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  • RELIGION

    The politics and process of the papal conclave

    • John Warhurst
    • 05 May 2025

    As the cardinals prepare to elect a new pope, the centuries-old conclave process proceeds with solemnity and speed. But beneath the tradition lies the question of whether a closed, clerical system still reflects the needs of a diverse, divided, and global Church.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Principle in party politics: Remembering Petro Georgiou

    • Stephen Minas
    • 30 April 2025

    As Australia prepares to vote, the legacy of Petro Georgiou casts a long shadow, reminding us that politics can still be principled, compassionate, and deeply human. He reshaped multicultural policy, challenged cruelty, and proved that conscience has a place in party politics.

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  • RELIGION

    In praise of Pope Francis

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 22 April 2025

    In a world that sees refugees and immigrants as a threat, disregards the victims of war, trashes the environment, rewards self-interest and cheapens religious faith, Pope Francis wept with those mistreated, pleaded their cause and radiated joy and hope.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    What happens when the west abandons foreign aid?

    • Joe Zabar
    • 16 April 2025

    As Trump dismantles America’s global aid program, and Europe follows suit, developing nations are left to fill the vacuum often with partners unfriendly to Western interests. In this new geopolitical terrain, Australia faces a choice: retreat with the rest, or lead through renewed investment in aid and regional diplomacy.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Legal ways to spoil the child

    • 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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  • RELIGION

    What the Church can learn from its exile to the margins

    • Vincent Long Van Nguyen
    • 01 April 2025

    As war rages, the climate suffers and inequality grows, the ancient idea of Jubilee feels newly urgent. Can an economy built on profit give way to one rooted in justice? Can the Church trade power for presence? Renewal may begin where the poor, the displaced and the earth come together.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    What the 2025 federal budget does and doesn't do

    • David James
    • 27 March 2025

    Australia’s Federal Budget offers a mix of tax cuts, spending increases, and modest relief for households, but fails to address the seismic shifts in global economics. With rising defense spending and minimal solutions for mounting debt, it remains unclear whether this budget can navigate the country’s economic vulnerabilities in an unpredictable world.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Cyclone Alfred exposed a health system in disrepair

    • Jo Skinner
    • 25 March 2025

    When Cyclone Alfred swept through Queensland, the damage was swift, but its most enduring effects are harder to see. As the clean-up began, a quieter crisis emerged: disrupted care, rising health risks, and a fragile health system ill-equipped to cope. 

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  • EDUCATION

    Universities are placing limits on protests for student safety

    • Erica Cervini
    • 25 March 2025

    As campus protests grow increasingly disruptive, universities face an uncomfortable choice: uphold students’ right to protest or ensure their safety and right to education. The debate over free speech and campus security has never been more urgent.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    On riding Trojan horses no more

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 24 March 2025

    With America's reliability in question, Australia is rethinking what security really means. Should it double down on military self-reliance, or reconsider the cost of placing defence above all else? As alliances fray and power shifts, the country faces a deeper reckoning: whom can it trust—and at what price?

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    The roots of American discontent

    • Nirmal Ghosh
    • 14 March 2025

    Donald Trump’s return to the White House was the culmination of decades of economic decline, political disillusionment, and cultural fracture, forces the liberal elite ignored at their peril. As Trump reshapes America’s role in the world, his rise reveals hard truths about democracy, populism, and power in the 21st century.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    True crime, fake illness, real profits

    • Nikki Richardson
    • 06 March 2025

    In Netflix series Apple Cider Vinegar, Belle Gibson’s wellness scam has been repackaged for the streaming era, perfectly illustrating how news, entertainment, and advertising function as overlapping parts of the same machinery to keep us consuming content.

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