The Guardian • Peter Dutton
Peter Dutton continues to abuse the rights of refugees to healthcare
The Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton has once again shown his utter disregard for the health and wellbeing of refugees and asylum seekers.
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Issue #2143
HALF THE SKY
With more than one million votes already cast, the two major parties finally announced policies aimed at combatting the scourge of family and gendered violence....
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Issue #2139
HALF THE SKY
Coalition leader Peter Dutton’s reputation on women’s issues has taken another hit. This time it is for his attack on women employed in the Australian...
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Issue #2135
Trump – and the Coalition’s past and future
Have you ever thought that the landscapes around you look too beautiful? Have you ever thought that your life needs a bit more of that...
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Issue #2146
Solutions to Election Crossword
Guardian 19 May 2025 #2145 Across 4 Workers – who really lost this election 7 Tree Tory – slang for a voter who is conservative but...
Read moreEditorial – Dutton funds favoured, less meritorious projects
One would think that given how big the Morrison government is on ensuring a “fair go for those who have a go” that merit-based programs would be the shining example of this motto in practice. However ...
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Issue #2104
Bushfire survivors call Dutton out
Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA) has spoken out in response to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s statements that the Federal Liberal Party would dump Australia’s...
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Issue #2140
LETTERS
Caravan Con Dear Editor, For weeks the ‘caravan con’ has wracked the NSW Government. A caravan, packed with explosives containing a list of addresses of...
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Issue #2009
New Coalition leaders seek to “soften” image, but their past betrays them
“Peter Dutton has […] a soft heart. Australian voters will be very surprised by the Peter Dutton they will see.” These were the words of...
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Issue #2057
WEASEL WORDS
Certainty Like many other weasel words, certainty is used to ask for things it would be impolite to ask for directly. The gas industry are...
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Issue #2075
Multiculturalism and class
There are two faces of Australian society. There are those who embrace difference and diversity who want to live in peace with their neighbours. That...
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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 #2104
GREEN NOTES
Dr Anshu Banerjee, Director of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing at the World Health Organization (WHO): “While awareness of climate change has...
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Issue #2019
Dodgy Dutton continues “climate war”
With a new Labor government, Australia finally has some concrete plans for climate action (see in this issue Climate Wars). Climate change was a major...
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Issue #2105
Peter Dutton & the nuclear shit show
We watched in horror as Peter Dutton and a whole cavalcade of Coalition ministers rolled out their nuclear nightmare in a blatant attempt to keep...
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Issue #2139
Caption contest!
The Liberal Party obviously heard our plea for cartoons, and did this picture for our caption contest. That, or they decided that a picture of...
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Issue #2105
PEACE NOTES
By the time you read this everybody will have had a gutful of Peter Dutton’s idea of building nuclear reactors around the country while crippling...
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Issue #2125
Can Qld block Dutton’s nuclear power stations?
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton proposes to build either nuclear power plants, or small modular reactors, on retiring coal sites in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia,...
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Issue #2118
Nature’s red alert
Large swathes of Europe, the US, Canada, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Africa, and Kenya are under water or in the process of dealing...
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Issue #2104
DINGO
This week’s target for intervention by US imperialism post-WW2 is Albania 1949-53: US and Britain tried unsuccessfully to overthrow the communist government and install one...
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Issue #2072
GREEN NOTES
Anna Pha Coalition leader Peter Dutton is calling for small modular (nuclear) reactors (SMRs) to replace coal-fired power stations as they are closed. SMRs are...
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Issue #2132
Dutton for sale
The ACTU has criticised billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart for behaving like an oligarch for trying to buy influence over the Coalition’s industrial relations policy....
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Issue #2101
EDITORIAL
Opposition leader Peter Dutton is sticking by nuclear energy for Australia as though it’s a real policy. The idea has been described as “idiotic”, as...
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Issue #2142
CPA Statement on the upcoming federal election
The betrayal of the people by the Albanese Labor government has opened the door for the Coalition to form a minority government with the support...
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Issue #2134
Peter Dutton is super popular
The Murdoch Press and other conservative media outlets have been trying their best to convince Australians that Peter Dutton is all the rage. Anytime a...
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Issue #2139
Meet law-and-order Dutton
Peter Dutton is a Queensland cop. Whatever clothes or title he wears (Minister of Defence, Minister for Home Affairs, currently leader of the Coalition) he...
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Issue #2121
The nefarious history of Peter Dutton
With the coming state election in Queensland, it’s worth a look at Peter Dutton, the first Liberal leader to come from Queensland. If the Liberal-National...
