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Far-Right grifter found guilty of running fake charity

Active during last year's devastating Northern Rivers floods, conspiracist influencer David ...  
Governments to blame for homelessness crisis

Australia's political leaders are solely to blame for the number of our population struggling with ...  
Victoria Police are failing to 'protect' the LGBTQ+ community

It's telling that Victoria Police, which has the capacity to protect queer-friendly public events ...  
Killing LGBTQ+ events to counter Far-Right rabble won't work

Part of supporting LGBTQ+ people is arranging events that include them and finding ways to defend ...  
POEM: Missing Checkmate

This poem is an IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
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Racism runs through Dutton's 'dog act' in Alice Springs

Opposition leader Peter Dutton this week made serious allegations about Indigenous communities in ...  
How NASA and the CIA championed an unlikely scientific study

Russell Targ, American physicist, parapsychologist and author of nine books dealing with the ...  
Pics of sex pests published on police websites

In Tajikistan, some efforts have been made to curb the common problem of sexual harassment. ...  
Ban 'rapper-type music' — actually, ban everything

A recent statement from NSW Police declaring a ban on 'rapper-type music' at the Sydney Royal ...  
Perrottet’s Sydney-centric stance sums up Liberals' elitist worldview

Outgoing NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet's inflated view of Sydney is indicative of the Liberal ...  
Disabled access in the arts a shared responsibility

While there is a great deal of goodwill in the arts, more must be done to identify and address ...  
Why more laws, bans and cops won't stop neo-Nazis

Whenever neo-Nazi exploits occur in Australia, politicians and the media cry out for more laws ...  
No straight answers from NAB testimony on bank closures

National Australia Bank's recent testimony at the Senate Inquiry into bank closures in regional ...  
Far-Right tactic to target queer people a frightening trend

Growing homophobic "grooming" fantasies are not evidence of paedophilia — they are a tactic u ...  
Stopping Australia's path to America's war

A webinar is to be held discussing Australia's involvement in the escalating tensions between the ...  
AFL's careless concussion calls could cost big bucks

Injury lawyers are preparing to file a class action suit against the AFL, which they say must ...  
It’s not dating apps that harm women — it’s the men on them

This year's International Women's Day theme, 'Cracking the Code', focuses on innovation to combat ...  
Progressive support for COVID lockdowns was a disaster

While a necessary life-saving measure, the COVID lockdowns caused massive damage to the economy ...  
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