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Bettina Arndt lays bare Fairfax’s double standard on sex abusers

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Social commentator Bettina Arndt welcomes Fairfax’s gentle approach to reporting on Peter Roebuck but makes a powerful point that they have a history of not being so kind to sex-predators who work outside their organisation.

SEVEN years ago, the Fairfax …

Brit press refers to Tony Abbott’s suggestion US policy is ‘naive and destructive’

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Tony Abbott’s reference to Graham Greene’s ‘The Quiet American’ in his speech welcoming President Obama is being interpreted by the conservative-leaning UK newspaper Telegraph as anti-American gesture….

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Adam Bandt poses for GQ in his Cheryl Kernot boa moment

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If Doctor Adam Bandt PhD (Marx) was any smarmier, he’d be Kyle Sandilands….

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The Hillary Moment – Should Obama stand-aside for Hillary Clinton?

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Two prominent Clintonistas have called for President Obama not to re-contest the presidency and to make way for his Secretary of State and former rival Hillary Clinton:

If President Obama is not willing to seize the moral high ground and …

Liberal party room fury at Nats’ presumption

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The Coalition is usually impressively cohesive despite some big differences between the Liberals and Nationals. Tensions usually arise between country members of the Liberal party room and the Nats, as they are competitors in certain situations. Alby Schultz usually leads …

NSW Liberal party members silenced

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The NSW Liberal party rules provide that “any member who speaks about internal Liberal matters can be suspended or expelled.”

Strange stuff from the party of Menzies.

Indeed, Sir Garfield Barwick’s son Ross is the president of the Pennant Hills …

Bill O’Chee waits 13 years to complain of vote-buying bid

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Former Queensland Nats Senator Bill O’Chee could have been anything but his political career bombed out. He appears to have harboured some resentment about that, after copping a caning for various business and personal entanglements in News Limited publications, he’s …

The Saudis are muscling up against Iran

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The Saudis are muscling up against Iran… “Money is always the Saudis’ biggest resource, and they are planning to spend it more aggressively as a regional power broker — by roughly doubling their armed forces over the next 10 years …

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