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EXCLUSIVE: GC CEO secretively pushes through Tate pods development twice rejected by Council

A development financially benefitting Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate and twice rejected by elected ...  
EXCLUSIVE SUMMARY: Tom Tate and his Baker's pods collapse GC democracy

Despite the Gold Coast City Council twice voting to reject a development proposal endorsed by his ...  
Media framing is shaping our opinions before we realise it

Our opinions feel personal, but they have often been shaped by repetition and framing long before ...  
Naming the real problem with our climate

Our climate is collapsing because our comfort depends on systems that exploit people and nature ...  
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EXCLUSIVE: GC CEO secretly pushes through Tate development twice rejected by Council

A development twice rejected by elected councillors was quietly resurrected through bureaucracy ...  
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EDITORIAL: Tom Tate and the collapse of democracy on the Gold Coast

Despite the Gold Coast City Council twice voting to reject a development proposal endorsed by his ...  
When America raises the bill, Australia pays the price

As Washington demands unprecedented military spending from its allies, Australia faces a stark ...  
The regional visa dilemma facing Pauline Hanson

Pauline Hanson's biggest problem is that regional Australia depends on the migration she oppo ...  
Quantum’s second act: Data, discipline and geopolitics

Quantum has slipped out of the thought experiment phase and into the hard light of measurement ...  
Slow violence in the Kimberley’s forgotten prison

Year after year, Broome Prison remains overcrowded, degrading and overwhelmingly Indigenous — ...  
Australia’s social cohesion troubles can be resolved by addressing inequality

Australia’s fraying social fabric isn’t being torn apart by culture wars or extremism alone ...  
Australia’s growing tolerance for racism a threat to democracy

As racism shifts from the fringe to the mainstream, Australia’s social cohesion and democratic ...  
Climate events are changing tourism forever what Sri Lanka can learn from Australia’s response, says Arjuna Samarakoon

Climate events are no longer temporary disruptions to tourism economies. They are structural ...  
Assisted living amenities that improve quality of life

Assisted living communities extend beyond simple accommodations. Considerate amenities in these ...  
How assisted living helps seniors maintain independence

Many people worry about losing control in later life. Fortunately, assisted living communities ...  
Scott Morrison’s holy war: Preaching politics in Israel

In Jerusalem, Scott Morrison blended faith, fear and foreign policy into a sermon that excused ...  
Australia’s whistleblower laws protect the state, not the truth

From Bernard Collaery to David McBride, the evidence shows Australia’s whistleblower framework ...  
Efforts to house all Australians make slow but steady progress

The latest official data confirms that poverty and homelessness are gradually easing.  

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