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March 2025

February 2025

Can Labor step out of the small target shadow and become a real government?
With five minutes left on its first term in office, the Albanese government has finally announced something that looks like the kind of policy it was…
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Joel Jenkins
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Unravelling the Chaos: The Unspoken Threat to Australian Social Cohesion
With so much uncharacteristic social tension, and suggestions 'foreign actors' could be involved, some Australians are starting to question what a PsyOp…
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Joel Jenkins
10
First in, worst dressed
The Albanese government didn’t waste a moment, rushing off to Washington in its effort to court the incoming Trump administration.
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Joel Jenkins
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January 2025

Tall Poppies, short tempers, and a changing political landscape
A backlash to a t-shirt, highlights an emerging split in the mainstream political right, and tectonic shifts in the wider political landscape.
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Joel Jenkins
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‘Foreign actors’ involved in antisemitic attacks raise questions about who benefits
After months of social unrest due to unresolved antisemitic attacks in Australia, foreign interference has been blamed for a string of crimes that have…
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Joel Jenkins
10
From TikTok Ban to RedNote Rush: The Unexpected Cultural Exchange Between US and China
A fierce online censorship battle in the US reveals a deepening divide between unreasonable power and an awakened public.
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Joel Jenkins
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Mending relationships beyond the pale
Federal Attorney General is going to Israel, fifteen months into a genocide. Not to demand a ceasefire, but to ask for forgiveness.
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Joel Jenkins
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December 2024

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