Michael Taylor
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“Beyond specific issues with home injuries and mental health, the workers’ compensation system suffers from foundational problems that affect all claimants.”
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Australia's Compensation System: The Perfect Storm of Home-Based Injuries, Mental Health Neglect, and Telehealth inadequacy (Part 2)
5 Systemic Failures: A System in Critical Condition Beyond specific issues with home injuries and mental health, the workers’ compensation system suffers from foundational problems that affect all cla...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“Beyond specific issues with home injuries and mental health, the workers’ compensation system suffers from foundational problems that affect all claimants.”
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Belted in the federal election, belted in every poll since - and getting worse.
That’s what happens when you’re out of touch and out of step with the rest of the country. Get used to losing.
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That’s what happens when you’re out of touch and out of step with the rest of the country. Get used to losing.
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The beatings will continue . . .
In some ways you have to feel sorry for Opposition Leader Sussan Ley. Elected after a rout at the last election, Ley has attempted to unite a Coalition of political parties that seem hell bent [...]
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November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Belted in the federal election, belted in every poll since - and getting worse.
That’s what happens when you’re out of touch and out of step with the rest of the country. Get used to losing.
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That’s what happens when you’re out of touch and out of step with the rest of the country. Get used to losing.
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When the President of the United States publicly declares six sitting lawmakers guilty of a capital crime, the story doesn’t quietly fade just because the news cycle moves on.
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The threats that didn’t fade
When the President of the United States publicly declares six sitting lawmakers guilty of a capital crime, the story doesn’t quietly fade just because the news cycle moves on. Following President Trum...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
When the President of the United States publicly declares six sitting lawmakers guilty of a capital crime, the story doesn’t quietly fade just because the news cycle moves on.
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Compulsory voting is on the table again.
(I’m for keeping it compulsory, btw.)
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(I’m for keeping it compulsory, btw.)
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Keeping it Dull: Australia’s Compulsory Voting System
There has been an insufferable degree of smugness of late in the chatting classes about Australia’s electoral system. A special for Australian Broadcasting Corporation produced by veteran journalist A...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Compulsory voting is on the table again.
(I’m for keeping it compulsory, btw.)
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(I’m for keeping it compulsory, btw.)
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Scrolling through MAGA posts now feels like taking a Contiki tour of global disinformation:
A bit of Alaska from Algeria, a sprinkle of Texas from Tbilisi, and of course, the ever-reliable patriotism from Saint Petersburg, where the stars and stripes fly proudly...
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A bit of Alaska from Algeria, a sprinkle of Texas from Tbilisi, and of course, the ever-reliable patriotism from Saint Petersburg, where the stars and stripes fly proudly...
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Patriots Without Borders: A Grand Tour of Global MAGA
X has introduced a new feature that shows the country an account is posting from – and within seconds, the entire MAGA universe experienced mass, unplanned international travel. Suddenly, the loudest ...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Scrolling through MAGA posts now feels like taking a Contiki tour of global disinformation:
A bit of Alaska from Algeria, a sprinkle of Texas from Tbilisi, and of course, the ever-reliable patriotism from Saint Petersburg, where the stars and stripes fly proudly...
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A bit of Alaska from Algeria, a sprinkle of Texas from Tbilisi, and of course, the ever-reliable patriotism from Saint Petersburg, where the stars and stripes fly proudly...
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“The dramatic shift toward remote work in Australia has created a critical stress test for the nation’s workers’ compensation systems, revealing fundamental flaws in how workplace injuries are recognised, assessed, and compensated.”
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Australia's Compensation System: The Perfect Storm of Home-Based Injuries, Mental Health Neglect, and Telehealth inadequacy
Introduction: The New Workplace Reality Exposes Systemic Flaws The dramatic shift toward remote work in Australia has created a critical stress test for the nation’s workers’ compensation systems, rev...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“The dramatic shift toward remote work in Australia has created a critical stress test for the nation’s workers’ compensation systems, revealing fundamental flaws in how workplace injuries are recognised, assessed, and compensated.”
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“The mining lobby has gorged itself for decades. They’ve extracted our wealth, minimized their taxes, blocked our progress, and corrupted our politics so thoroughly that both major parties compete to serve them.”
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The Midas Curse: How Mining Interests Own Australia’s Democracy
“You can’t always get what you want,” sang The Rolling Stones. The Australian mining lobby never received the memo. For decades, it has secured its every wish: a royalty regime that ranks among the wo...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
“The mining lobby has gorged itself for decades. They’ve extracted our wealth, minimized their taxes, blocked our progress, and corrupted our politics so thoroughly that both major parties compete to serve them.”
