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Quote of the Day, 10/6/2015.

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Wednesday's Quote of the Day belongs to the Australian Treasurer, Joe Hockey. The XYZ is quoting his full response to two questions from a...

Australian aid and the radicalisation of Aceh

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Following the devastating 2004 Boxing Day tsunami which killed more than 170,000 alone in Aceh province, the Australian Government pledged $1 billion towards the...

Quote of the Day 9/6/2015

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Tuesday's Quote of the Day comes from an avid poster: "Capitalist parasite filth sit on their arses and do nothing." It is as though someone has...

Feminists will forgive terrorists, but not Pastor Mark Driscoll

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Controversy was sparked last week when Hillsong church announced that it was inviting the controversial American pastor Mark Driscoll to Australia to participate in...

Dogged Dees Go Down: Courage and Character in football

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Yesterday I watched my beloved Dees battle hard against a quality Collingwood side. For most of the match it was a riveting contest, with...

Breaking News: If you alter the data, it is back on message.

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Big climate news was trumpeted last week, with reports that the Global Warming Pause, which at first did not exist, then did exist but...

Quote of the Day, 8/6/2015: Cracking the ton!

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Today's Quote of the Day comes from an unnamed XYZ contributor: "Watching 'likes' for The XYZ is like watching Michael Clarke accumulate runs when you're...

Conservative men physically stronger

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Over many years, the argument has been put forward that progressives are more intelligent than conservatives. In fact, popular culture assumes that conservatives have...

Weekend Arts: Every artist in Australia knows that public funding of the arts is...

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The government can save billions of dollars in subsidies, grants, awards, and let's face it, welfare payments, by removing all funding for The Arts...

Weekend Arts: Ideological art

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Here is a brief article on the nature of modern art, and an attempt at an explanation as to how it manages not to...