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A rating scale, which allows Western governments to more clearly express which meaningless platitude they are using about the situation in Gaza today, has been updated to include an “Outraged” rating.

The new rating reflects the Australian Government’s feelings today after The Israeli Defence Force said it would not open a criminal investigation into its fatal strike ...


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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says the convention of acknowledging traditional owners should be scrapped, arguing that it is cumbersome to say “I acknowledge Gina Rinehart, the traditional owner of Pauline Hanson, and pay my respect to billionaire donors past, present and emerging” before every official speech.

Hanson has long been against the traditional welcome, b...


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A women’s shelter in NSW has received an unlikely injection of funds, after the Albanese Government mistook it for an aluminium smelter run by Rio Tinto.

The Government last week approved $2.5 billion in taxpayer funds to bail out the mining giant’s aluminium smelter near Newcastle. When the Government this week received an application from a women’s shelter for $2,500...


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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has announced she is stepping down from her role to focus on motherhood, saying she wants to spend less time dealing with children.

Leavitt, who has a three-month old baby at home and an 80-year-old baby at work, said it had been a big sacrifice. “He wakes up angry, demands attention and then spends the rest of the day shitt...


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US President Donald Trump has taken a well-earned break from his ongoing efforts to lose wars in the Middle East, announcing a new campaign to help spread a range of preventable diseases among American children.

Trump signed an executive order this week that will implement un-called for changes to the childhood vaccination schedule, including reducing the number of rou...


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