tells supporters, and says the US could seek to retake control of the Panama Canal.
- by Bill Barrow, Will Weissert, Josh Wingrove and Gergory Korte
Health problems in the US, and the repercussions
Jacqueline Maley’s excellent analysis covers parts of the utterly broken system in the US that Luigi Mangione experienced in a failed healthcare system,
Opinion
Trump's America
He’s Person Of The Year, again! But Trump’s most powerful years are ahead
And Australia can’t be assured that it will escape a rampant re-elected president’s punishments.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Dutton divides the nation, the Indigenous flag unites
Recognising the country’s original owners brings us closer together; to remove the flag divides us. Dutton knows this and is taking a page out of Trump’s playbook.
Before you swallow Dutton’s nukes, look at the evidence
So, Peter Dutton tells us that his nuclear policy will be cheaper than Labor’s renewables policy. I would recommend to readers the Climate Council’s myth-busting article “The seven ways the federal Coalition could cook the books on nuclear costings”.
ABC chair Kim Williams v Joe Rogan: Australia makes its choice
Their spat went global – now the numbers are in.
- by Stephen Brook, Kishor Napier-Raman and Calum Jaspan
Tony Wright’s Column
US Votes 2024
War criminals, creepo dad: The Trump pardons that defy belief
The “prerogative of mercy” was once a matter of life and death, as one of my ancestors discovered. In the time of Donald Trump, it is toxic and corrupted.
- by Tony Wright
Only in Yarra: The socialist mayor accused of taking a Trumpian turn
A Greens attack on Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly has left him more than a bit surprised.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Presidential pardon melds fatherly care and hypocrisy
Perhaps if President Biden had confidence that the administration of justice under incoming President Donald Trump would be fair and rational, he might have felt able to withhold this pardon.
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