Opinion
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I asked hundreds of people about their biggest life decisions.
You make decisions all the time. Adrian R. Camilleri The Conversation Most are small… I asked hundreds …
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We know what it takes to raise men who don’t rape, so why don’t we act on it?
Most contemporary men, and most teenage boys thankfully, are caring and ethical. Steve Biddulph The Age They like and value…
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Speaking up about free speech
So is the University of Adelaide committed to free speech, or is its the latest university to dictate its version…
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Female victims are people in their own right – not just some man’s wife, mother, sister or daughter
Australia is currently being rocked by Brittany Higgins’s allegations that she was raped at Parliament House by a male colleague…
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Why does Donald Trump still seem to hold sway over the Republican party?
For US politics watchers, who on the weekend watched on as 43 Republican senators vote to acquit Trump of an…
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‘I am a people person.
We say ‘it takes a village to raise a child’, but the same principle of care applies to people as…
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Republicans should impeach Trump but cost now will be high
His presidential term is finished, and while a conviction would mean he cannot run again in 2024, it might also…
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Rand Paul: Why We Need to End the Forever Wars Now
After almost twenty years, we have lost over 7,000 killed, suffered over 50,000 wounded, and spent over $5.4 trillion, in…
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Time to end gilded reign of Australia’s gambling industry
This momentous finding by former Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin, SC, draws a line in the sand regarding the frequently unethical,…
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Speedy changes to defamation laws needed for a free press
Nine, the owner of The Age, has just fallen foul of those laws in relation to a joint investigation into Chinese-Australian…
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New aged care data on hospitalisation rates show significant problem areas in residential aged care
The report found 36.9% of nursing home residents presented to an emergency department at least once in 2018-19. Stephen Duckett…
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The US Capitol riots showed what a ‘bunch of entitled white people’ can do
These are the words of Democrat Congressman Ruben Gallego, who was evacuated from the US Capitol as a violent, angry…
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Time to repair the chinks in our democracy
A constitution and long-standing conventions may set out the foundations of representative government, but the real-world practice of daily politics…
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A global vaccine apartheid is unfolding. People’s lives must come before profit
Nine months ago world leaders were queueing up to declare any Covid-19 vaccine a global public good. Winnie Byanyima The…
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‘Hear me now’: Australian of the Year Grace Tame’s speech in full
She told ABC’s News Breakfast she could feel the atmosphere in the room. ABC “And the feeling was reconnection, the…
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If your child asks why Australia is celebrating a day of invasion, what will you tell them?
On 26 January, we contrast Australian displays of amnesia with Aboriginal truth-telling Amy McQuire for IndigenousX The Guardian Black children…
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