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Jo Thornely
Jo Thornely writes for The Daily Telegraph and The Punch, but leaves time for her day job in television, which facilitates her love of criticising people and gin. Follow her on Twitter @jothornely
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Mat Larkin
Mat Larkin is tall, indoorsy and very much of the opinion.
Follow him on Twitter at @matchtrick
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Sam Encel
Sam Encel is a risk management consultant, carbon dioxide producer and self-loathing Liberal. He moralises in 140 characters or less at @samencel
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Editors
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Jane Gilmore
Jane Gilmore is the editor of The King's Tribune. Jane also occasionally writes for The Drum and got a thing on Crikey once, but probably just by accident.
Follow Jane on Twitter: @JaneTribune
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Ben Pobjie
Ben has not one but TWO hilarious books out now. Surveying the Wreckage and Superchef.
Follow him on twitter @benpobjie
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Amy Gray
Amy Gray is a writer and occasional broadcaster from Melbourne, Australia.
Follow her on Twitter @Amoir
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Drag0nista
Drag0nista is a former denizen of the political underworld. She escaped once she realised her own opinions were more important than those of politicians.
Follow her on twitter @drag0nista
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Tim Dunlop
Tim Dunlop writes regularly for The Drum and other publications.
Follow him on Twitter @timdunlop
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Dave Gaukroger
Dave Gaukroger provides a cautionary example for others. He continues to believe in quaint ideas like social equality, personal accountability and the power of indy pop music. You can listen to Dave talk politics, news and the media each week on Something Wonky. Follow Dave on twitter: @dfg77
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Sunday Relish
Elizabeth Peddey (aka Sunday Relish) has been The Tribune’s food expert since 2009. She also consults in Meal and Pantry Planning, Food Shopping and Entertaining and offers Cooking Classes. Email: epeddey@bigpond.net.au Ph: 0419 505 438.
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Rebecca Shaw
REbecca is primary caregiver and confidant to Tippi, the best cat in the world. She also likes writing bad jokes on twitter @brocklesnitch
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Ultra Hedonist
Ultrahedonist is an everyday office worker. She loves pleasure and even-handedness and wishes we could all just get along.
Follow her on twitter @Ultrahedonist
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Tom Cummings
Tom Cummings is a former problem gambler and advocate for gambling reform. He blogs about gambling and is running a gambling reform campaign (with a petition you should sign at www.clubpubfail.com)
Follow Tom on twitter @cyenne40
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Jenna Price
Jenna Price is the Coordinator Undergraduate Journalism UTS and an administrator of Destroy the Joint
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Victoria Rollison
Victoria Rollison is a writer and cat lover from Adelaide.
Follow her on Twitter: @Vic_Rollison
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Peter Hinton
Peter Hinton is a Senior Project Manager at the University of Sydney and lives with his family in Parramatta, NSW.
Follow his ramblings on Twitter: @peterjhinton
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David Bonnici
David Bonnici is a journalist, editor and blogger at www.dbonnici.wordpress.com
Follow David on Twitter: @clubwah
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John Birmingham
John Birmingham writes for food. And your entertainment.
You can buy his books read his blog or follow him on twitter. Or all three - that's probably the best thing.
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Sue Ann Post
Sue-Ann Post is a Melbourne based comedian and writer. She has also recently started her own blog under the name, The Grumpy Optimist.
Follow her on Facebook and on Twitter @sueannpost
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Fiona Katauskas
Fiona Katauskas is a freelance cartoonist based in Sydney. Her work has appeared in a range of publications, including Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian and New Matilda as well as on cards for the Ink Group and t-shirts for Mambo. Follow her on Twitter @fionakatauskas
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Chrys Stevenson
Chrys Stevenson is a writer, blogger and social activist from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. She was a contributor to the Australian Book of Atheism (2010) and her work is widely published online. Chrys blogs at Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear
Follow her on twitter @Chrys_Stevenson.
Chrys has a first class honours degree in cultural studies.
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Ben Jenkins
Ben Jenkins is a Sydney-based writer. He just came off a stint working for The Chaser where he watched 12 hours of breakfast television a day at double speed. He no longer does this and it’s the best.
He writes politics for The Vine and his blog: A Baffling Ordeal
Follow him on twitter @bencjenkins
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Jane Caro
Jane Caro is a feminist, an atheist, public education advocate, author, novelist and general all-round shit-stirrer. You can follow her on twitter @janecaro
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Geordie Guy
Geordie Guy is an online rights and freedoms campaigner from Sydney. According to Stephen Conroy he has run a campaign to deliberately mislead the Australian public, according to his wife he makes a lovely quiche. Follow him on Twitter @GeordieGuy
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Larry Stillman
Larry Stillman is on the Executive of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society and was on the committee of Liberty Victoria for a number of years. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University. All the opinions here are his own viewpoint and do not reflect that of AJDS or Monash.
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Scott Ludlam
Scott Ludlam is an Australian Greens Senator from WA. He is the Greens’ spokesperson on Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
Follow him on Twitter @SenatorLudlam
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Marian Dalton
Writer, poet, blogger, editor, Ally, wonk. Action heroine of the internet. Social media whore. Marian is the author of the blog ‘The Conscience Vote: Politics for the Human’.
