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RELIGION
- Danielle Terceiro
- 16 April 2025
Even in a world marked by war, exile and devastation, the Easter story offers a defiant hope: that ruin is not the end. Rooted in a vision of restoration beyond history’s violence, it speaks to a yearning deeper than despair — for justice, for peace, for a feast with no end.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Peter Craven
- 11 April 2025
Before heartthrobs became brand names, there was Richard Chamberlain. A matinee idol with the soul of a serious actor, he rose to fame as Dr. Kildare, sought after Shakespeare, and stole scenes from Gielgud. His legacy is a portrait of quiet yearning — for love, for truth, for artistic respect.
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AUSTRALIA
- Melinda Tankard Reist
- 11 April 2025
A growing number of female teachers in Australia are leaving the profession, citing daily sexual harassment from their own students. Fuelled by pornography and social media, the misconduct ranges from crude comments to deepfake abuse, raising urgent questions about safety, consent, and the culture festering inside today’s classrooms.
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RELIGION
- John Warhurst
- 10 April 2025
As Australia approaches a federal election, the bishops have offered a statement of gentle encouragement themed around hope. Yet in its caution and generality, it raises questions about missed opportunities for moral clarity, national relevance, and a more engaged voice in public life.
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AUSTRALIA
- Barry Gittins
- 10 April 2025
In cities that pride themselves on liveability, a quiet war is being waged against the homeless with urban design and tough bylaws. What appears as civic order is, in truth, a hardening of public conscience, where compassion gives way to concealment, and suffering is swept from view.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Binoy Kampmark
- 08 April 2025
In a move as nostalgic as it is economically incoherent, Donald Trump’s proposed global tariff hike promises to punish the world’s poorest nations while claiming to revive America’s rusted-out industries. But the math is dubious, the logic muddled — and the unintended consequences, as ever, potentially vast.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Gillian Bouras
- 04 April 2025
The Parthenon Marbles have long stood at the centre of a cultural standoff between Britain and Greece — art or artefact, spoils or stewardship? As negotiations inch forward, the ancient stones carry modern weight, raising urgent questions about restitution, identity, and what it means to right the wrongs of empire.
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AUSTRALIA
Immunisation has protected communities for centuries, from early smallpox prevention in 200 BC to the eradication of deadly diseases. Yet today, vaccine confidence is slipping. Misinformation, social media, and shifting parental anxieties are fuelling a quiet backlash, raising urgent questions about trust and public health in a changing world.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Binoy Kampmark
- 02 April 2025
No one can predict President Trump’s next move on the global stage. But what appears to be chaos has a clear historical precedent, rooted in a long American tradition of swaggering, often improvisational power. In Trump’s hands, diplomacy is spectacle: alliances unravel, spectacle dominates and self-interest rules.
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AUSTRALIA
As Australia heads toward a federal election, the government’s latest budget offers relief but fails the deeper test of justice. In a nation facing rising inequality and entrenched disadvantage, what’s missing is a vision anchored in the common good, a politics that serves not just voters, but the voiceless.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 02 April 2025
Countering a rise in youth crime with tough new bail laws will ensure community safety, but risks compounding the very crisis they aim to solve. As more children are placed in detention, the changes raise urgent questions about justice, policy failure, and the long-term social cost of prioritising punishment over prevention.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jenny Sinclair
- 28 March 2025
The origins of Australian Rules Football are officially recorded, but not necessarily complete. As new questions emerge about Tom Wills, marngrook, and the silences in our national story, the game’s history becomes a mirror reflecting not only what we remember, but what we choose to forget.
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