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Issue #2027
WEASEL WORDS
CONTROVERSIAL /ˌkɒn.trəˈvɜː.ʃəl/ You can probably guess the weaselly use of this word. Controversial and controversy are easy to use weaslishly because they’re so open-ended. Strictly...
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Issue #2032
No nuclear dump rally ñ Port Augusta, SA
All marchers entered Gladstone Square through the smoking ceremony. The welcome to country was given by Barngala elder, Dave, assisted by his grandson. He expressed...
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Issue #2000
The necessity of independent media in Australia
Racism, sexism, homophobia, irresponsible anti-science reporting, war mongering, and narrow political discourse are rife in Australian mainstream media, with a dominant Murdoch press that continues...
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Issue #2013
The systemic failure of child protection services
CONTENT WARNING: Sexual assault, racial victimisation, child abuse, and suicide, involving minors. An investigation conducted by the ABC has found that a staggering number of...
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Issue #2051
Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe
I want to like it. I like almost everything they do. I was really looking forward to it. I like a bit of it I’m...
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Issue #1995
ABC cuts need to stop
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has been a federal budget target for the Coalition since it first returned to office in 2013. Since that time,...
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Issue #2040
DINGO
“Exhausted,” “struggling to cope,” “let down,” “dangerous,” and “overwhelmed” is how nurses have described working conditions at the prestigious St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Darlinghurst...
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Issue #2022
Robotdebt royal commission announced
Last month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially called a royal commission into the unlawful debt recovery scheme known as “Robodebt.” The Albanese government has selected...
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Issue #2046
The fight against public service austerity
No matter how much employers want workers to understand otherwise, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boom period for capital. Finance capital, represented most obviously...
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Issue #2009
Feet on the ground
After nine years of corrupt, anti-people, climate deniers in office, the newly elected Albanese Labor government faces many challenges. Expectations of real change are high,...
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Issue #2015
Save our ABC!
2022 is the ABC’s 90th anniversary; however, for many, it won’t be one to celebrate. The ABC stated last month – the month of its...
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Issue #2044
DINGO
ABC journalists have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action as they push for a fair deal from management. Close to 90 per cent...
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Issue #2039
Creeping encroachment on press freedom
The Labor government has announced that it will hold a national roundtable with media organisations and “key stake holders” to discuss press freedom reform. The...
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Issue #2046
Queensland police to compile information on socialists, Marxists
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is enlarging and strengthening reporting on individuals with “extremist” views and beliefs as a result of the December 2022 killings...
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Issue #2047
DINGO
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) members at the ABC have secured big wins after reaching agreement with management for their new EBA. The deal...
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Issue #2040
Balloons
Anyone who wants a pleasant song to sing with children should look up the 2002 They Might Be Giants’ song “Where do they make Balloons?,”...
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Issue #2058
Fill up the ABC tank!
There is not a lot left in the tank at the our national broadcaster, either financially or morally. Financially, the Albanese government has not reversed...
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