Racism, the ‘No’ campaign and the Americanisation of Australian politics
There may be some Coalition politicians and Murdoch employees who are motivated by genuine racism to oppose the Voice to Parliament. Some might believe First […]
Articles by Lucy Hamilton
Lazy language damages our present and risks our future
Labels have power. They shape the way we know the world. They allow people to see actions with greater clarity or distort our understanding to […]
Panti Bliss and the war on drag and trans existence
One of the highlights of recent travel was seeing the Queen of Ireland, Panti Bliss, perform at the Soho Theatre. This esteemed drag performer was […]
New coal mines and protests crushed: is Labor resigned to doom?
It is more shocking watching Labor governments implement draconian anti-protest measures than it is the right-wing parties. The latter are by definition opposed to Labor’s […]
Dan Andrews – and Murdoch crying wolf
Rupert Murdoch has done incalculable harm to the democratic experiment throughout the AUKUS nations and beyond. In Victoria, his propaganda campaigns have made him the […]
Dark Money funding Weaponised Unreality
Billionaires fund bodies with excellent PR strategies to ensure they achieve their goals. Amongst the strategies, “astroturf” organisations use good-sounding names to confuse us in […]
Are Nazis running Victoria?
Currently the Neo Nazis who performed their Hitler salutes on Parliament House steps in Melbourne six weeks ago are effectively instructing Victoria Police which events […]
Weaponised Unreality
Australia’s Liberal politicians – and their media friends – need to be very careful. Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has helped create such a crisis of […]
Dutton: pedophile hysteria and child protection
Dutton is the right politician for the post-QAnon age: in fact the radical right zeitgeist caught up with him. His decision to drum up (another) […]
The AAT: abolishing a system of indefinite torment
The abolition of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) is a crucial part of Attorney General Mark Dreyfus KC’s integrity platform. In the last decade of […]
Secrecy is the enemy of democracy: whistleblowers are heroes
One of the most hated aspects of the Morrison government was the secrecy. Over and again, we continue to shock to revelations of hidden wrongdoing […]
Victorian MLC Moira Deeming: the pretty face of a scary ideology
“I can’t wait until I’m legally able to hunt you down.” This curse was said to an American trans women in the streets of Oklahoma […]
Nazis on our streets: don’t judge protesters by politeness
On some level, it is straightforward for a Neo-Nazi protest to be easy for police to handle. As we saw on the streets of Melbourne […]
Murdoch’s Zero Sum games: divisive propaganda meant to break us
The Murdoch media drives resentment with propaganda as constant as drums of war. The pounding message for its audience is that every development is a […]
Fascist politics on our streets and in speaking tours
Over this last weekend, the latest American CPAC convention took place in Maryland. This one did not host the autocrat Viktor Orban, CPAC’s poster fascist. […]