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Tribalism trumps policy at News Corp

A News Corp writer endorses the National Front. How many more will follow him?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Ideas, Media, Political issues 4 Comments 17 April 201727 January 2022

Amazing hypocrisy on free speech

A Palestinian activist falls foul of the federal government's highly selective concern for freedom of speech.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Middle East, Political issues 10 Comments 8 April 2017

Western Australia wraps up

Final results from Western Australia confirm the dimensions of Labor's victory. They also show the upper house, for all its undemocratic structure, reflecting the popular vote rather well.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 27 March 2017

An anti-Trump landslide in WA

Western Australia delivers a powerful lesson to centre-right parties about dalliance with extremists.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 2 Comments 13 March 2017

Neo-fascism, here and there: part I

Western Australia will be the first test of One Nation's support since its triumphant return to prominence last year. The Liberal Party appears to have learned nothing, either from the European parallels or from its own experience.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 10 March 201727 January 2022

Another lesson for direct-election republicans

The lesson of Macedonia is another belated vindication of Malcolm Turnbull's position in the 1999 referendum.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 7 March 201727 January 2022

What Bernardi means

Cory Bernardi is an anomaly among Australian conservatives. That may lead to his rapid disappearance, or it may make him uniquely dangerous.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 10 Comments 8 February 201727 January 2022

Australia’s missing conscience

The Australian government baulks at condemning Donald Trump's barbarism, for fear that its own barbarism should be undermined.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 2 February 201727 January 2022

Update on fake news

Three points to make as a supplement to Monday's post on fake news and free speech.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Media, Political issues, United States 1 Comment 13 January 2017

Fake news and free speech

Peter Singer suggests a partial remedy for the "fake news" epidemic, but it raises some deep problems.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Media, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 9 January 201728 January 2022

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