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Keywords: Auspol

  • CARTOON

    Going with the flow

    • Fiona Katauskas
    • 28 March 2022

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  • CARTOON

    The science is in

    • Fiona Katauskas
    • 22 March 2022
    1 Comment

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  • AUSTRALIA

    The fable of the frog and the federal election

    • Barry Gittins
    • 21 March 2022
    6 Comments

    Like the trusting frog, voters have in the backs of their minds the inkling that when a government achieves power, they lavish time, energy and resources on staying in power. Promises are non-core, or open to interpretation, or de-prioritised as new issues bob up to the surface.

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  • CARTOON

    On the bright side

    • Fiona Katauskas
    • 15 March 2022

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  • AUSTRALIA

    National security elections: Reds under the bed

    • John Warhurst
    • 09 March 2022
    13 Comments

    Domestic policies are often regarded as more important than foreign affairs and defence policies in influencing Australian election campaigns. But national security campaigns by the government of the day, known as either khaki elections or reds under the beds, have such a long history in Australian federal elections that they challenge the conventional wisdom.  

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  • CARTOON

    Silver linings

    • Fiona Katauskas
    • 08 March 2022

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  • CARTOON

    The sound and the fury

    • Fiona Katauskas
    • 22 February 2022
    1 Comment

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  • CARTOON

    Cruel to be kind

    • Fiona Katauskas
    • 15 February 2022

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  • CARTOON

    All care, no responsibility

    • Fiona Katauskas
    • 08 February 2022
    2 Comments

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Rock the boat

    • Cristy Clark
    • 08 February 2022
    22 Comments

    Avoiding discomfort is a privilege only enjoyed by those who benefit from the status quo, and civility policing is fundamentally about protecting both that privilege and the status quo itself. Confronting the reality of injustice in both our past and our present should be uncomfortable, and no one is entitled to immunity.

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  • CARTOON

    Testing times

    • Fiona Katauskas
    • 01 February 2022

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  • AUSTRALIA

    All that is solid melts into air

    • John Falzon
    • 20 January 2022
    7 Comments

    Social security payments were once seen as a means of preventing poverty, not prescribing it. A job was once seen, at least for some, as being not only the best guarantee against poverty but the path to economic security. Now it seems, however, multiple jobs are required to stave off poverty.

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