Pearls and Irritations is required reading for all who mistrust the party line.
_But it needs your financial support to survive and grow. With the mainstream media handcuffed to the firewall, our governments self-censored by ‘freedom’ of information, and the national interest ignoring the public interest, Australians need an online opinion site that’s free, accessible, informative, uninhibited, and quick to read. _
John Menadue and his young team give us this every day, and the crowd gathered around the _Pearls and Irritations’ _soapbox now includes readers abroad as well.
It’s become required reading for all who mistrust the party line, of whichever party or none.
- Alison Broinowski
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