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The Mocker amuses himself by calling out poseurs, sneering social commentators, and po-faced officials. He is deeply suspicious of those who seek increased regulation of speech and behaviour. Believing that journalism is dominated by idealists and activists, he likes to provide a realist’s perspective of politics and current affairs.

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CommentaryPolitics

Richard Di Natale, Gillian Triggs and Andrew Bolt.

Onslaught against free speech

Those who obsessively denounce “hate speech” are motivated by egotism and vindictiveness.

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COMMENTARYRugby Union

Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle (right) and an Instagram post supporting Israel Folau.

Rugby is a mugs’ game

Shunning the morally unclean is seemingly as much a secular issue these days as it is a religious one.

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CommentaryCommentary

Cultural cleansing rife at ABC

What we are seeing at The Drum is a gradual removal of all conservative commentary.

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COMMENTARYCommentary

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 09: Israel Folau of the Wallabies runs onto the field during The Rugby Championship match between the Australian Wallabies and the South Africa Springboks at nib Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Much Ado About Nothing

Israel Folau’s determination to be himself is preferable to insincere declarations of virtue.

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commentaryNation

Police move in on animal rights protesters who had blocked the intersections of Flinders and Swanston Street, in Melbourne, Monday, April 8, 2019. Animal rights protesters are slowly being arrested and dragged into police vans after blocking a major Melbourne CBD intersection. (AAP Image/Ellen Smith) NO ARCHIVING

Whine with your tofu?

Vegans believe it’s their right to block traffic and use thuggery to impose their miserable views.

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COMMENTARYPolitics

Stills from episode 2 of Al Jazeera's three-year investigation titled 'How to Sell a Massacre'. They track a trip to Washington DC by James Ashby and Steve Dickson. Rodger Muller was hired by Al Jazeera to escourt the pair whilst he played the part of an Australian gun lobby organisation.

Hanson is right to be angry

Al Jazeera wasn’t a neutral scrutiniser but a player in the political process.

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CommentCommentary

Mirror image ... New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and then-Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd address the United Nations General Assembly in 2018 and 2008 respectively.

She’s no Nobel Prize winner

Jacinda Ardern risks repeating the mistakes of Kevin Rudd, whose love of the world stage came at the cost of abrogating domestic responsibilities.

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The National Alliance for Public Universities holds a public assembly at Sydney University to highlight the depth of opposition within the higher education sector to fee deregulation. Nick Riemer speaks.

Causational goose of the week

Would it be too much to expect the usual postulators to hold off attributing blame for the Christchurch tragedy?

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COMMENTThe Mocker

Greens senators Jordon Steele-John (right), Richard di Natale (bottom left) and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

Sixteen reasons to be wary

Greens senator Jordon Steele-John wants the voting age lowered to 16. But don’t be fooled on the motivations behind his private member’s bill.

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CommentThe Mocker

05/03/2019: Julian Burnside, with Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale, announces himself as the new Greens candidate for Kooyong to run against Josh Frydenberg. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

The Greens’ learned blockhead

High-flying barrister Julian Burnside has work to do in order to convince the great unwashed that he’s not just another pious toff.

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