The cashed-up United Australia Party ran in every seat听but only won 4.12% of the vote. Peter Boyle argues that it is the rise of the climate听movement that holds the real promise to prevent right-populism from rising to US levels of support.
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Among protesters the meaning of the panacea slogan 鈥渇reedom鈥澨齣s diverse. Stuart Rees argues that听reasoning and听persuasion听are needed to combat the pandemic of intolerant dogma.
As the rich and powerful have always done, Clive Palmer is boasting he will spend听$100听million on听influencing the outcome of the federal election. Peter Boyle reports.
About 10,000 anti-vaccination protesters from around the country converged on Parliament House on February 12. Kerry Smith reports.
Given the shit show from government in response to the pandemic, it鈥檚 little wonder the far right is trying to听capitalise on the widespread and growing听 discontent. Felix Dance听argues that听workers, those who have kept people safe over the last two years, have听to take a lead.
The bizarreness of Australian politics was summed up in multi-millionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer鈥檚 election advertisement accusing Labor of 鈥渟upporting the big end of town鈥. He's right, though he is in no position to point the finger, writes Carlo Sands.