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activism for aussies: after voting yes
Quokkas, as this dreadful survey and campaign continues, and the equality campaign misteps (that text!), we have compiled a list of other things you can be doing other than voting, if you were even...
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on forgetting
I’ve spent more years of my life than not going to the Anzac Day Dawn Service. My dad was in the Air Force; he was there for 20 years. He never went to war; he never went further than Malaysia, where...
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Dutton is a racist cabbage + action points for Australians
Australia’s super racist Immigration Minister, mouldy cabbage Peter Dutton, has a long documented history of gross racism. There’s the time he laughed about people in the Pacific losing their homes due...
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Libraries, politics and social justice
Many years ago, I planned a career as a librarian. It didn’t work out, but I still have a lot of feelings about libraries, library management and politics. I’m delighted to present a guest post by...
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inappropriate Australian hot takes on that USA thing
Yeah, nah. Yesterday the USA elected a man who assaults women as president. Today, ACMI tells Melbourne to inject levity into the situation by watching movies by noted paedophile Roman Polanski: Need a...
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linkspam rock
This is two weeks because Liz didn’t post this last week; she was too busy having fun in the world (legit). Some more #ausvotes business: How a Chinese-language social media campaign hurt Labor’s...
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swinging dead cats and the narrative of refugees
Let’s talk about the dead cats that Peter Dutton has been swinging; a form of politics that we as Australians should understand, because it’s how this election will go down. Also remember you have...
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things kelly o’dwyer could help us buy for $6000
best toaster under $7,000 — Aus Gov Just Googled (@GovGoogles) May 10, 2016 Last night on the nation’s nightmare, Q and A, Kelly O’Dwyer mentioned helping a small business buy a $6000 toaster. Which...
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things australians can do to support asylum seekers
Our hearts are heavy with grief and guilt for two people. Hodan, a Somali refugee, set herself alight on Nauru. She is 21. Omid, who self-immolated last week and later died, was 23. His family is being...
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this week in: what has your government done to you (mardi gras ed)
Here is Monday! As is traditional, we are blearily facing the start of another week (unless you’re in Perth, and therefore celebrating a public holiday), and tonight when you check twitter you will, if...
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this week in: what has your government done to you
It’s a week, so probably something. Labor questions PM Malcolm Turnbull’s commitment to tackling discrimination against women. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s commitment to tackling discrimination...
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are you from linkspam or Mars?
We’ve been sitting on this post for a few weeks, so some of these links are, uhhh, vintage! Liz is a candidate for the 2016 NAFF race, which sends the successful candidate to Contact 2016, the one-off...
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mariah improving the lodge and some auspol shenanigans
Ms Mariah Carey has been dating a man who is beneath her for some time now. (Not for the first time! Probs not for the last! Spoilers: most men are unworthy of Mariah.) Last week No Award encountered...
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International Aid, Voluntourism, and You
Hello, Friends! Just a quick little thing today about International Aid, Voluntourism, and You, where You is defined as an Australian of comparative affluence. Come on a journey with me, Australia....
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places one might misplace an Australian PM
Australians are always losing their Prime Ministers. Into the Bass Strait, in the Liberal Party Party Room, in the audience of a Keating! performance. To assist the nation, No Award has compiled a list...
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new pm who dis
Blah blah no Tony blah blah. In all practical terms, this isn’t much of a change. Turnbull may believe in climate change and marriage equality, but there’s no sign he’s actually going to pursue any...
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this week in: what has your government done to you
The politician Steph aspires to be, Penny Wong (queer, Malaysian-Chinese, left, yells in public) cuts Joe Hockey so decisively. The Coalition party room voted not to allow a conscience vote on same-sex...
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secret linkspam
Super important Fatberg update: Wet wipes cause massive issues for regional drainage systems. Mr Raff said body corporate and property owners were footing bills of between $800-$1000 for the...
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5 Seconds of Linkspam
That awkward moment when you’re looking for lobsters and find volcanoes. “That’s what happened between me and Clark” – Revising Hollywood’s Greatest Scandal Loretta Young has been excoriated for...
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wind farms, ian, and you
Hello, No Award. Today we’d like to talk to you about a very serious topic. That topic is: wind farms. Have some background reading from First Dog on the Moon: Dr Onthemoon’s self diagnosis windfarm...
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