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Retailers trying to get out of their obligations to accept cash under new laws

Multiple supermarkets and fuel retailers are trying to get out of their obligations to accept ...  
Forced labour tariffs: U.S. hypocrisy writ large but don't make a diplomatic fuss

Forced labour rhetoric is being weaponised as trade tariffs by the Trump Administration.  
AFR Rich List offers a scorecard of Australian inequality

The Rich List reveals a system that concentrates wealth and narrows the pathways to economic ...  
One Nation's poll surge and the politics of prediction

Polls can capture a moment in time, but treating them as crystal balls risks turning political ...  
Why are state and federal governments driving the koala to extinction?

Koalas continue to suffer: Are we dealing with political environmental vandalism?  
AI is not just technology — it’s reshaping society in ways we don’t control

AI is transforming society: Will humanity shape that transformation or be shaped by it?  
The ALP and its lack of authenticity

Labor cannot keep claiming to be the voice of labour if the people at the top have never really ...  
The real assault on aspiration isn’t tax reform: It’s inequality

When aspiration pathways are blocked, the political rhetoric of aspiration becomes detached from ...  
Before the marches: They were already here

Muslim men who stopped to pray five times a day in the red dust of the Australian interior did the ...  
JEFF MCMULLEN:  Sleeping rough in the "Lucky Country"

To achieve any semblance of equality in Australia, we urgently need greater ambition, creative ...  
Curated accounts conveyed to Royal Commission without context

Hyperpartisan accounts of curated, centred lived experience omit key facts at the Royal Commission ...  
Why do politicians get to inflame, but citizens don’t?

When citizens fear speaking while politicians speak freely, then freedom has become a one-way ...  
The next war is about compute — and Australia isn’t ready

Relying on global cloud providers and having no national strategy, what could possibly go wrong ...  
Two words: Case closed

"ISIS brides" – the two words that ended a debate before it began.  
Nationals out, One Nation in: A new Liberal Coalition partner rises

It is clear that the Liberals are bereft of ideas for moving this country forward.  
Modern Money changes everything

Everything changes when governments admit that money does work the way Modern Monetary Theory says ...  
BOOK REVIEW: Albert, Alan and the Guṯkuṯ

A moving exploration of history, grief and reconciliation, Albert, Alan and the Guṯkuṯ traces ...  
Poise without pedigree: Why Australia needs Nancy Mitford at the Strait of Malacca

It may be worth remembering in troubled geopolitical times that older societies knew how to ...  
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