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Chalmers taps out his message

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CANBERRA: Federal treasurer, Jim Chalmers, denies he has “flicked the switch to vaudeville” because he has no answers […]

October 29, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Exclusive, MAGA, Make America Great Again, Media, Politics, Price Gouging, Publishing, United States of America

Card charge changes prompt merger

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CANBERRA: Three major banking and business peak bodies have announced a merger in the wake of the controversy […]

October 10, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, business, Exclusive, Politics, Price Gouging

Brouhaha delays award naming!

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A rum-fuelled brawl that put several of our judges of The Bug‘s Media Glass House arse-licker of the […]

June 5, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Mediocre Bytes, Politics, Publishing, social media

Newscorpse blamed for slow faecal flow!

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… and rightly so most times! There might be fewer days left in the month than the fingers […]

May 28, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Fake News Association of Australia, Media, Politics, Publishing, sex, social media

Nothing certain in life except “death taxes” scare

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The Bug’s two media-focussed columns – this edition of Media Glass House and its sibling Mediocre Bytes – […]

May 27, 2026 Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Exclusive, Media, Mediocre Bytes, Politics, Publishing

Sound advice that will keep you safe in Autumn!

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Autumn in our part of the world has begun – and while its dangers might not be as […]

March 1, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Make America Great Again, Media, Middle East, New Zealand, Politics, social media, Trump presidency, United Kingdom, United States of America

A dame good idea all round!

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Former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern will be Australia’s new deputy prime minister within weeks. This […]

February 27, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Defence, Entertainment, Exclusive, Fake News Association of Australia, Make America Great Again, Media, Middle East, Politics, Publishing, social media, Trump presidency, United States of America

Andy crapped all over! PK too

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Before we get onto far more serious domestic issues centred on our woeful mainstream mediocre and probably the […]

February 23, 2026 Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Politics, Publishing, Religion, social media, United Kingdom, World

That’s some lifeline!

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The bitter, twisted, old hacks who compile this column have always accepted that the English language is a […]

February 16, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Media, Mediocre Bytes, Politics, social media

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