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INTERNATIONAL
Khmer New Year in April 1975 began with promise but ended in horror. Days later, the Khmer Rouge seized Phnom Penh, emptied hospitals, executed officials, and began a genocide. Decades on, the trauma endures in refugee stories, in temples abroad, and in a regime still marked by repression and foreign influence.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Was Shakespeare something you endured at school, or something that never left you? In this rich, panoramic reflection, Peter Craven explores the Bard’s enduring presence in culture, performance, and memory, from Brando to Gielgud, schoolyards to sonnets. A tribute to a lifetime’s treasure in Shakespeare.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
You’ve heard their songs — on Breaking Bad, on the radio, sung by Nilsson or Mariah Carey— but you may not know the name Badfinger. Their music brushed greatness. Their story ended in ruin. Joey Molland, the last surviving member, has died. This is the tragic, unforgettable tale of the band that should’ve been the next Beatles.
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AUSTRALIA
- Erica Cervini
- 14 May 2025
Adam Bandt’s unexpected loss in Melbourne has sent shockwaves through the Greens’ ranks. Once poised for expansion, the party is now reckoning with a bruising election result, voter backlash, and a confused identity. In their heartland, even the most loyal supporters seemed ready to walk away. So what happened?
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 12 May 2025
What kind of Pope will Leo XIV be? In the wake of Francis, this new pontiff inherits both a vision and a world in flux. With a global sensibility, and a unifying motto, his early gestures suggest a leader shaped by harmony, not polarisation, and attentive to human dignity.
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AUSTRALIA
The 2025 election marked a pause in Australia’s political life. As old policy narratives falter, we have an opportunity to ask ourselves: what kind of society are we trying to build? Across faiths and traditions, the idea of the common good offers a path forward beyond division and drift.
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AUSTRALIA
- Max Jeganathan
- 07 May 2025
In the wake of an unexpectedly decisive election, Australians rejected grievance politics from both right and left. What emerged instead was a quiet preference for stability, civility, and competence: qualities that don’t often headline campaigns, but this time shaped the outcome. In 2025, trumpery just didn’t cut it.
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RELIGION
- Miles Pattenden
- 07 May 2025
In an age of transient politics and market-driven morality, the papacy remains a rare constant. The pope has enduring significance as a global moral figurehead whose authority lies not in power but in the stubborn articulation of what ought to be.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 02 May 2025
In an era of reflex opinion and vanishing accountability, moral seriousness can seem an anachronism. Yet history teaches that ideas — and the people who defend them — shape lives and nations.
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RELIGION
- Miles Pattenden
- 01 May 2025
As cardinals gather in Rome, they must confront declining trust, shifting global power, financial scandals, and unresolved doctrinal divides within the Church. More than a choice of leader, this moment is a reckoning with modernity and the future direction of the Church itself.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Warwick McFadyen
- 30 April 2025
And so as the 21st century marked its first quarter, reality in the most powerful country on Earth slipped into a vortex of blurred lines of what it meant to be a living, moral being.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian McCoy
- 24 April 2025
As we witness those wars that continue to rage, we might wonder, this Anzac Day, what were the effects on our First Nations people when their lands were first taken? We can now see only too clearly that it is difficult, if not impossible in the longer term, to defend one’s land when the invader has more powerful resources and shows no intention of negotiating peace.
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