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Issue #2068
Class interest and Voices
One really bad argument against a Yes vote for the Voice to Parliament is that that a small group of Australians – Indigenous people –...
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Issue #2071
Don’t be fooled by elites
Elites are in the news again. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she doesn’t want elites telling her what to do, although since she’s happy to do...
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Issue #2142
What they don’t ask If you’ve been finding the media coverage of this year’s Federal election annoying, you’re not alone. Partly, it’s the major parties...
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Issue #2075
DINGO
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows almost 40 per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds reported experiencing a mental health disorder within the past...
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Issue #2135
CPA Statement on the upcoming federal election
The betrayal of the people by the Albanese labor government has opened the door for the Coalition to form a minority government with the support...
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Issue #2136
DINGO
The Climate Change Authority’s latest report confirms the risks of delaying a clean energy future in favour of nuclear power will lead to higher emissions...
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Issue #2091
EDITORIAL
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has been in the news again. He says we should have nuclear to bolster our efforts to reduce carbon emissions. He’s...
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Issue #2118
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Labor gave up any pretence of being concerned about safety when they signed up to AUKUS.” Peter Dutton, defending his uncosted and indefensible plan to...
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Issue #2140
Coalition’s climate car crash policy
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is set to send another wrecking ball through Australia’s hard-won, climate policies, with reports indicating he plans to destroy the New...
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Issue #2105
EDITORIAL
Do you ever get déjà vu, the feeling that you’ve been through something before? Sometimes, that’s because you have been through it before. So it...
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Issue #2116
DINGO
“Free trade” is pushed by the big corporations because it permits them to undercut domestic manufacturers or growers, to drive them out of business or...
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Issue #2140
DINGO
Temu Trump or Mini Musk? Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been accused of being ‘Temu Trump’ with various attempts to come across as Trump-lite before...
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Issue #2143
Deported for opposing genocide? Welcome to Dutton’s dream Australia
During the election campaign Peter Dutton has told a Sky News reporter that he would be adding antisemitic behaviour to the immigration character test contained...
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Issue #2125
EDITORIAL
Trump’s victory should have Albanese terrified. Harris and the Democrats tried to run an election campaign based on insubstantial rhetoric about the “promise of America.”...
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Issue #2141
They Really Said That: Quotes from the Coalition
Peter Dutton: “The prime minister has been weak and missing in action. That’s why we find ourselves in the position we’re in today.” This was...
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Issue #2143
Against fascism and war
Nationalism and militarism are being promoted on the election campaign trail, with Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton taking every opportunity to be seen with troops...
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Issue #2137
Right to disconnect under threat
How much of your time does your employer pay for? Four hours a day? Six? Eight? There are all sorts of work arrangements, but it’s...
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Issue #2134
EDITORIAL
Division has been in the news again. The idea has been used as an attack line for some time. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton made a...
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Issue #2134
TWO-PARTY POWER GRAB
In a move reflecting the common ground in policies between the government and Coalition, and to sideline the Greens and independents, the Albanese Labor government...
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Issue #2138
Two Australias
How many CEOs, senior executives, politicians or senior government officials have to choose between paying the rent, skipping meals, purchasing medication, cooling their home, or...
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Issue #2141
EDITORIAL
At time of writing, Trump’s imposition of tariffs around the world is getting a lot of attention. The tariffs are having a big effect on...
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Issue #2116
Gaza and the tragedy of lost childhood
The killing in Gaza goes on. The USA and Israel’s allies continue to mouth the same empty words. US secretary of state Antony Blinken says...
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Issue #2145
Albanese does it Dutton’s way
One notable feature of the governments Peter Dutton used to be a member of was the creation of a giant government department for him to...
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Issue #2133
EDITORIAL
Australia will have an election very soon. It could be as early as 12 April. So what’s on offer? As this edition of the Guardian,...
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Issue #2144
CPA CC Statement on the federal election
The Communist Party of Australia welcomes the electoral defeat of Peter Dutton and the Coalition on Saturday 3 May 2025. It is clear the electorate...
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Issue #2145
EDITORIAL
The term ‘mandate’ is always thrown around just after an election. The general rule is that if a party talks about something during the campaign...
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Issue #2144
EDITORIAL
Peter Dutton is history after a catastrophic loss in the federal election. He’s being given some points for being ‘gracious’ in his acceptance speech. The...
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Issue #2144
Labor has no mandate
The Albanese government has no mandate to implement its anti-people agenda. Behind the swing to Labor in terms of seats in the Lower House, the...
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