Helen Haines Tragedy Exposes Our Hypocrisy + Which High-Profile Author Crossed a Picket Line?
Australia's media outlets did not cover themselves in glory this week.
Australian Politics
Daily Telegraph Claims Credit For Cancelling Grant to Muslim Media Company
The $300K grant was cancelled by the government this week.
The Far-Right Attacked My Bookshop. Why Did This Country Let Them Get Away With It?
An independent bookstore in Melbourne was targeted by the far-right, showing how aggressive and emboldened they have become.
Inside One Nation's Extreme, AI-Fuelled Campaign Launch
Between threats to jail political opponents, and an AI-generated video montage focused on various racial minorities, One Nation's campaign launch was a disturbing experience in political extremism.
There’s one very simple reason why Australia doesn’t have a Mamdani, and never will
Australian progressives are in denial about where our politics is at.
Labor’s Immigration Cuts Are Incoherent, Fix Nothing, and Will Only Boost Pauline Hanson
We break down the Government's new immigration policy piece by piece. The reasoning, policy details and media messaging don't add up.
Don’t Believe The Hype, Albanese Sided With Big Tech Over Workers and Artists
Anthony Albanese has failed to announce a single policy to address the industrial challenges created by AI, but political journalists believe he's "led" and managed to please everyone.
An Inside Account of Testifying at the Royal Commission as a Pro-Palestine Activist
Yasmine Johnson is a Jewish student who gave evidence at the Royal Commission on behalf of Students for Palestine. In an interview with Lamestream, she explains why she took part and what the process was like.
How the government misread the politics of the budget (and how to fix it)
On the surface, reforming tax breaks for landlord investors should seem like a simple political win. So why is Labor's budget going down poorly?
Unmasking the Lobby That Fought to Block Real Solutions to the Housing Crisis
How the media ran property industry lines, a "chief economist", and blunted a once-in-a-generation chance to fix the housing crisis.
Anti-Journalism: Why the Media Keeps Downplaying Australia’s Role in the War
The myth of Australia’s powerlessness to stop the war hasn’t come from nowhere. It has been deliberately cultivated.
Australia is facing a pandemic-level crisis. Ending the US alliance could actually help
Australia is about to enter a profound economic crisis that could reshape our society. This time, it's because our closest ally started a needless war.
Australia is sending a weapon "fundamental" to winning wars, according to US generals
Australian media reports have downplayed the government's "small contribution" to the war with Iran, but one asset we're sending is a weapon the US doesn't have, and American generals have described it as "fundamental" to winning wars.
Albanese Supported An Illegal War With No Clear Objective or End. It's A Grim New Low
the Albanese government didn’t even know the reason for the war, let alone whether it was unlawful – but they supported it anyway.
Australia's Media Is Doing Everything It Can To Elect One Nation
Much of the media now seem to be doing everything possible to ensure Hanson is seen as a viable, and even preferable, political candidate. And according to the polls, it’s working.
Exclusive: Israeli President to Make Official Australian Parliamentary Visit
The official parliamentary visit has not been made public by either the Australian or Israeli governments.