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NATION: Neither budget mania nor Macron mania divert the Coalition’s war on the poor

First published May 9 Australia is seized by budget mania. Abuzz. Agog. But after weeks of frenzied expectation, leaks and speculation, relief...

Trump withdraws from the Iran deal …

*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner • news.com.au: Trump pulls US out of Iran nuclear deal in major blow...

Budget 2018: ‘Nice for some … but a good Budget …

*Pic: First Dog on the Moon’s Budget 2018 HERE … would be more than some election sweeteners … The Federal Budget is...

After Afrîn: the Ottoman dreaming of Sultan Erdoğan

First published May 6 On March 18, Turkish troops supported by a 10,000-strong horde of Islamist militiamen stormed into the city of...

The Mercury … and energy

The Mercury – which bills itself as the Voice of Tasmania – seems to have left its tongue somewhere in NSW or...

The Talented Mr Michael Ferguson: Onward Christian Soldiers

First published May 3 In his election pamphlet Michael Ferguson made his usual claim for “Christian” values and moral “integrity” before the...

‘Cuts to Federal Environmental staff will see the extinction of Tasmanian species’

*Pic: Grey Goshawk. All Pics are ©Eric Woehler, BirdLife Tasmania. Wedge-tailed Eagle. Swift Parrot Black-browed Albatross The proposed cuts of 30% of...

Climate Change – Teller told us so!

*Pic: Physicist Edward Teller pointing at a formula on a blackboard on 22 May 1968. Photograph: STF/AFP In 1959 Hungarian born Physicist...

Will the Honourable Snivelling Grub …

First Day … May …

*Pic: The striking iridescent blue of the Mycena interrupta Tarkine Fungi: Now is the moment to get amidst it all! Celebrate the...