Australasia
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Victoria to forge on with raising the age of criminal responsibility, new bail laws.
Indigenous groups have criticised the Victorian Opposition for attempting to reintroduce bail laws that were previously labelled an “unmitigated disaster,”…
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Australia’s First Nations still looking over the 1788 chasm
More than four months after a crushing defeat in the Voice referendum, and soon after the Closing the Gap report…
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Nearly all federal politicians have accepted gifts from Qantas, but not all have declared them
But a bizarre Senate rule change means there are more that we don’t know about. Anton Nilsson Crikey Nearly all…
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Labor challenged to back in anti-pork barrelling bill
Independent MP Helen Haines introduced a bill to federal parliament which would increase transparency for Commonwealth grants to ensure they…
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By boat or by plane? If you’re seeking asylum in Australia, the outcome is similarly bleak
This revived dormant debates about border security. Savitri Taylor The Conversation People without visas come to Australia by air and…
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Historic vote in Australian parliament on Julian Assange
The Australian House of Representatives passed a motion introduced by Tasmanian Independent, Andrew Wilkie on behalf of the Parliamentary Friends…
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Australia is in desperate need of a Whistleblower Protection Authority. Here’s what it should look like
Making it safer for insiders to speak up about wrongdoing is crucial for public integrity in Australia. Ask anyone, from…
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Damaging social cohesion
Ambitious New Year resolutions perhaps? Tony Ward Pearls and Irritations But these goals, from the latest Scanlon social cohesion report are much…
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Why do we see beauty as virtuous and ugliness as a problem to be fixed? Two philosophers explain
The Phantom of the Opera, Ursula the Sea Witch, the Evil Stepmother. ABC RN / By Anna Levy for The Philosopher’s Zone They…
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Deepfakes, sexbots cannot be ignored by AI laws, expert says
With deepfake pornography and sex robots on the rise, a legal expert said the sex and intimacy industry should be…
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‘Dark money’: $57m of donations to major Australian parties in 2022-23 of unknown origin
Analysis of AEC’s annual political returns show one quarter of major parties’ funding comes from unnamed sources Nick Evershed and Sarah Basford…
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Global water scarcity is putting Australian ‘aquapreneurs’ on the map
A new breed of Australian startups are working to change that Kate Burgess Capital Brief As the driest inhabited continent…
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Four immediate actions to reduce recidivism
The key to reducing recidivism among ex-prisoners relies on a change in public perception and intensive tailored support when individuals…
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Biggest political donors revealed amid calls for reform
The Australian Electoral Commission on Thursday published donations made in the past financial year. Maeve Bannister and Tess Ikonomou aap…
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Renewed calls for Labor to ditch work for the dole scheme as major charity walks away
Welfare advocates have renewed calls for the Labor government to drop the work for the dole program after one of the country’s…
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Wong says Australia won’t give up on Dr Yang Hengjun’s release, five years after his imprisonment in China
Dr Yang is an Australian citizen born in China who was working in New York before his arrest at Guangzhou…
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