We decide who comes to town
In some circles, nature-loving sharks are more welcome visitors than neoliberal people.
Cutandpaste
Handling firearm metaphors tricky
Meanwhile, real activism means facing the power structures in the back of a paddy wagon
Leadership denial is up there
*Except when it does; perhaps Cut & Paste needs to make a little bet with Barry O’Farrell.
The tale of the tape
The Human Rights Commissioner finds herself once again in another fine mess.
Gone with the windfarm
Turbine settings meant they were first to go when the going got tough on September 28s.
Free speech for me, not for thee
Attack on press freedoms by government bodies still met with surprising nonchalance
Gillian’s island on human rights
Plus: Fairfax Media wants its US readership to know where it stands on Trump
One person’s multi-award doodler
Tolerance takes a new shape in Adelaide, while Labor and the Greens hold hands in the ACT.
Never mind The Donald
Anyone can criticise Trump; it surely takes a braver soul to try seek out his silver lining
High five, Clementine
Plus: Russian Foreign Minister and the NSW parliament one-up each other on Trump.
Perils of policy on social media
Bill Shorten and the Australian Christian Lobby in lockstep over marriage plebiscite.
Baird’s racing ban backdown
The crusade by ABC Four Corners’ Caro Meldrum-Hanna comes to nought with backflip
Coal whiner’s slaughter
Plus: Will the next president of the United States of America be a silverback gorilla?
Simpler to give Rudd UN job
Meanwhile, being a republican doesn’t mean you can’t hobnob with Europe’s crowned heads.
Rebecca Wilson’s memory defended
Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm roundly condemned for attack on sports journalist.
Don’t wake us when it’s over
Renewables backers double down in the blame game over statewide blackout.
Fairfax keeps pushing for spill
Bias, burkas, and you don’t need an energy regulator to know which way the wind blows.
Poll that grabs your attention
Meanwhile, the antics of our animal friends never fail to delight and divert everybody.
Prepared to back Clementine Ford
Plus, heavy storms are the fault of global warming, according to the Greens’ leading light.
Rudd’s UN job may not be cactus
Buttering up Vladimir Putin could be one way for a faded prime minister to get ahead.
Election vows can be blown away
All those lovely wind turbines are enough to make a state premier’s chest swell with pride.
Howard haters emerge again
No shortage of confected outrage as a degree of ‘scandal’ engulfs academe.
Hillary is smug, while Donald lies
There’s little agreement on the US election but lines are drawn in the great shark debate.
Apex predators rule the seas
What would Sea Shepherd say if the megalodon still topped the ocean’s food chain?
Recycling used news material
Meanwhile, our grand final football thoughts turn to Australia’s 27th prime minister.
All roads lead to perdition
Meanwhile, the Guardian opts for a cheery examination of inner bits and pieces.
On the plus side for Labor
The new ALP national secretary has also shown he’s willing to listen to journalists.
Do we have to talk about Kevin?
Kevin Rudd has a spray about not getting backing from the Turnbull government for the UN scretary-general gig.
Spirit of tolerance erupts
But as is always the case, some intolerances are more intolerable than others.
Probe looms for Amy and Ashleigh
Plus: Banging the Drum slowly (and quietly) at the ABC, and terrorism remains an “irritant”
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