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Michael Bachelard

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Any doubts of neo-Nazi involvement in the march disappeared when one man rose to speak

Any doubts of neo-Nazi involvement in the march disappeared when one man rose to speak

That Tom Sewell should want to issue a call to arms for these thousands of people to join his group is hardly surprising. What’s surprising is that...

31.08.2025 20

The Age

Michael Bachelard

Rightsizing the reputations of shonks, shysters and war criminals comes at a cost

This latest win is truly a landmark victory for the media, but if history is a guide lawyers will still line up to indulge wealthy clients trying to...

08.08.2025 5

WA Today

Michael Bachelard

Rightsizing the reputations of shonks, shysters and war criminals comes at a cost

This latest win is truly a landmark victory for the media, but if history is a guide lawyers will still line up to indulge wealthy clients trying to...

08.08.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Bachelard

Rightsizing the reputations of shonks, shysters and war criminals comes at a cost

This latest win is truly a landmark victory for the media, but if history is a guide lawyers will still line up to indulge wealthy clients trying to...

08.08.2025 3

The Age

Michael Bachelard

Rightsizing the reputations of shonks, shysters and war criminals comes at a cost

This latest win is truly a landmark victory for the media, but if history is a guide lawyers will still line up to indulge wealthy clients trying to...

08.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Bachelard

‘What’s going on?’: Why the Exclusive Brethren are out in force this election

This is not the first time the secretive sect has involved itself in a federal contest, but that also carries political risks.

02.05.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Bachelard

‘What’s going on?’: Why the Exclusive Brethren are out in force this election

This is not the first time the secretive sect has involved itself in a federal contest, but that also carries political risks.

02.05.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Bachelard

‘What’s going on?’: Why the Exclusive Brethren are out in force this election

This is not the first time the secretive sect has involved itself in a federal contest, but that also carries political risks.

02.05.2025 20

The Age

Michael Bachelard

‘What’s going on?’: Why the Exclusive Brethren are out in force this election

This is not the first time the secretive sect has involved itself in a federal contest, but that also carries political risks.

02.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Bachelard

Transgender medicine review throws an inkblot test at a culture war

Mark Butler’s late-Friday announcement of a review of transgender medicine came apparently out of the blue. Why would a federal health minister, on...

02.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Bachelard

Transgender medicine review throws an inkblot test at a culture war

What was the government thinking when it launched itself into one of the most contested culture war issues of recent years?

01.02.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Bachelard

Transgender medicine review throws an inkblot test at a culture war

What was the government thinking when it launched itself into one of the most contested culture war issues of recent years?

01.02.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Bachelard

Transgender medicine review throws an inkblot test at a culture war

What was the government thinking when it launched itself into one of the most contested culture war issues of recent years?

01.02.2025 10

The Age

Michael Bachelard

Peter Dutton said it was too dangerous to go to this Syrian prison camp. We went there anyway

In October 2019, during Donald Trump’s first presidency, I was sitting in a felafel shop in al-Darbasiyah, a little Syrian town on the border with...

09.12.2024 6

WA Today

Michael Bachelard

Peter Dutton said it was too dangerous to go to this Syrian prison camp. We went there anyway

In October 2019, during Donald Trump’s first presidency, I was sitting in a felafel shop in al-Darbasiyah, a little Syrian town on the border with...

09.12.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Bachelard

Peter Dutton said it was too dangerous to go to this Syrian prison camp. We went there anyway

In October 2019, during Donald Trump’s first presidency, I was sitting in a felafel shop in al-Darbasiyah, a little Syrian town on the border with...

09.12.2024 7

The Age

Michael Bachelard

Peter Dutton said it was too dangerous to go to this Syrian prison camp. We went there anyway

In October 2019, during Donald Trump’s first presidency, I was sitting in a felafel shop in al-Darbasiyah, a little Syrian town on the border with...

09.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Michael Bachelard

Most Australians don’t remember the Bali Nine. Indonesians won’t forget Schapelle Corby

Until last week most Australians had probably forgotten about the existence of the Bali Nine. Since the so-called ringleaders of the heroin...

25.11.2024 10

WA Today

Michael Bachelard

Most Australians don’t remember the Bali Nine. Indonesians won’t forget Schapelle Corby

Until last week most Australians had probably forgotten about the existence of the Bali Nine. Since the so-called ringleaders of the heroin...

25.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Bachelard

Most Australians don’t remember the Bali Nine. Indonesians won’t forget Schapelle Corby

Until last week most Australians had probably forgotten about the existence of the Bali Nine. Since the so-called ringleaders of the heroin...

25.11.2024 4

The Age

Michael Bachelard

Most Australians don’t remember the Bali Nine. Indonesians won’t forget Schapelle Corby

Until last week most Australians had probably forgotten about the existence of the Bali Nine. Since the so-called ringleaders of the heroin...

25.11.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Michael Bachelard