One Nation’s Secret Harbour Candidate Faces Questions Over Drug Use, Speeding Video and Party Vetting
Luke Herdegen says his troubled past is a story of recovery rather than a reason to reject him. That may be true, but voters are still entitled to ask what One Nation knew before selecting him and whether its law-and-order standards are applied…
Whitewashing history is the political strategy of the Far Right.
A common tactic used by the far or populist right is to sanitise Australia’s past so that modern racism can be repackaged as “common sense,” “protecting our culture” or simply “telling it like it is.” British colonisation becomes peaceful “settlement.”…
They’re Coming for Your Job, Your Home and Your Future How fear-based politics turns women and migrants into convenient scapegoats.
Fear-based politics follows a remarkably predictable script. First, it identifies a group that is becoming more visible, such as women in leadership or migrants in the community. Then it tells people who feel economically or socially insecure that this…
Who Are “The Radical Left”?
“The radical left” is one of those phrases that gets thrown around so often it can start to mean almost anything. Raise the minimum wage? Radical left. Want stronger climate action? Radical left. Think billionaires should pay more tax? Radical left. Ask…