Opinion
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Senators working for gun safety legislation will pay a price, but they are doing the right thing
Too frequently, our leaders choose to attack each other rather than solve problems. Joe Lieberman The Hill But in recent…
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Boats are not the problem, it’s the 130,000 asylum seekers living here
The recent spate of asylum-seeker boats is due to the combination of an economic crisis in Sri Lanka and a…
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The New Cold War and Ukraine
And is this new Cold War more dangerous than the old one? Euripides Evriviades RUSI Are the Russians seriously contemplating…
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Belling the Cats
In his seminal 1999 book What are Journalists For? Nicholas Karides NYU professor Jay Rosen pointed to a plaque at the…
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If elected, Labor must reinvigorate the Australian Human Rights Commission
Various reforms to the Australian Human Rights Commission are required to better protect and realise human rights in Australia, writes…
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Ukrainian Refugees, the Cost to Europe and the Knock-on Effect.
The crisis in Ukraine is putting heavy economic and social pressure on European Union states. Not since the last world…
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The second American civil war is already happening
Τhe US supreme court’s upcoming decision to reverse Roe v Wade (an early draft of which was leaked last week)…
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Pre-Election pledges and the future of the Greek Australians Community in Melbourne
This week, Liberal politicians announced a $1.8 million pledge to the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV), in…
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On World Press Freedom Day, will Australia’s major parties pledge to fix our whistleblowing law?
At its simplest, press freedom is about truth: the ability to report and publish the truth, without fear or favour.…
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No American F-16s for anti-Western, anti-democratic, and belligerent Turkey
Now the Turks want to purchase 40 F-16s and upgrade kits for 80 more. Antonis Antoniou * Under no circumstances…
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Studying how people spend their time reveals how societies differ and change over time
Behind this simple and descriptive name lies a body of diverse research that has advanced understanding on many contemporary social…
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US candidates must recognize Armenian genocide – opinion
Sunday, April 24, was Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Shmuley Boteach The Jerusalem Post It is hard to believe, but the…
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Southern Africa storms fuelled by climate change – study
Analysis from the World Weather Attribution group also showed that such extreme rainfall was more common now. BBC The results…
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The Metaphysics of Memory
It takes strength to remember, it takes another kind of strength to forget, it takes a hero to do both.…
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UK’s freedom of information laws are being undermined, warn journalists
More than 100 journalists, politicians and campaigners have signed an open letter warning that the UK’s freedom of information (FoI)…
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The media spotlight on Afghanistan is fading fast – but the agony of its people is far from over
It took the international community two long decades of sacrifices with blood and fortune to establish some sort of representative…
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