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EDITOR'S PICK 2024: Australia gets revenge as Bluey conquers the United States

The second of our two editor's picks from 2024, compelling IA articles selected by the IA editor ...  
Social media ban: More harm than good

Australia's social media ban will isolate vulnerable children from online support communities.  
Gender inequality giving 'D-Minus Dads' a passing grade

While institutional change is desperately needed, we should also be driving social change by ...  
Alternatives to a social media age ban

The Government's proposed age limit for social media use is an excessive measure and not the only ...  
Politicians and media doing nothing to fix child removal crisis

Australia is facing a crisis in which 'child protection' services are reuniting a staggeringly low ...  
Draconian social media ban doomed to fail

The proposed legislation to restrict the age limit for social media use is destined to fail and ...  
Government bans social media fearing rise of  'Generation Left'

The recent announcement of age restrictions for social media use raises questions regarding the ...  
'Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections.' So they should

The recent QLD Election only exemplified our broken, violent "democratic" system. Neither w ...  
Australia gets revenge as Bluey conquers the United States

While Australia has undergone Americanisation for many years, one TV show invaded American pop ...  
School lunches, royal tours, foreign wars & the myth of Australia’s classless society

Imprisoning children instead of feeding them, pandering to our royal masters and sacrificing our ...  
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EDITORIAL: School lunches, royal tours, foreign wars and the myth of Australia’s classless society

The notion Australia is a classless society is an utter furphy.  
Truth about Queensland youth crime won't sell papers or promote LNP

Despite the Queensland LNP winning government based on a campaign against the 'youth crime cris ...  
Global youth justice methods a lesson for Australia

Several countries in the world boast successful rehabilitation and reform tactics regarding youth ...  
TikTok addiction: It takes all of 35 minutes

Fourteen U.S. states have filed a lawsuit against TikTok, claiming the video streaming platform ...  
'Adult Crime, Adult Time' in Queensland: LNP direct their anger toward children

An increasingly malevolent LNP, clutching desperately for power in Queensland, take their ster ...  
Denying hungry kids and women’s rights with David Crisafulli et al

There is something wrong with our national priorities if we allow Crisafulli's LNP to prop up ...  
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EDITORIAL: Denying hungry kids and women’s rights with David Crisafulli et al

It takes a special type of hard heart to not only disapprove of an initiative that would help feed ...  
Grieving the loss of a murdered daughter

One of my most challenging assignments was photographing Phyllis Chan as she grieved the loss of ...  
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