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First Dog on the Moon on ... baby Ferouz's first birthday
Tiny Ferouz is one year-old and Scott Morrison wants to celebrate in style
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First Dog on the Moon on the idea of a new cold war – cartoon
Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that tensions between the US and Russia over Ukraine have put the world on the brink of a new cold war
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First Dog on the Moon on tax avoidance – cartoon
French, German and Dutch finance ministers have rounded on Luxembourg for allowing multinational companies to create complicated structures to avoid billions of dollars of tax
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First Dog on the Moon: if horses could talk
Croquembouche Lad has lost a couple of mates at the Melbourne Cup. He's not too happy about it
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First Dog on the Moon on ... The Melbourne Cup
It's First Dog on the Moon's handy Melbourne Cup sweep animals as entertainment form guide
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First Dog on the Moon on Australian immigration – cartoon
Too many asylum seekers on boats? Try the Australian solution. It works!
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First Dog on the Moon on ... Greg Hunt's leaked messages
First Dog: When Brenda the civil disobedience penguin stumbles across some naughty messages, what she learns could bring down the government
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First Dog on the Moon remembers his early work – video
First Dog on the Moon shares some of his early, unpublished work with the Guardian Australia multimedia team. There are curious teen pizzas and sea cucumbers with appalling habits, and of course, early renditions of the Dog himself
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First Dog on the Moon ... a racist carrot goes to Canberra
First Dog: When a carrot tries to enter parliament in a questionable outfit, he finds out the hard way who's allowed to be racist in the nation's capital
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First Dog on the Moon on Afghanistan – cartoon
International forces touted the Gizab's uprising against the Taliban as a success story of civil courage and a milestone in the decade-long war – but now the district is about to fall back under the control of the insurgents
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Mine-detecting rats: First Dog on the Moon talks through the cartoon – audio
First Dog on the Moon talks us through his cartoon on mine-detecting rats
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First Dog on the Moon on ... mine-fighting rats
The mine-detecting rats of Mozambique will save us all!
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First Dog on the Moon on Isis – cartoon
A US airdrop of arms to besieged Kurds in Kobani appears to have missed its target and ended up in the hands of Islamic State (Isis) militants
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First Dog on the Moon on the Ebola outbreak – cartoon
The Ebola outbreak continues in west Africa, but its effect on western countries is not as great as many in the media imply
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First Dog on the Moon on ... the Australian treasurer on British TV
Joe Hockey was asked by a BBC journalist about Australia's considerable carbon output. The truth is out there ...
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First Dog on the Moon on ... the story of Zainullah Naseri
Zainullah is a Hazara man who came to Australia from Afghanistan. He was forcibly sent back to the country he was desperate to escape
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In the studio with First Dog on the Moon: burqa madness – video
Guardian Australia's resident marsupial cartoonist First Dog on the Moon guides us through his process of coming up with the cartoons we know and love
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First Dog on the Moon on ... is life too hard?
