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Government expands discount scheme to encourage larger businesses to install rooftop solar
The Albanese government will expand the scheme which provides incentives to households and businesses to install rooftop solar.
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Oil shortages escalate from wars in Iran and Ukraine, with few signs of relief
Cooking gas and diesel fuel are among the oil products whose supply levels have been affected already. Here’s why to expect long-term shortages.
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Caitlin Johnstone: All mainstream Western institutions view Palestinian lives as worthless
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The BBC recently interviewed an Israeli settler who said that all the Palestinians in four surrounding villages should be exterminated to avenge an Israeli who was killed while terrorising a Palestinian village last month, adding that just a single Jewish life is worth 10 million Palestinian lives. “I think now after
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Count Binface: why Britain’s ‘joke’ election candidates deserve to be taken seriously
Satirical candidates are part of a longstanding tradition in British politics.
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Loneliness may damage health in ways isolation does not – new study
Research suggests loneliness and depression can reinforce each other, while social isolation has a more limited effect.
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Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker’s ‘double standards’
By Lillian Hanly of RNZ The New Zealand Greens co-leader has been kicked out of the House, after challenging what she called the Speaker’s “double standards”. Chlöe Swarbrick says there is a specific issue with the Speaker’s treatment of the Green Party compared to the “Right Honourable Winston Peters”. The opposition used Question Time on
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‘I am now legally censored from even talking about being censored’ – Martyn ‘Bomber’ Bradbury
EDITORIAL: By Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury, editor and publisher of The Daily Blog Media Insider: Complainant wants apology and blog posts permanently removed; blogger Martyn Bradbury says he’s fighting for ‘free speech’ “Blogger Martyn Bradbury says he’s prepared to go to jail on the principle of free speech, as an interim court decision reveals a complainant’s
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Are summer holidays good for children? It’s time researchers asked them
Children have a right to leisure.
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Gagged NZ editor’s ‘free speech’ case adjourned as judge warns Daily Blog over ‘contempt’ risk
Pacific Media Watch Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury’s gagging case has been adjourned until next week, with the judge warning today that latest posts defending “free speech” might be risking contempt of court. Bradbury’s TDB article yesterday claiming that he “faced 6 months imprisonment or a $5000 fine to censor 4 blogs”
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Two Victorian polls have the Coalition leading Labor, with One Nation down
In the immediate aftermath of Labor’s leadership spill, new polls bring better news for the struggling Coalition.
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Companies may find it easier to join the ASX if these rule changes go ahead
Right now, you can’t advertise a stock market debut before filing a prospectus. Could loosening this rule give shrinking public markets a boost?
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Media and political complacency is letting Pauline Hanson re-write the rules on accountability
The media have the power to make Hanson’s tyrannical attitudes and behaviour a central issue, and their failure to use this power has only emboldened her.