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• Julian Assange – journalist, activist, cyber-bushranger?

  

  POLL POSITION | Is Julian Assange a journalist, or a rabble-rousing activist? That depends on who you ask.

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• What Obama means for Australia

  

  POLL POSITION | American President Barack Obama’s visit to Australia last week meant many things to many people.

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• Israeli pirates versus peace activists on the high seas

  

  POLL POSITION | Right now my friend Michael is locked up in an Israeli prison for trying to travel to Gaza. So is London resident and Press TV journalist Hassan Ghani.

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• Dangerous ideas occupy cities

  

  POLL POSITION | In thousands of cities around the world peaceful gatherings of people protesting corporate greed are being smashed by riot cops.

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• To the left, to the left

  POLL POSITION | Why does the Australian Government hate prosperity and freedom?

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• Palestine: To statehood, or not to statehood

  

  POLL POSITION | The debate around the bid for Palestine statehood at the United Nations is dividing both those in the region as well as the international community.

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• I could like Gillard… were she fake

  

  POLL POSITION | Questions have been raised about whether former PM Kevin Rudd will angle once more for the top job as Julia Gillard struggles to keep her head above water after a series of ill-received policy announcements.

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• Gillard policy so bad it’s illegal

  

  Julia Gillard is failing to lead the government toward functional and decent policy in line with supposed ALP traditional values because she’s so focused on a race to the bottom with her old morning breakfast sparring buddy, Mr Abbott.

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• Australians say no to coal seam gas

  

  POLL POSITION: A poll has revealed that the majority of Australians support a moratorium on coal seam gas (CSG) until more is known about the environmental impacts.

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• What a gas: Australian mining dealt a blow

  

  POLL POSITION | The Australian mining industry has been dealt a series of blows as opposition to the emergent coal seam gas industry strengthens, with action taken by both the community and the major political parties.

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• The youth of Britain have every right to be mad

  

  POLL POSITION | The judgement coming from our political elite levelled at the rioters in London has been severely misdirected, with little regard for the consequences of poverty entrenched by casual and systemically enforced classism.

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• When the solution solves nothing

  

  POLL POSITION: Julia Gillard has spent the last week defending her decision to deport asylum seekers to Malaysia within 72 hours of their arrival into Australia. However, it remains unclear what problem this policy will solve.

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• Good news’ lone-wolf

  

  POLL POSITION: I’m just going to go ahead and say it: Cadel Evans’ Tour de France win, I just don’t get the hype. Though, I suppose I do have somewhat of a grasp on why sporting achievements like Cadel’s are so celebrated.

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• Stop the presses!

  

  POLL POSITION: As the debate continues around the morality of News International and more broadly that of journalists and their publishers, perhaps it is time for the people of the world to reconsider what truly constitutes “News of the World”.

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• Freedom Flotilla set to sail into stormy waters

  

  POLL POSITION: Australian and British activists preparing for the second Freedom Flotilla to Gaza are hoping that it won’t end in bloodshed like last year when nine people lost their lives.

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• Racism, go back to where you came from

  The attitude of Australians towards asylum seekers was the focus of national discussion last week as SBS aired the documentary series Go Back To Where You Came From.

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• Is Gillard on the nose so soon?

  

  POLL POSITION: Gillard has still got a bit of time to prove herself before she faces the wrath of voters at the next federal election… unless her lack of support extends to her ALP colleagues.

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• “It’s time to go, Andrew Bolt.”

  POLL POSITION: Two key things have happened this week in the world of conservative political media commentating. The first is that America’s Glenn Beck has announced it’s time he left Fox. This is good news for Americans who appreciate reason and rationality.

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• Burqa bans: thinly veiled discrimination?

  POLL POSITION: As countries around the world grapple with their feelings towards burqas, we ask if banning the garment is liberation, or just more oppression?

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• War – What is it good for?

  POLL POSITION: There was once a time that I quite seriously considered joining the Australian Navy. I’d read the flyer, watched the promotional videos, taken the careers quizzes, spoken with former soldiers and inspected Navy ships.

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