Opinion
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The democracy movement is invading corporate Australia as unrest over exorbitant executive pay grows
From mass protests in Hong Kong and fiery demonstrations across Latin and South America to continued unrest in the Middle…
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Can other people be trusted?
Where’s the unhappiest place in the country? Michael Koziol The Sydney Morning Herald This is no joke or riddle. It’s…
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Defence veterans rate of depression, drug addiction and suicide abnormally high
The grim statistics are part of a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released on Friday…
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I held Clive’s hand and he said: ‘We’ve known each other for 60 years’
We were both indifferent actors, though I was the more indifferent. Bruce Beresford The Sydney Morning Herald We came across…
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France is back, but where is Germany?
Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice. PARIS — Franco-German relations are tense. Unfortunately, this is unlikely…
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The dread of being deceived over medevac reveals Australia at its most grotesque
Margaret Atwood has once said that men’s greatest fear is being laughed at, while women’s greatest fear is being killed.…
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David Leyonhjelm tried to publicly shame me – I had to call him out
When a man does the wrong thing he should apologise. When he doesn’t, he should be called out and that…
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Australia has only empty words for children
In setting out minimum standards for the care and protection of all children, the convention explicitly recognises children’s independent agency…
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I spent five years speaking with people in nursing homes.
Gurney, aged 90, tells me he wants to join a youth club or go roller-skating. Barbara Barbosa Neves ABC News…
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Ministers reluctantly realise they will have to help RTÉ
My apologies in advance to readers who may take the following thoughts as a piece of self-referential media navel-gazing. But…
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Win or lose, Labour’s radicalism has redefined what’s possible in British politics
In today’s troubled Britain, it is commonplace to say that the political parties need to come up with some fresh…
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Burned-out junior doctors fear they’ll accidentally harm patients
More than 61 per cent of doctors in training were concerned they would make a clinical error due to fatigue…
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Macron’s Islamophobic undercurrent
What exactly is driving French President Emmanuel Macron’s foreign policy? By Bruno Maçães Politico He says he wants a more…
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This is not normal: what’s different about the NSW mega fires
My heart goes out to them. Greg Mullins The Sydney Morning Herald I don’t want to detract in any way…
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For farmers climate change is the headline to our lives, but McCormack’s Nationals avert their gaze
There might be a place where “raving inner city lunatics” are the only people who are concerned about climate change…
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Norway set to gain more from drilling in Great Australian Bight than Australia
The Norwegian government stands to gain $400m more from drilling in the Great Australian Bight than the South Australian and…
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