BIZARRE: 2 - What They Never Told You

PM hails ‘very constructive’ meeting – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 14, 2025

View from The Hill: Segal’s antisemitism plan gives government controversy, not clarity

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may be rueing what seemed a good idea at the time – the appointment of a special envoy to combat antisemitism (as well as an envoy to combat Islamophobia).

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2025

Antisemitism envoy denies involvement in major donation by husband’s company to rightwing group Advance

Records show company co-directed by Jillian Segal’s husband donated $50,000 in 2024 to lobby group which campaigned against Albanese and pro-Palestine protests

The Guardian - AU · Jul 14, 2025

Follow the money: the organisations that spent the most on social media during the election

Social media advertising is an increasingly important frontier in election campaigns.

The Conversation · May 20, 2025

Advance director says ‘bed-wetting anonymous Liberals’ trying to blame others after bitter election defeat

Exclusive: Senior Liberal sources question rightwing advocacy group’s impact – and ongoing role – after Labor landslide

The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2025

‘We have destroyed the Greens’: third-party groups spent millions on ads to influence Australian voters. Some claim it worked

Money can buy people’s attention, one campaigner says, and if you ‘slap them in the face enough with a message, it’ll stick’

The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2025

Labor far outspends Coalition and Clive Palmer on Google and Meta ads amid calls for change to blackout laws

Analysis of online ad data shows parties and affiliated groups spent more than $39m for political ads across Facebook, YouTube and Google search since 28 March

The Guardian - AU · May 2, 2025

Hecklers and booers at Anzac Day welcome to country ‘must face the full force of the law’, PM says

Anthony Albanese says disruption of ceremonies in Melbourne and Perth was ‘act of low cowardice on a day when we honour courage and sacrifice’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2025

Supported housing in England on brink of financial crisis, charities warn

Exclusive: More than 150 organisations warn funding cuts could force closures, putting thousands of vulnerable people at risk

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025

Third-party groups targeting teals in key seats swarm pre-poll areas in NSW and Victoria

Third-party group Better Australia has posters and representatives wearing yellow ‘community adviser vests’ at multiple locations in Sydney.

The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2025