Three decades ago, Pauline Hanson’s brand of politics was so shocking, aberrant and dangerous that it made the front page of The Washington Post. This week, Australian journalists gave her the softest run any politician has had in recent memory.
One Nation's rising vote has piled pressure on the Coalition for almost a year. The Liberal Party’s support for laws that criminalise criticism of Israel was the final straw.
The terms of reference for the Royal Commission should put aside any doubt: this is an inquiry designed to castigate critics of Israel.
Four days of relentless pressure from an alliance made up of Benjamin Netanyahu, right-wing politicians, and the most senior journalists and editors in the mainstream media, pushed the Prime Minister to do something he clearly never wanted to do.
From the teen social media ban to bail laws and sentencing reforms, commercial radio hosts are basically writing the laws of the country.
Who really wins from Australia's new deal with the US? Hint: It isn't Australian taxpayers.
Six takeaways from the March for Australia and why it should be a wake-up call.
First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * Why the Australian media wants a closer alliance with Donald Trump— By Scott Mitchell * The Good Ones: The best journalism, opinion and entertainment for you to enjoy. One of the
First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * The Age published a factual, accurate story about anti-Israel protests. Then they deleted it — By Osman Faruqi * The Good Ones: The best journalism, opinion and entertainment for you to
Just a week after being reinstated by Creative Australia as Australia's representative to the 2026 Venice Biennale, artist Khaled Sabsabi is under renewed attack from pro-Israel activists and News Corp.
More job cuts at the ABC, the axing of Q&A, the end of The Project, the announcement of a new TV current affairs program, the sale of a leading daily news podcast... and that's just the media news that came after the shooting of multiple Australian
In the past week it feels like there's been a shift in terms of the Australian media's coverage of Gaza. The willingness to constantly defer to the Israeli government and the avoidance of certain language deemed taboo by editors, examples we've highlighted on the
First up, thank you. We launched Lamestream a month ago and we're blown away by the response, support, encouragement, feedback and ideas. Leaving our full-time jobs in the media to try and build something new, exciting and independent always felt daunting, but it feels like we made
The scene is set for maybe Australia's most progressive parliament, but the bad blood between the Labor party and the Greens runs deep and could prevent a progressive agenda really being pursued. Osman Faruqi takes a look at the relationship and whether it can be reset.
One of the trickiest things when it comes to writing about elections is avoiding the temptation to over interpret what the results mean and draw out some kind of broad narrative or reflection on the "state of the nation". Why? Well, we only get a real time pulse-
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