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Senator Bridget McKenzie shopping at Bunnings in Wodonga, Victoria, alongside News Corp s Simon Benson.
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For those on holidays last week, news about the relationship broke after the pair were photographed at the checkout of Wodonga Bunnings sharing a joke but sans masks - despite a Victorian Health ruling. Feminist activists Mad F ing Witches circulated the image on social media and attacked the maskless McKenzie. But they initially failed to identify her shopping buddy Benson, whose day job is
The Australianâs national affairs editor. Of course if they had masked up, no-one would have been the wiser.
A Tour Inside Home Town Ben Napier s Woodworking Shop-and His Top Tips
A Tour Inside Home Town Ben Napier s Woodworking Shop-and His Top Tips
Ben Napier has a new show! Home Town: Ben s Workshop will help you learn everything you ve ever needed to know about woodworking and custom furniture.
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On the hit show Home Town, now in its fifth season, some of the most interesting moments involve watching
Ben Napier build unique furniture in his woodworking shop. It s no surprise that he s spun off his own solo show, “Home Town: Ben’s Workshop,” which just premiered on Discovery+.
Identity politics, Australia and George Christensen s shameful northern strategy
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For years now, brave souls on the political left have been critical of the tendency of their own to intolerantly dismiss those who do not conform to a purist progressive world view. Central to these concerns is the divisive, baleful influence of identity politics .
As left-wing English thinker Jonathan Rutherford writes: The generation of 1968 created political movements around sexuality and gender and took up the issue of race, but [modern] liberalism has turned identity politics into a competitive struggle of one group identity over another. In place of solidarities, there is a kind of Hobbesian war of all against all and a narcissistic preoccupation with the self [over the collective good].
The Write Stuff is EW s occasional series on songwriting
Andrew Watt s start in the music industry can be traced back to a middle-school play. His cousin s, to be exact. When Watt was 10, he attended his cousin s school production of
Guys and Dolls, but he found himself watching something other than the play. There s a pit band and there s this kid with long hair, standing up with a black Fender jazz bass, says Watt. He s playing this music for
Guys and Dolls but he s rocking out. I didn t watch the play, I just watched him the whole time. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.
Anthony Albanese seeks to rally Labor faithful
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Labor leader Anthony Albanese will seek to rally the troops moving into 2021 after a year in which Labor struggled to be heard over the noise of dual economic and health crises created by the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Albanese became Opposition Leader in May 2019 after his predecessor Bill Shorten lost Labor s unlosable election, and while it notched up some early wins, the party has struggled to gain momentum ever since.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese bump elbows at the end of the year.
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In an effort to inspire his party and the broader labour movement going into what could be an election year, Mr Albanese is releasing a collection of his keynote speeches and values statements from the past 18 months.