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The first in a series of first-hand accounts of the Dismissal, from the man who was there: John Menadue.

Deceit is the one word that comes to mind when I think about the Dismissal.

Many in the Coalition, with a born-to-rule view after 23 years of conservative rule, believed that the election of the Whitlam Government in 1972 was an aberration.

There’s an urgent need to replace our total mess with a codified constitution.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  23rd October 2025

After two years in Brazil, I felt I understood its political system better than I understand the UK’s. The reason is a short book in simple language that almost everyone owned: the constitution, published in 1988. Admittedly, I discovered the document’s limitations while trying to explain its principles to a furious captain of the military police with a pump-action shotgun. But at least I knew exactly which of my rights he was infringing.

Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please.

I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the moment, I’ll post both at this blog and on Substack. You can also follow me on Mastodon here.

Asian markets are generally steady following the weekend gap with traders absorbing the outcome of the Trump-Xi summit last week amid some other economy releases, not withstanding last week’s Fed meeting which saw a “cut and wait” approach as too much inflation and not enough job growth plagues the Trump regime. This has seen the

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Cheaper power for renewables neighbours has been much requested, but difficult to do. A startup says it can make work for both communities and developers.

The new Support at Home Program for older people is introducing a ‘free market’ transactional aged care system. It’s a retrograde step, Sarah Russell reports.

NSW government slashes target for Peak Demand Reduction Scheme in drastic bid to help the state market adjust to the impact of the federal home battery rebate.

Recent data from CBA suggested that Australian households had lifted their spending in response to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) three interest rate cuts and modest growth in household disposable income. However, the September quarter household spending indicator (HSI) from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), released on Monday, raised doubts over the strength

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Is the gold boom turning to a bust, or is this only the first phase of a much bigger cycle? The bull case depends on why you own gold and how you choose to hold it. The “what” and “how” matter as much as the “whether.” Gold is a greater fool investment I’m going to start

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Hydro Tasmania has just posted its worst financial result in recent memory, but you’d have to read between the lines to understand how serious the situation is.

As giant hailstones hit Queensland, solar panel makers, tracker companies, and forecasters are rolling out new tech to deal with bigger, more common storms.

Throughout much of the last term of federal parliament, the Coalition under its then leader Peter Dutton made a case that the Albanese government was unable to adequately manage the nation’s affairs, using words like “disaster” to characterise some of the government’s policies. While there is certainly a case to be made that the Albanese

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Palestinian women share how Israeli forces used them as human shields in Gaza and the West Bank Throughout the Gaza genocide, testimonies have documented the Israeli army’s use of Palestinian women as human shields. These are not isolated acts by rogue soldiers but a systematic practice known to Israeli commanders and acknowledged by soldiers.

BY MAJD JAWAD