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Fear rather than respect: the secret behind Alan Jones’s decades-long grip on power

Chris Masters, the author of bestselling biography Jonestown, says the broadcaster’s ‘evangelical following’ and bully pulpit allowed him to manipulate power and have ‘princes and premiers bowing before him’

The Guardian - AU

Alan Jones once seemed unassailable. What ended it was a peculiarly Sydney story of media, politics and power

For decades it seemed Alan Jones was unassailable.

The Conversation

Private health insurance is a dud. That’s why a majority of Australians don’t have it

The private insurers are reportedly seeking a 5-6% premium rise next year. That’s rich – especially when you consider 65% of policies don’t cover everything

The Guardian - AU

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The Hindmarsh Island bridge case is being deliberately misremembered in a new fight over the Blayney goldmine

Twenty-three years after the federal court found there was no reason to think ‘secret women’s business’ was a lie, the claim that it was is still being used to discredit what Aboriginal people say about their culture

The Guardian - AU

Disunity is death but Liberals remain in pole position

State and territory Liberals have endured a week of unrest and agitation but things are still looking up for the party on several electoral fronts.

AAP

Bill Humphreys out to prove three world championships across 50 years a worthy challenge at 80 years old

US rider out to defeat single Belgian in men's 80-84 division at Gravel World Championships

Cycling News

We would all be adrift without migration

Letters and Short Takes, September 25, 2024

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Albanese urged to ditch Howard-era native forest logging exemptions

Exclusive: independent MPs and Lidia Thorpe tell PM that environment law reforms under negotiation must remove exemptions for native forest logging

The Guardian - AU

NSW nurses and midwives announce strike – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Democratic cycle returns city to time-honoured tradition

Independent will in Newcastle forces council leadership change

Newcastle Herald

'Not happy, Andrew!': Barr lookalike revealed in Libs ad

The party has riffed on a popular Australian advertisement.

The Canberra Times

Australia helped bring peace to Timor-Leste – but that doesn’t absolve it of a long appeasement of Indonesia

The Howard government promoted itself 25 years ago as the people’s champion while at the same time affording Jakarta diplomatic cover for militia violence

The Guardian - AU

Senate committee told foreign student cap would ‘gut’ private education sector – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

John Howard ‘left of Albanese’ on gambling reform, Costello declares as Labor ditches watchdog

Chief advocate of the Alliance for Gambling Reform says government failed to deliver the late Peta Murphy’s three most important recommendations

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Sirius House losing its 'controversial' moniker in a private renaming ceremony

APS office is getting its new name, but the public is not invited.

The Conversation

NT election: promises for Indigenous people buckle under history’s weight

First Nations people please be advised this article speaks of racially discriminating moments in history, including the distress and death of First Nations people.

AAP

NT intervention 'totally justified', former PM says

Former prime minister John Howard has defended the NT intervention after the territory's police chief apologised to Indigenous people over the force's actions.

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Calls For Historic Bans On Gambling Ads Are Growing — Here’s What The Government Is Doing

The Labor Government is facing calls to ban all gambling ads in the country, and will propose a policy soon. Here's what you need to know.

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Pressure builds for gambling ad ban

As Australians continue to lose more to gambling than any other country in the world, pressure is mounting on both sides of politics to reform the sector.

The Guardian - AU

John Howard, Malcolm Turnbull and former premiers join call for ban on gambling ads

Former political leaders and prominent Australians sign open letter demanding action from Albanese government

The Canberra Times

Health to rename Sirius Building following staff concerns

The change will take effect next month.

The Conversation

Compulsory voting in Australia is 100 years old. We should celebrate how special it makes our democracy

For nearly 200 years, the notion of American political exceptionalism has had currency in the United States: it is an idea rooted in the nation’s status as the first modern republic. As we watch from afar, disturbed yet mesmerised by the latest chapter of violent political division in America, the…

The Guardian - UK

Mary and the Rabbit Dream by Noémi Kiss-Deáki review – an 18th-century hoax

The remarkable story of how, in 1726, the medical establishment believed that a poor woman had given birth to rabbits

The Guardian - AU

Artwork featuring Christ overlaid with Looney Tunes characters removed by Sydney council after threats of violence

Online protest claimed the work mocked the Christian religion and Liverpool mayor Ned Mannoun called for it to be taken down

Newcastle Herald

Have nearly two weeks of Hunter coal protests won any hearts or minds?

'They do not have the majority support of the public'

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