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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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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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Migrants Are Not to Blame for Soaring House Prices

October 13, 2025March 1, 2026 The Battler

Australia Institute || The problem of housing affordability is not too many migrants, but too many tax breaks for investors. Over the past decade the number of residential dwellings has increased faster than the population. […]

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Rule By the Rich: Western Governments are Oligarchies, Not Democracies

July 24, 2025March 1, 2026 The Battler
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

June 13, 2025March 1, 2026 The Battler

Funny, provocative and accessible, Manufacturing Consent explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist. Through a collage of biography, archival material, imaginative graphics and outrageous illustrations, Mark Achbar […]

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