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Trust the Science
As recorded in Hansard, Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau, as he did on so many occasions without ever citing the scientific evidence, stated, “We will continue to trust the science.“ The post Trust the Science first appeared on Dissident Voice.
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Predictable Outcomes: Australia, the National Security Committee, and Invading Iraq
Archivists can be a dull if industrious lot. Christmas crackers are less important than the new year announcement in Canberra, when the National Archives of Australia releases documents like the newborn into the information world. The event is not without irony, given that such documents are often aged and seasoned numbers, whiskered by storage and […]
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When Scott Morrison Met Nemesis
There are few surprises regarding the final episode of Nemesis, the three-part account on how the Australian Liberal Party, in partnership with the dozy Nationals, psychotically and convulsively disembowelled themselves from the time Tony Abbott won office in 2013. Over the muddy gore and violence concluding the tenures of Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull, one plotter […]
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Cannibalism, Conservatives and Lies: Australia’s Nemesis Story
Palace coups have become a seasonal tradition in Australian politics. Between 2007 and 2018, Australia had six prime ministers, four of whom were overthrown by their own parties, the first five never being allowed to complete their first term in office. In contrast, between 1983 and 2007, the country could count on the dry, solid […]
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Rot in the Civil Service: Farewelling Mike Pezzullo
There was no better example of Australia’s politicised public service than its Home Affairs Secretary, Mike Pezzullo. In most other countries, he would have been the ideal conspirator in a coup, a tittletattler in the ranks and bound to brief against those he did not like. Give him a dagger, and he was bound to […]
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A Losing Voice: The Fall of an Indigenous Referendum Measure
Even before October 14, The Voice, or, to describe in full, the Referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, was in dire straits. Referenda proposals are rarely successful in Australia: prior to October 14, 44 referenda had been conducted since the creation of the Commonwealth in 1901. Only eight had passed. […]
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The Fallen
Since the COVID-19 lockdowns several politicians have stepped down, including UK prime minister Boris Johnson, Aotearoa (New Zealand) prime minister Jacinda Ardern, Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon, and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki in Canada. The post The Fallen first appeared on Dissident Voice.
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