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“Every nation with a healthier democracy has one thing in common: They invested in a media system that protects truth, transparency & diversity.”
And that’s what we lack: a media system capable of delivering reliable information with consistency, accuracy & integrity.
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And that’s what we lack: a media system capable of delivering reliable information with consistency, accuracy & integrity.
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Australia’s Media Crisis: What Works Overseas, Why We Fail, and How We Build Something Better
When Peter FitzSimons asked what kind of legislation actually works – and which countries are doing it better – he pointed to the heart of a quiet national crisis. Australia doesn’t lack intelligence,...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“Every nation with a healthier democracy has one thing in common: They invested in a media system that protects truth, transparency & diversity.”
And that’s what we lack: a media system capable of delivering reliable information with consistency, accuracy & integrity.
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And that’s what we lack: a media system capable of delivering reliable information with consistency, accuracy & integrity.
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“Netanyahu and others are facing arrest warrants for genocide from the Istanbul Criminal Court of Peace.”
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Parochialism, Justice and International Law: Türkiye’s Genocide Warrants for Israel
The authorities in Türkiye have hit their stride regarding international humanitarian law, a subject they are not always consistent about. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the defence mi...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
“Netanyahu and others are facing arrest warrants for genocide from the Istanbul Criminal Court of Peace.”
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“The Albanese Government’s third and largest Housing Australia Future Fund round will be life changing for tens of thousands of Australians by significantly boosting Australia’s social and affordable housing.”
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Delivering HAFF right will change lives, the sector, and the future
Australian Community Housing Media Release The Albanese Government’s third and largest Housing Australia Future Fund round will be life changing for tens of thousands of Australians by significantly b...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“The Albanese Government’s third and largest Housing Australia Future Fund round will be life changing for tens of thousands of Australians by significantly boosting Australia’s social and affordable housing.”
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“They were elected on a promise of integrity. They vowed to be kinder, more transparent, and to govern for all Australians. The Albanese government presented itself as the antidote to a decade of Coalition cruelty and chaos.” (Quote).
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The Great Betrayal: How the Albanese Government Perfected the Art of Accountability Laundering
They were elected on a promise of integrity. They vowed to be kinder, more transparent, and to govern for all Australians. The Albanese government presented itself as the antidote to a decade of Coali...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“They were elected on a promise of integrity. They vowed to be kinder, more transparent, and to govern for all Australians. The Albanese government presented itself as the antidote to a decade of Coalition cruelty and chaos.” (Quote).
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“Every regime that’s successfully transitioned from democracy to autocracy has followed roughly the same progression. The specifics vary, but the structure is depressingly consistent.
And it’s being deployed in America right now, with surgical precision.”
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And it’s being deployed in America right now, with surgical precision.”
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Quiet, Piggy: How Calling a Female Reporter Livestock Became Just Another Tuesday in the Death of American Democracy (Part 3)
This is the final part of a three-part analysis examining how Donald Trump’s “quiet piggy” comment reveals the systematic dismantling of democratic norms. Part One explored how the flood-the-zone stra...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“Every regime that’s successfully transitioned from democracy to autocracy has followed roughly the same progression. The specifics vary, but the structure is depressingly consistent.
And it’s being deployed in America right now, with surgical precision.”
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And it’s being deployed in America right now, with surgical precision.”
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“The time has come to ask: What would Australia look like if its economy served all its people?”
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How Decolonising Australia’s Economy Can Build a Just Future
Decolonising Australia. Discover how Australia can decolonise its economy using Indigenous-led models, justice-driven policy, and monetary sovereignty.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“The time has come to ask: What would Australia look like if its economy served all its people?”
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“A third of Australian families are food insecure. NDIS is being pared back to the bone. Welfare recipients face punitive new laws. Meanwhile, we have committed up to $368 billion to buy nuclear submarines that will be built in the United States.”
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Asset-Stripping a Nation: How Australia's Government is Trading Your Future for Empire
A third of Australian families are food insecure. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is being pared back to the bone. Welfare recipients face punitive new laws. Meanwhile, the government ...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“A third of Australian families are food insecure. NDIS is being pared back to the bone. Welfare recipients face punitive new laws. Meanwhile, we have committed up to $368 billion to buy nuclear submarines that will be built in the United States.”
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“With their latest, poorly conceived climate policy, the LNP has boldly declared their priority: the financial burden of household power takes precedence over the urgent need to protect our planet.”
