@bencjenkins on how The Australian Would Like You To Get Off Its Goddamn Lawn: is this the best summary out there of possibly the most whargarrbl broadsheet editorial ever?
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parties and factions
The most intense hatreds are not between political parties but within them – Phillip Adams, journalist
Media Circus: Shock! Horror! The ABC pays people!
@PrestonTowers lays out the latest GG attempt to stoke up animus against the ABC on AusOpinion.
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Media Circus: It is not illegal to seek asylum edition
Disgusting and shameful, but hardly unexpected from this government.
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Media Circus: Shorten is LOTO edition
Opposition leader Bill Shorten announces Tanya Plibersek as deputy leader, and Penny Wong as Leader of the senate for the Labor party.
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Media Circus: grovelling to the royals edition
Ugh. It’s been so appalling that it’s taken me days to process it sufficiently to write even these few sentences.
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Media Circus: Gleefully Gutting The NBN Edition
First the LNP confirms their downgrade of the NBN to FTTN rather than FTTP, now the entire board of the NBN is offering their resignations (jumping before they’re pushed)?
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Media Circus: Oops 1003 Mislaid Votes in Indi Edition
Well, whodathunkit?
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Election Day 2013! #ausvotes #votebelowtheline
A dedicated thread for election day commentary.
Federal election minus 1 day: last minute Coalition announcements special!
Info on certain last minute Coalition announcements: the now-rescinded opt-out Internet filter and the very much not-rescinded proposal to investigate “increasingly ridiculous research grants” by the Australian Research Council
Federal Election minus 3 days: state surveillance and anti-terror policies
Round 2 of officially caring about party policy: today we go a bit more niche: state surveillance, anti-terror provisions and similar, specifically whether anti-terror is used as an excuse to infringe on civil liberties and political organising.
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