Follow her on Twitter @crazyjane13
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Dom Knight
Dominic Knight is a novelist and one of the founders of The Chaser. He tweets as @domknight
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Bennett Ring
Bennett Ring is the geek that other geeks turn to for tech advice. He is a freelance writer and producer of content about games, tech and other assorted nonsense. Follow him on twitter @bennettring
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- 1. Getting over Kevin
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- The former PM's latest “look at me”; moment gave him just a few short hours in the sun. Is the media finally as tired of his manipulations as the rest of us? On Monday night Kevin Rudd posted on his ...
- Created on 22 May 2013
- 2. Putting the FUN! back in Arts Funding
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- In times past, the Church was the major patron of the Yarts, hence all the lovely cathedrals and paintings of Jesus. Is the modern era's legacy in danger of being no more than a paean to arts bureaucrats? ...
- Created on 22 May 2013
- 3. We need to talk about the hippopotamus
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- It's becoming more and more clear that we really need to talk about Mat. Some weeks you’re moodily incubating a brilliant idea, some you’re just a surly, frustrated arsehole. In the best weeks, it’s ...
- Created on 22 May 2013
- 4. Click "buy", wave goodbye
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- The physical retail world is under enormous pressure from the online. There's nothing wrong with competition, argues Sam Encel, but the playing ground should be more level than it is. Anyone travelling ...
- Created on 22 May 2013
- 5. PDF for Subscribers 22 May 2013
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- PDF version is available for subscribers Click here for PDF We have not been able to find a program that will export a sensible ePub, so rather than fighting that losing battle, we're going to leave ...
- Created on 22 May 2013
- 6. Paid Parental Leave and the Gender Pay Gap
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- Paid Parental Leave is the current feminist cause célèbre, but how much difference will it make to gendered economic disparity? And what does that disparity really look like? Helen Razer once said, in ...
- Created on 13 May 2013
- 7. Canberra’s Night of Nights
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- Ben takes us behind the scenes of Canberra’s night of nights, and pulls back the curtain of glitz and glamour to reveal the hard work and dedication of the artists who make it all happen “This really ...
- Created on 13 May 2013
- 8. Commander Hadfield comes back to Earth
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- Hadfield used social media to bring space to the people in a way that has never been done before. What was it about him that reinvigorated public engagement with astronauts? Commander Chris Hadfield ...
- Created on 13 May 2013
- 9. The Myth of Objectivity
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- Do political journalists truly maintain objectivity? Do we even we really want them to? As a long-time observer of politics, I’ve often struggled with the question of journalists’ political views. That ...
- Created on 13 May 2013
- 10. PDF for subscribers - 13 May 2013
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- PDF version is available for subscribers Click here for PDF We have not been able to find a program that will export a sensible ePub, so rather than fighting that losing battle, we're going to leave ...
- Created on 13 May 2013
- 11. Retail Politics
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- The Tribune has been considering how we should cover the federal election. We’re not a member of the press gallery, we can’t do what they do and we’d look foolish if we tried. So, what can we bring to ...
- Created on 06 May 2013
- 12. Only 137 more sleeps till Prime Minister Abbott!
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- John Howard, thanks to circumstances and his clever adaptations to them, achieved a level of respect, unanticipated at the time of his election. Tony Abbott looks certain to fall into the top job, but ...
- Created on 06 May 2013
- 13. Inside Track
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- Trouble is brewing in racing circles, if by "trouble" you mean a bunch of thoroughly unlikeable people spitting at each other. It all hinges on "inside info" which, if you know your horses, is pretty much ...
- Created on 06 May 2013
- 14. Insult in the service of argument
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- There's nothing inherently wrong with atheism, or theism for that matter. Too often though, proponents of one have nothing but insults and abuse for the other. Richard Dawkins is damaging the otherwise ...
- Created on 06 May 2013
- 15. PDF for Subscribers - 6 May 2013
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- PDF version is available for subscribers Click here for PDF We have not been able to find a program that will export a sensible ePub, so rather than fighting that losing battle, we're going to leave ...
- Created on 06 May 2013
- 16. NSW Police and the vigilance warnings
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- It’s impossible to believe that we have to say this again, but it seems that we do. Women are not responsible for assaults committed against them, so why do NSW Police still think that they are? On Saturday ...
- Created on 29 April 2013
- 17. Because democracy
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- New political parties fail almost as often as new restaurants; here's some pointers to help you avoid the indignity of a political kamikaze ride. So, you’ve decided to start a political party. Well, ...
- Created on 29 April 2013
- 18. The parent switch
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- When your child is born, your whole life changes. It's more than just nappies and sleep deprivation though, your perceptions of everything, even the smallest thing, are forever altered. There is a photograph ...
- Created on 29 April 2013
- 19. Shut up and take the damn pain
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- Do you like hurting people? Well put down that power drill and head to University You can be a physiotherapist in just a few short years. ‘Ow.’ ‘Yeah, sorry about that.’ I’m lying face-down on a ...
- Created on 28 April 2013
- 20. Duck Ragu with Pappardelle
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- Last winter, Miki, a girlfriend of mine called to say that she was coming to cook us a Duck Ragu. She had cooked the dish with huge success the previous weekend and felt compelled to share it with us. ...
- Created on 28 April 2013

