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Five warning signs that your so-called ‘strategic partner’ is a bad match.
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Bit dodgy innit wot, Phil?When Mr Plod goes looking for suspects in the matter of this or that instance of dodgy shenanigans, one of the first things he might ask himself…
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Rupert Murdoch loves making money. Rupert Murdoch hates paying tax. That’s all you need to know if you’re trying to unpack those reports that the Murdo…
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If you’re looking to get a bet on to pick the date of the next federal election, put your money on it being earlier rather than later. Because nothing …
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Joshy died with my felafel in his hand. We found him on a bean bag floating in the pool out the back of the Lodge, half of my felafel halfway down his …
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The graveyard of empires is not all razor-backed mountains and howling wasteland. There are hidden gardens and lush valleys between the arid Afghan hei…
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All bullshitters are liars, but very few liars are bullshitters. In Scott Morrisson it’s possible we find a rare, possibly unique example of a perverse…
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Centrelink orders jobkeeper recipients to pay back $32m - mostly to pay for Gerry Harvey.Also from the Graun: The federal government has sent more than 11,000 people Centrelink debt letters worth a total of $32m claiming they were ov…
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Sky News takes a dump on the carpet. Tries to hide turd under a throw rug.The darkly funny thing abut this is that they’re killing their own viewers. All nine of them. From the Graun today: Sky News Australia has quiet…
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Guest opinion by Senator Matt 'Sooty' Canavan.
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Lockdown, mortality, and imaging artefacts. (Updater).Hey, it’s me, JB, again. I had such a strong reaction to this piece that I decided to set it free and send it out to the whole list. A lot of re…
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Lockdown, mortality and imaging artefactsA few weeks into this sprawling mess of a half-national lockdown, I imagined that I was going to die. I was in a doctor’s office, talking to a r…
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