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Quote of the Day: Union leader shocked criminals involved in labour racket

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In an entertaining, if unintended, contribution to the field of irony, union leader Joan Doyle expresses alarm that an "alleged criminal outfit" may be "supplying labour." WE are shocked Joan, shocked indeed - mainly at...

XYZ Viewer Poll: Only 3% of booers are racist.

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In the latest XYZ Viewer Poll, 1287 votes were cast in a survey that confirmed once and for all that only a tiny minority of people who boo Adam Goodes are racist. When asked "Why...

XYZ Viewer Poll: Which deceased historical figure should replace Bronwyn Bishop?

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Following the surprising suggestion from the ABC to go to academic Scott Burchill as to who ought to replace Brownyn Bishop in the Speaker's Chair, readers are invited to nominate their pick, taking the...

Comrade Ludlam protests on the public purse

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So this is what happens when a professional protester and student activist who has never grown up gets elected to parliament. No more riding a rusty two wheeler to the barricades for Comrade Scott, or...

Attempting to revive the Aussie car industry

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I have been a petrol head for as long as I can remember, and a keen supporter of Australia's automotive industry. Go Ford! Boo Holden! (sorry, I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say that anymore...) Ahem. Anyway, in a...

Ayatolla’s new book: Bringing the ‘peace’ of Islam to Israel and the West

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President Barack Obama's new best friend, supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has just launched a new book that all of us should find interesting. The book is called "Palestine", and is, as the...

Refugee advocates racist toward Nauru

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The Empire strikes back! Well, Nauru anyway. Sick of being bullied by national broadcasters with budgets several times the size of its Gross Domestic Product, the President of Naura, the wonderfully named Baron...

Nova Peris: Abbott should sack Andrew Bolt

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This is the kind of Australia Labor Senator Nova Peris wants: One in which the Prime Minister can pick up a phone and demand that a journalist be sacked. In this case, Senator Peris was...

Arthur, arise!

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In the spirit of justice for first peoples, XYZ draws attention to the plight of the indigenous people of the then obscure island described in this article by National Geographic who were subject to a...

When science and politics diverge

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Last night, we were treated to a remarkably interesting episode of the ABC's Q&A. Regardless of whether or not the science episode is part of the ABC legitimising keeping Q&A out of the news department, the...