Vote, Don't Swing: When the Bat Falls on the Wrong Volunteer
Allegedly assaulted with a baseball bat over One Nation signs in Torquay, a volunteer is in hospital. Lee Robbins asks whether democracy warnings apply when the victim votes One Nation.

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Allegedly assaulted with a baseball bat over One Nation signs in Torquay, a volunteer is in hospital. Lee Robbins asks whether democracy warnings apply when the victim votes One Nation.
A parent's worry will now trigger urgent checks in England's A&Es. Sally Joe asks why it took a toddler's death in a corridor to get here.
On the eve of the midterms, Hatch Act complaints name Cabinet secretaries and FCC Chair Brendan Carr while ABC tells a court its coverage is already bending.
Danny Mullane rants on Australia's political parties, Labor, Albanese, and the battlers left behind.
The UK CMA has opened an investigation into Meta's business terms, which could let it collect publishers' website content for its own products, including AI. Gus Green reports.
IRGC mine claims, a UKMTO-confirmed limpet attack, WTI around $104 — and a Texan's calm, funny fuel-and-budget prep guide for winter.
iKarl on the Marrickville Golf Club grant and the parliamentary record.
Texas drought rules tighten as data centers fight for water. J-Mark's practical, funny guide to storing two weeks of water at home.
Permanent live facial recognition is coming to Oxford Street by Christmas, while the Home Office's legal framework sits unpublished. Gus Green on Britain's camera-first, law-later surveillance.
A Sinwar poster at Melbourne's October 7 vigil, no arrests, and Rebel News' Avi Yemini moved on by police. Lee Robbins on two-tier policing in Australia.
Well, here we are again, folks. Another day, another scandal, and another reason to lose faith in the institutions that are supposed to protect us.
The Justice Department is using the Sherman Act against ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox over a pool coverage pause. Jesse Saunders says that's a line.
eSafety's own data says 8 in 10 under-16s are still on social media. Now Canberra plans to sue Meta, TikTok and others. iKarl asks who really benefits.
Army vet and Israel absolutist Alex Knight on the 27 October vote: back the IDF, beat Hamas, and drop the Netanyahu loyalty test.
Steve Baker's new Capitol CCTV appears to put Brian Cole Jr. elsewhere when the J5 pipe bombs were placed. Jesse Saunders asks why BLM is silent.
Sally Rooney's books are gone from British shops after she pledged her royalties to banned group Palestine Action. Lee Robbins on suicidal empathy and free speech.
For those who have been wondering where Anonymous Publishing disappeared to, the answer is complicated — and, frankly, there were times when we weren't entirely sure we'd be coming back at all.
Alright folks, gather ’round! Jesse here, and boy, do I have a story for you.From about December 2019 — smack in the first Trump impeachment calendar — an FBI Foreign Influence Task Force shop ran Round River.
Australia has had past prime ministers from the Liberal and Labor parties. These former prime ministers have been incompetent liars, weak, lazy, duplicitous, backstabbing, contemptuous, arse lickers, arrogant arseholes.
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