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Claire Connelly

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Award-winning freelance journalist. Lead writer @ Renegade Inc. Founder of Hello Humans

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Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly May 11, 2018, 11:34 PM UTC

Fudgeit 2018: If the budget overview were honest

The Australian federal government seems to have omitted some key pieces of information from its budget overview document, so I fixed it for them. Stellar illustration by Rachael Bolton.

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Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly May 11, 2018, 11:25 PM UTC

Why the federal budget is mostly bulls***

It is budget week in Australia, the week where the federal government unveils its plans for spending over the next four years, except not really, because promises made in the budget are seldom kept a…

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Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly May 3, 2018, 11:32 AM UTC

Talking media myths, complicity & conclusion on 2SER

In which I discuss the ANZAC myth & Fairfax’s big retraction, Michelle Wolf & her White House correspondents dinner speech, Russian bots, Jeremy Corbyn and ABC’s new ‘BuzzFeed-esque lifestyle…

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Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly May 2, 2018, 11:30 AM UTC

Syria the gateway to WWIII: Who stands to benefit?

Illustration by Rachael Bolton. The world’s major superpowers are converging on Syria, the centre of a new Cold War between America and Russia, and a significant source of conflict over a natural gas…

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Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly May 2, 2018, 11:20 AM UTC

Who are the White Helmets?

The White Helmets are often presented by the western press as a humanitarian search-and-rescue NGO and occasional ‘freedom fighters’ against Assad, however, it has ties to al-Qaeda, Nusra Front and o…

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Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly Mar 28, 2018, 2:34 AM UTC

Everything you think you know about the financial crisis is wrong

In which I interview economic historian, Dr Philip Mirowsi about why the left has been so spectacularly unsuccessful at countering the pernicious effects of neoliberalism, it has allowed its adherent…

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Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly Mar 26, 2018, 2:03 AM UTC

Capitalism and the veil of ignorance

“It is easier for us today to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism — “ Fredric Jameson. So, I assumed, perhaps wrongly, that the purpose of my research into the myths of…

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Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly Mar 17, 2018, 12:21 AM UTC

The art of (cold) war

“By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.” ― John le Carré. This new Cold War is thrilling, isn’t it? The spy-games, the attacks of Russian double a…

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Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly Mar 6, 2018, 2:27 AM UTC

How to stop drinking the Kool-Aid

The first step is admitting you have a problem. The Sydney Morning Herald — (international readers: wait, come back! I promise this is relevant to you too!) — recently published a superb article by a…

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Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly Feb 22, 2018, 12:51 AM UTC

ABC has been 'pre-emptively buckling' to government for decades - journalists blow whistle

An exclusive I wrote for New Matilda in which former ABC Director Quentin Dempster, former broadcaster Carol Duncan and an ABC journalist call BS on the public broadcaster, claiming it has been "pre-…

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