The Guardian • Penny Wong
Issue #2045
WEASEL WORDS
(special AUKUS edition) Uncomfortable reading / əˈnkmfərtəbəl ˈrdɪŋ/ A lot of weasel words are an attempt to pre-emptively shield something awful from criticism. If something is...
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Issue #2049
Weasel Words
Hitler (just like) By now, everyone has heard of “Godwin’s law”, an internet saying amounting to this: if you compare someone to Hitler or the...
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Issue #2012
Australia “opposes” US statement on UN report into human rights abuses in Israel and Palestine
Australia has refused to sign a statement, alongside over twenty other countries, released by the US regarding an inquiry into human rights violations in Palestine...
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Issue #2050
Wong’s “reality check” ignores reality
When Penny Wong took over as Foreign Minister from Marise Payne last year, she was surfing the wave of approval that brought the Albanese Labor...
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Issue #2030
West Jerusalem no longer recognised by Australia as Israeli capital
One of the more heinous foreign policy decisions of the former Morrison government has been reversed: Australia no longer recognises West Jerusalem as the capital...
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Issue #2051
Cut-and-paste US world domination
“So today I want to talk to you about how we avert war and maintain peace – and more than that, how we shape a...
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