It would be easy to surrender and slip under the waves – but each day brings its own battles, and there's work to be done
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First Dog on the Moon on ... how to beat Ebola
The west won't stop Ebola until a sufficiently large awareness-raising campaign is launched. It's time to infect a minor celebrity, says First Dog on the Moon
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Richard Ackland: The council of the NSW bar association, Australia’s dominant bar, has been taken in a putsch by restorationists intent on bringing back old royal honours. It’s a depressing spectacleRevenge of the Queen's counsel: NSW's legal establishment is wracked with division after a monarchist raid
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Serco is failing, but is kept afloat thanks to Australia's refugee policyAntony Loewenstein: It’s a sign of the times that a company like Serco, with murky financial statements masking its true economic shape, is continually rewarded for failure by new and larger contracts
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Soldiers' real stories are the best defence against Remembrance Day conditioningPaul Daley: Our politicians ask us to imagine that our ‘fallen’ soldiers ‘sacrificed’ themselves for a higher cause. For many young men sent to the first world war, there was no happy, patriotic ending
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Icac survived intact. Margaret Cunneen and Arthur Moses were demolished. But the best is yet to come
Icac survived intact. Margaret Cunneen and Arthur Moses were demolished. But the best is yet to come
Richard Ackland: Aside from a day of exciting courtroom drama, the Cunneen case gave us some very interesting clarifications about Icac and its powers – and an appeal to look forward to
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Black Comedy: five questions to Bjorn StewartIndigenousX: Bjorn Stewart, one of the stars of ABC1’s new series Black Comedy, takes over the @IndigenousX Twitter account this week
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Antony Loewenstein: Whitlam supported Suharto, challenged Israel and had a tense relationship with the US. His foreign policy legacy contains plenty to trouble myth-makers on both the left and rightIf Gough Whitlam was a saint at home, he was often a sinner abroad
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When children are assaulted on Nauru it is a matter for Australian law, whatever Scott Morrison says
Richard Ackland: The immigration minister’s fevered attempt to shred the rule of law is coming into conflict with legal norms that say states cannot abandon their responsibilitiesWhen children are assaulted on Nauru it is a matter for Australian law, whatever Scott Morrison says -
Julie Bishop doesn't find feminism useful? What do rightwing women want, anyway?Van Badham: Feminism is a broad church, but it has always been about the self-actualisation of women. So what’s the endgame for female politicians who are explicitly anti-feminist?
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I want the true law that brings peace and harmony: five questions for Dianne Biritjalawuy GondarraIndigenousX: I hope for real acknowledgement of Yolngu Rom (Law) so my people can be empowered in the same way as Balanda (mainstream Australians)
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Antony Loewenstein: I’ve hesitated to write about gender, worried that I’ll be slammed for daring to speak out. But we all benefit from gender equality, and therefore must give feminism some tough love'Feminism lite' is letting down the women who need it the most
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Indigenous personnel who fought for Australia deserve their monument in CanberraPaul Daley: Indigenous people who’ve participated in conflicts involving Australia are not about to win a specific monument on the grounds of the war memorial any time soon – a real shame
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Barry Spurr’s ‘whimsical games’ are set to go a lot further as his court action against New Matilda continuesBarry Spurr v New Matilda: the facts, the law and the porridge
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Paul Seesequasis on the sacredness of the earth and starsIndigenousX: This week on @IndigenousX, I plan to curate archival photos of the recent past century. The photos generally speak for themselves
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Antony Loewenstein: The prosecution of Freya Newman, court actions against news outlets and police investigations of immigration leaks show the war on whistleblowers is escalatingAustralia's war on whistleblowers must end
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From poultry workers to office cleaners, unions are being attacked for sticking up for workers' rightsVan Badham: In industries low in glamour and high in exploitation, employers sign contracts that take their working rights away from them. This is why unions matter
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Australia's defining moments: a great conversation-starter for our entire nationPaul Daley: Tony Abbott sees the arrival of the first fleet as Australia’s defining moment. Other Australians disagree: they want it to be archaeological evidence of the first people 52,000 years ago
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Antony Loewenstein: Shirtfronting, Islamaphobia and sweeping national security laws all point to a political culture that’s growing increasingly more extremeAustralia is on the road to a Tea party revolution
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University fee hikes are a disaster for social mobility. The time for protest and escalation is nowVan Badham and Ben Eltham: Are Australian students not escalating protest because they don’t know how bad their situation will be? Perhaps they don’t realise how influential they can be
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How to solve the Syrian crisisEdward Dark: The survival of Assad’s regime and growth of jihadist groups are horrible prospects. International actors need to put aside self-interest and start meaningful talks
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Jonathan Jones, Framing the debate: In a strange and redemptive way, the image of the hanging basket – and the heroic story that followed – has done more than anything so far to free this new building from 9/11One World Trade Center's rescued window washers: a human triumph we needed
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Ed Miliband’s ‘zero-zero economy’ speech scores crucial pointsTom Clark: Amid plunging ratings, his speech sought to remind voters what Labour is for, showing integrity in its focus on inequality and insecurity
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Sainsbury’s Christmas ad is a dangerous and disrespectful masterpieceAlly Fogg: In making the first world war beautiful to flog groceries the film-makers have disrespected the millions who suffered in the trenches
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I have a preexisting condition. So what happens if Republicans really repeal Obamacare?Nell Boeschenstein: I have the BRCA1 breast cancer mutation. I also have a file of medical bills that my insurance currently covers because of the law the GOP promises to rescind
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan: Don't believe everything you read about the trade unions – particularly if it's in the Daily Mail
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Polygamy wasn’t a theological debate for early Mormon women. It was part of their livesDavid Ebershoff: By acknowleding that founder Joseph Smith had multiple wives, the Mormon church is finally offering those – and many other – women dignity
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Morocco’s refusal to host the Cup of Nations is rooted in prejudiceSean Jacobs: Citing the Ebola outbreak for snubbing the tournament highlights the difficult relationship between north and sub-Saharan Africa
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Oliver Burkeman: The PC menace may not be real, but snobby liberals are definitely winning the war on the War on Christmas now. We’ll have our quinoa and eat it, too, thank you very muchPolitical correctness really works! Sorry, conservatives, but science just said so
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The US-China climate deal is a model for world diplomacy: too small to failDavid G Victor: A shocking emissions agreement starts the clock for an even bigger deal next year in Paris. Can superpowers and environmental leaders learn to make the most of secret, bottom-up negotiations?
