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A leader who offers positive platitudes without delivering the truth of the situation is no leader at all.

Houston's skill and success at making a profit from religion was a cover for his secret life as an abuser of children.

The government's in election mode, balancing its own message of freedom from COVID with an image of Labor as the party of lockdowns.

I’m thrilled to have recently joined the Crikey team as associate editor. I’ll be diving into stories that are at the intersection of the internet, politics and Australian culture — like the tale of why outgoing maverick MP George Christensen is suddenly promoting books on Amazon. One of the biggest stories this week was the backlash to the government’s India travel ban — a ban that, as Bernard Keane wrote, seemed very much like a dog-whistle that blew up in the prime minister’s mouth. And speaking of the prime minister, David Hardaker got his hands on a copy of ScoMo’s honors ...

Note: the following article contains descriptions of torture. It took Lebanon’s security services 72 hours to break Australian cameraman Ben Williamson. He was tortured in the line of duty but no longer feels his employer, Nine Entertainment Co, has his back. Almost five years ago to the day, Williamson was arrested when a 60 Minutes attempt to snatch two children off the streets of Beirut and reunite them with their Australian mother, Sally Faulkner, went horribly wrong. Williamson as the cameraman had the job of recording the drama and raw emotion. It was meant to be a sure-fire ratings...