Today on Pearls and Irritations
Don't think of the elephant – lessons for Labor in Victoria
In 2018, Victorian Labor ignored a crime scare campaign and won a landslide. Now it is campaigning on crime itself, giving the Liberals the issue voters already associate with them.
The AI debate needs less billionaire babble and more brains – Message from the Editor
Exorbitant specialist fees should be treated as medical misconduct
Bowen talks climate action at COP31 while NSW Labor protects coal
Send aid ships to Gaza, UN expert demands as floods devastate shelters
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