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Anne Perkins: First thoughts: By guaranteeing prices to drugs companies, the fund sustains inflated costs to the NHS and the profitability of big pharmaThe Cancer Drugs Fund was a quick political fix that has failed
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To suggest terrorists are using the right to be forgotten online is absurdPaul Bernal: If Sajid Javid’s speech is indicative of the approach to privacy that we’d see in a Tory bill of rights then we should all be worried
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The Guardian view on the foreign exchange scandal: banks busted, againEditorial: Three countries have caught five institutions with their hands in the till. Banking is rotten to the core, but flattering pre-crisis ideas about its role have proved remarkably hard to shift
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The Guardian view on the US-China climate change deal: two cheersEditorial: It doesn’t go far enough, but it unblocks the road to a deal in Paris next year
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The Guardian view on the Rosetta mission: a human ingenuity triumphEditorial: This great exploration has demanded unswerving tenacity, as well as Europe-wide cooperation
The US-China deal on climate change is this century's most significant agreement. It puts G20 goals to shame
Even if Labor wins the Victorian election, it will be trapped by its own mythology about the Greens
Ebola: for-profit disaster capitalists are already out looking to make money from misery
The Serial podcast shows us the sausage factory of journalism: it’s a different approach to objectivity
Rosetta’s success will illuminate the origins of life – it’s a billion well spent
America's on edge about the Ferguson grand jury decision. But justice is about what comes after that
The GCHQ boss’s assault on privacy is promoting illegality on the net
Kim Kardashian naked didn't break the internet. We've already sold out the female body
Ukraine has ignored the far right for too long – it must wake up to the danger
How to solve the Syrian crisis
One World Trade Center's rescued window washers: a human triumph we needed
Analysis Ed Miliband’s ‘zero-zero economy’ speech scores crucial points
Sainsbury’s Christmas ad is a dangerous and disrespectful masterpiece
I have a preexisting condition. So what happens if Republicans really repeal Obamacare?
Six myths about how the unions are ruining Britain
Ellie Mae O'Hagan: Don't believe everything you read about the trade unions – particularly if it's in the Daily Mail
Polygamy wasn’t a theological debate for early Mormon women. It was part of their lives
Ideas for 13-14 November
Post your suggestions for subjects you'd like us to cover on Comment is free
Morocco’s refusal to host the Cup of Nations is rooted in prejudice
Political correctness really works! Sorry, conservatives, but science just said so
The US-China climate deal is a model for world diplomacy: too small to fail
The Cancer Drugs Fund was a quick political fix that has failed
To suggest terrorists are using the right to be forgotten online is absurd
Cartoon Steve Bell's If ... on Nicola Sturgeon's new Scotland
Steve Bell's If ...
The Guardian view on the foreign exchange scandal: banks busted, again
The Guardian view on the US-China climate change deal: two cheers
The Guardian view on the Rosetta mission: a human ingenuity triumph