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Ronald Mizen

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Big tech and the attention economy behind venom threatening MPs

Big tech and the attention economy behind venom threatening MPs

Scolding parliamentary theatre and traditional media misses the structural driver: a business model that treats public fury as an extractive resource.

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Forget range anxiety, EV drivers are experiencing ‘rage anxiety’

As EV sales surge and charging infrastructure lags, queue jumpers and long delays threaten to turn range anxiety into rage anxiety.

09.10.2026 20

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Labor’s political speed dating is working ministers to the bone

Some ministers will host more than 40 meetings across the two-and-half day event, which at 15 minutes a pop is 10 hours of listening to lobbyists beg...

24.07.2026 20

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Questions remain about lack of transparency in government FOIs

An official audit of three government departments shows the very system designed to impose transparency on government, is itself opaque.

20.05.2026 50

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Clowns to the left, jokers to the right, Albanese in the middle

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may not be the friend business wanted, but he could be the only reliable friend they’ve got.

09.04.2026 50

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Michelle Rowland stands as a major hurdle to local AI investment

In attracting AI investment, Australia cannot afford to dither, and more specifically, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland cannot afford to dither.

19.02.2026 40

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The war on hate must be fought online

Whether it’s a Labor or Coalition bill that become law, our politicians are fighting a 21st century problem with a 20th century solution.

15.01.2026 50

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Labor’s plan the worst attack on government transparency in decades

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland this week will introduce new laws that will curtail what the public can know about how Canberra operates.

02.09.2025 30

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Barnaby Joyce unwittingly makes case for climate change future fund

Australia is a major emitter through coal and gas exports, so should be making as much money from them as possible now to pay for its consequences...

17.08.2025 40

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Dump the ‘left-field ideas’ and just build a gas reserve, demands AWU

The influential union, a key backer of Jim Chalmers, has long advocated for an east coast gas reserve that would force LNG producers to put away gas...

04.08.2025 30

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