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Whatever the public anger over sports rorts and McKenzie’s loose handling of conflicts of interest, the senator was never rebuked by National Party leadership. What have Bridget McKenzie and the Nats learned from their recent time in the rorts spotlight?

A very real danger in the pandemic of misinformation – and News Corp is one of the biggest offenders. It's time for them to stand up and stop waging a war on information #covid19australia #covid19nsw #lockdownprotest

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What is the role — and the duty — of a journalist during a pandemic? Should they walk the party line and talk up official medical policy in the name of keeping the population healthy? Or tell it like it is and let the public draw its own conclusions?

Chair of the Immunisation Coalition Scientific Advisory Committee, @ProfRobBooy says Australia will need a range of vaccination targets starting at about 60% to minimise lockdowns. But much more is needed to get herd immunity and the freedom we ache for.

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Joyce confirms all of the current negative impressions of the Morrison government — that it is corrupt, that it has a 1950s attitude to women and sexual harassment, and that it is only focused on being in power, not on delivering anything of substance.

The @dailytelegraph say they dropped Alan Jones because he wasn't resonating with their audience. But a peak a the metrics shows his increasingly fringe views are popular – but News Corp is worried about who he's popular with.