Australasia
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Australia’s ‘lowest priority’: The men waiting a decade to reunite with their families
Some have now been waiting, alone, for more than 10 years. Rebekah Holt SBS News The rural city of Swan…
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Shoeshops, tailors, TV repairs: a photographic homage to Melbourne’s vanishing small businesses is a form of time travel
Small Business, his new book of photographs, transports us to Melbourne’s vanishing architecture of interior workplaces created by largely working-class,…
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More kids are being diagnosed with ADHD for borderline (yet challenging) behaviours.
During my daughter’s challenging first year of school, we discovered how much effort it took her to sit and learn.…
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Housing affordability is a problem.
The idea that young Australians should be able to dip into their super to help buy their first home keeps…
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Myth of meritocracy casts Australia in a new light
New York Times journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s assessment of US culture is a devastating critique of the land of the free. Tim…
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If Australia was more democratic, would its economic policies be better?
It comes from the ancient Greek word “ostraka,” which referred to shards of broken pottery or stone. Gareth Hutchens ABC…
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Uncovering the plans of Australian white supremacists
The mainstream media is giving racial extremists such as Tom Sewell a platform to spread his message of hatred to…
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Right-wing terror group, Sonnenkrieg Division, ‘not directly involved’ with Australians
The Sonnenkrieg Division, a neo-Nazi group active in the United Kingdom, was listed on the government’s register of terrorist groups…
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Design makes a place a prison or a home.
The Royal Commission into Aged Care left organisations that provide housing for aged care wondering how they will put its…
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It’s time to welcome back refugees
As new Immigration Minister, Alex Hawke, prepares to announce important reforms to Australia’s Community Sponsorship of Refugees, a poll commissioned…
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Charities, power and politics
If we are to build the kind of Australia we want to live in, it is now, during the lead…
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What we can do to stop Indigenous deaths in custody
This is a national crisis deserving national attention and urgent action. Hannah McGlade The Age The federal government is claiming…
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Australian not-for-profits: Commission shouldn’t be granted extra power
It’s statistically highly improbable that any group of 3 million people is going to be entirely free of chancers, cheats,…
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Curbs on press freedom come with a cost, new research reveals
But what is its importance to a thriving economy? Authors The Conversation We have found evidence attacks on press freedom…
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In regional Australia, many domestic violence victims have ‘nowhere to go’
Grace’s mother Jessica Kupsch was violently killed by her partner in 2012. Manika Champ ABC News Matthew Patrick Tunks is…
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‘Not about sending teenagers to jail’: Chanel Contos pushes for new sex crimes reporting
University student Chanel Contos is pushing for a program that would allow sexual assault complaints to be made to police…
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