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Time never diminishes the crime. The crime of ignorance, that is
After more than 15 years of missteps and miscalculations regarding climate change policy, the Liberal and National parties have repeatedly demonstrated an alarming level of ignorance. Their failure to...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“With their latest, poorly conceived climate policy, the LNP has boldly declared their priority: the financial burden of household power takes precedence over the urgent need to protect our planet.”
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A president of the United States, the “supposed” leader of the free world, now speaks about hanging adversaries with the ease of ordering a cheeseburger. No evidence, no process, no pretence of legality – just the authoritarian impulse spoken out loud: eliminate them.
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The USA: A democracy on life support
When a President Demands the Death Penalty for His Opponents, Democracy Is Already on Life Support There are moments in political life so shocking, so fundamentally corrosive, that they should stop a ...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A president of the United States, the “supposed” leader of the free world, now speaks about hanging adversaries with the ease of ordering a cheeseburger. No evidence, no process, no pretence of legality – just the authoritarian impulse spoken out loud: eliminate them.
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“Trump made it clear that women asking questions about powerful men’s crimes would be treated as the problem, not the crimes themselves.
Catherine Lucey asked about the Epstein files. She got called a pig.
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Catherine Lucey asked about the Epstein files. She got called a pig.
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Quiet, Piggy: How Calling a Female Reporter Livestock Became Just Another Tuesday in the Death of American Democracy (Part 2)
Part Two: The Nine Year War on Women Who Dare to Speak This is the second of a three part analysis examining how Donald Trump’s “quiet piggy” comment reveals the systematic dismantling of democratic n...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
“Trump made it clear that women asking questions about powerful men’s crimes would be treated as the problem, not the crimes themselves.
Catherine Lucey asked about the Epstein files. She got called a pig.
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Catherine Lucey asked about the Epstein files. She got called a pig.
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“The message is landing loud and clear: the Liberal Party just told an entire generation to get stuffed.
History suggests they’ll remember that at the ballot box. For a very long time.”
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History suggests they’ll remember that at the ballot box. For a very long time.”
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How to hand the youth vote to Labor and the Teals
Liberals Dumped Net Zero – and Handed the Youth Vote to Labor and the Teals on a Silver Platter By Peter Brown By abandoning the 2050 target, Sussan Ley’s party has turned a slow bleed [...]
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November 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
“The message is landing loud and clear: the Liberal Party just told an entire generation to get stuffed.
History suggests they’ll remember that at the ballot box. For a very long time.”
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History suggests they’ll remember that at the ballot box. For a very long time.”
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“We are not facing a biblical demon or a sci-fi robot. We are facing something far more mundane, and for that reason, far more dangerous: our fellow human beings, building systems of absolute dependency behind a veil of technical complexity and bureaucratic language.”
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Your Fear is Real, But Your Monster is Fake: The Digital Trap of Misdirected Dread
The comments on one of my recent articles are a chorus of alarm. “Satan says Digital ID is a good idea!” “Beware the mark of the beast!” Visions of the Terminator and a world where [...]
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November 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“We are not facing a biblical demon or a sci-fi robot. We are facing something far more mundane, and for that reason, far more dangerous: our fellow human beings, building systems of absolute dependency behind a veil of technical complexity and bureaucratic language.”
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“Australia’s long-awaited Support at Home (SAH) reforms were meant to simplify access to aged-care services. Instead… “
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Inside the Support at Home Rollout: Why Aged-Care Workers Say the System Is Not Ready - And Seniors Are At Risk
Australia’s long-awaited Support at Home (SAH) reforms were meant to simplify access to aged-care services. Instead, frontline assessors across every state and territory are warning that the rushed ro...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“Australia’s long-awaited Support at Home (SAH) reforms were meant to simplify access to aged-care services. Instead… “
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“Trump points his finger. Mutters, “Quiet, piggy.” And then other journalists in that Air Force One cabin; professionals, colleagues, people who supposedly believe in a free press, stand there like statues at their own profession’s funeral.
Not one voice speaks up.”
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Not one voice speaks up.”
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Quiet, Piggy: How Calling a Female Reporter Livestock Became Just Another Tuesday in the Death of American Democracy
Part One: The Machinery of Forgetting This is the first of a three part analysis examining how Donald Trump’s “quiet piggy” comment to a female reporter reveals the systematic dismantling of democrati...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“Trump points his finger. Mutters, “Quiet, piggy.” And then other journalists in that Air Force One cabin; professionals, colleagues, people who supposedly believe in a free press, stand there like statues at their own profession’s funeral.
Not one voice speaks up.”
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Not one voice speaks up.”
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