Pretend Australia Day patriotism is a scoundrel’s refuge. Here’s a solution
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Peter Dutton

Pretend Australia Day patriotism is a scoundrel’s refuge. Here’s a solution

The famous Samuel Johnson quote is not always expressed as it was intended,but there’s wisdom in it.

  • byTony Wright

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Labor’s light-bulb moment to ease the cost-of-living crisis

Labor’s light-bulb moment to ease the cost-of-living crisis

After the rejection of the Voice at the October referendum,Albanese needs a sharper focus on the domestic agenda. That means one thing:help for households.

  • byDavid Crowe
Woolworths to fly Indigenous flags despite Coalition boycott call

Woolworths to fly Indigenous flags despite Coalition boycott call

The company confirmed it would fly the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags alongside the Australian flag at some of its offices,but said this did not mean putting them at its 1400 stores.

  • byDavid Crowe
If we needed yet another reason to cancel Australia Day,here it is

If we needed yet another reason to cancel Australia Day,here it is

The Rum Rebellion on January 26 was our own day of shame,but instead it’s treated as something of a fun landmark in a colourfully boisterous history.

  • bySue Williams
First Nations at heart of day to transcend national divisions

First Nations at heart of day to transcend national divisions

The program for Sydney’s Australia Day commemorations was announced on Wednesday,with organisers saying “it honours the strength and resilience of our First Nations people”.

  • byJada Susas
Man charged over Woolies graffiti in upmarket Brisbane suburb

Man charged over Woolies graffiti in upmarket Brisbane suburb

Police will allege the man set off a flare at the Metro store on Commercial Road in Teneriffe about 5am on Monday,causing the fire alarm to be activated.

  • byCloe Read
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Woolies in upmarket Brisbane suburb graffitied after boycott call
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Woolies in upmarket Brisbane suburb graffitied after boycott call

Vandals hit the store before opening time on Monday morning,painting “5 days 26 Jan Aussie Oi Oi Woolies f--- u”.

  • byKat Wong
The Sydney council that’s stepping in to offer Australia Day paraphernalia

The Sydney council that’s stepping in to offer Australia Day paraphernalia

Local councils across the country are grappling with how to mark the day appropriately.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Dutton’s contortionist act:Cancel culture and market intervention
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Peter Dutton

Dutton’s contortionist act:Cancel culture and market intervention

Peter Dutton rolls out his new divide and conquer act,this time using Woolworths and ditching all that came before.

  • byTony Wright
Dutton’s Woolies-bashing an own goal

Dutton’s Woolies-bashing an own goal

Dutton is more exercised about the necessity of Australia Day paraphernalia than the crippling costs of our staple foods. Talk about the triumph of symbols over substance

Dutton’s Woolworths boycott a bizarrely illiberal ploy for a Liberal leader
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Supermarkets

Dutton’s Woolworths boycott a bizarrely illiberal ploy for a Liberal leader

Peter Dutton’s call for Australians to boycott Woolworths following the supermarket chain decision to stop stocking Australia Day merchandise is an unprecedented and bizarre moment that undermines a fundamental tenet of his own side of politics.

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