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'He sucked the joy of ignorance out of the room by naming the harm, the harm we are all being made complicit in, and he ...
16/09/2026

'He sucked the joy of ignorance out of the room by naming the harm, the harm we are all being made complicit in, and he was punished.'

Macklemore pays the price for killing the joy of ignorance on Palestine ~ Yuki Lindley

Macklemore sucked the joy of ignorance out of the room by naming the harm, the harm we are all being made complicit in.

'For the better part of two decades, Dr Harley Dale was the load-bearing wall of Australian housing economics. Not the l...
16/09/2026

'For the better part of two decades, Dr Harley Dale was the load-bearing wall of Australian housing economics. Not the loudest voice. Not the most politically convenient one. But the one doing the structural work.'

The load-bearing wall: Vale Dr Harley Dale ~ Professor Vince Hooper

A tribute to the late Dr Harley Dale, described by friend Professor Vince Hooper as the load-bearing wall of Australian housing economics.

'This is not merely a privacy issue. Children and vulnerable people can be repeatedly directed towards eating-disorder m...
15/09/2026

'This is not merely a privacy issue. Children and vulnerable people can be repeatedly directed towards eating-disorder material, self-harm, misogyny, dangerous behaviour and extremist ideas.'

Digital Duty of Care: Making Big Tech socially responsible ~ Paul Budde

Australia's Digital Duty of Care Bill shifts the responsibility to provide a safe online environment to where it belongs - with Big Tech.

One Nation’s plan to slash temporary migration by 750,000 promises dramatic cuts, but its numbers, assumptions and econo...
15/09/2026

One Nation’s plan to slash temporary migration by 750,000 promises dramatic cuts, but its numbers, assumptions and economic consequences don’t add up.

One Nation’s migration maths doesn’t add up
~ Dr Abul Rizvi

One Nation’s plan to slash temporary migration by 750,000 promises dramatic cuts, but its numbers, assumptions and economic consequences don’t add up.

Economic orthodoxy has survived repeated crises by protecting asset wealth and treating its own failures as exceptions r...
15/09/2026

Economic orthodoxy has survived repeated crises by protecting asset wealth and treating its own failures as exceptions rather than reasons for change.

Democracy and the secular faith of economics
~ David Higginbottom

Economic orthodoxy has survived repeated crises by protecting asset wealth and treating its own failures as exceptions rather than reasons for change.

Labor governments face criticism from both sides, but progress requires compromise, consensus and accepting that not eve...
14/09/2026

Labor governments face criticism from both sides, but progress requires compromise, consensus and accepting that not every change will suit everyone.

The Labor paradox: Too progressive, not progressive enough
~ Dr Victoria Fielding

Labor governments face criticism from both sides, but progress requires compromise, consensus and accepting that not every change will suit everyone.

AUKUS is costing Australia billions while serving U.S. strategic interests, undermining sovereignty and making the natio...
14/09/2026

AUKUS is costing Australia billions while serving U.S. strategic interests, undermining sovereignty and making the nation less secure.

AUKUS serves America at Australia’s expense
~ Russell Rollason

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AUKUS is costing Australia billions while serving U.S. strategic interests, undermining sovereignty and making the nation less secure.

Pauline Hanson’s plan to put the ABC behind a paywall threatens decades of shared Australian culture.Pauline Hanson’s AB...
14/09/2026

Pauline Hanson’s plan to put the ABC behind a paywall threatens decades of shared Australian culture.

Pauline Hanson’s ABC paywall threatens our shared culture
~ Michael Gibbons

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Pauline Hanson’s plan to put the ABC behind a paywall threatens decades of shared Australian culture, writes Michael Gibbons.

While newsrooms provoke fear and anxiety about concocted “crises”, life is better than ever.Top 40 datasets showing qual...
13/09/2026

While newsrooms provoke fear and anxiety about concocted “crises”, life is better than ever.

Top 40 datasets showing quality of life in Australia steadily rising
~ Alan Austin

While newsrooms provoke fear and anxiety about concocted “crises”, life is better than ever.

Looking at Australia through the lens of award-winning photojournalist Bill McAuley.Australian rowing legends, finding t...
13/09/2026

Looking at Australia through the lens of award-winning photojournalist Bill McAuley.

Australian rowing legends, finding their rhythm and feeling the swing during a training run on the Yarra in Melbourne. (Photo, circa mid-1990s.)

Australian rowing legends, finding their rhythm and feeling the swing during a training run on the Yarra.

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