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Rape Culture and Victim Blaming

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 The Battler

Inside Southern Connecticut || Rape Culture is an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the […]

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Net Zero: The Big Con

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 The Battler

Chris Lang | REDD Monitor || Big Polluters are responding to the climate crisis. But that’s not necessarily good news. As a recent report highlights, they are doing so “with the same tricks they have […]

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How Bad Policy Created a Housing Crisis

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 The Battler

The capital gains tax concession and negative gearing have worked together to make housing less affordable and exacerbate inequality. The Australia Institute || Tax doesn’t just affect markets, it shapes society. On housing, excessive tax […]

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Power Corrupts (2014)

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 The Battler

How network companies lined their pockets and drove electricity prices through the roof Jess Hill || In the past few years, our electricity prices have doubled. While the media has feasted on the likes of […]

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Housing: Their Crisis and Ours

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 The Battler

Black Flag Sydney || The severity of the housing crisis over the past two decades has led to an existential shift among Australians. The prospect of an average Australian worker owning their own detached home […]

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Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 The Battler

Exclusive: Acoss report shows property investors received $12.3bn in tax concessions in 2025, while the share of social housing dropped to a record low Guardian || Australia spends billions of dollars more on tax breaks […]

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Australia as Zionist-Occupied Territory

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 The Battler

Evan Jones || Australia has always been susceptible to the Zionist siren song. H. V. Evatt was a brilliant lawyer and High Court of Australia judge (at 36, the youngest appointee ever). He was also […]

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The Australian Labor Party: A Legacy of Betrayal, Abandonment and Neglect

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 The Battler

Founded in 1901 amidst the first sitting of the new Australian Federal Parliament, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) is the oldest-continuing political party in Australia. The ALP is is the nominally progressive wing of the […]

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Fossil Capital Built the Global Disinformation Machinery of the Atlas Network

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 The Battler

Australian Senate Select Committee inquiry on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy (2025)Department of the Senate, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT, Australia 2600 Submission by:Dr. Jeremy WalkerSocial & Political Sciences Program | School of CommunicationClimate […]

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New Funding to Enable Centrelink Payment Cancellations Ignores Rot at the Heart of Welfare Compliance

January 1, 2026March 1, 2026 The Battler

Services Australia will not protect welfare recipients from abuse. Antipoverty Media Centre, 17 Dec || Today the government has announced it will provide $44 million in funding to try and reduce the rate of unlawful […]

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