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Major thrills as 2023 football season winds up in Australia

Australians this year got a football season jammed with sensational close contests and commemor ...  
Australian politicians march on Washington for Assange's release

It was a short stint, involving a delegation of Australian parliamentarians lobbying members of ...  
Australia's internet quality remains appalling

Global internet quality rankings have revealed that Australia still has far to go in catching up ...  
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EU leads the way in regulating AI

The European Union is drafting international guidelines to eliminate the dangers and risks invo ...  
Modi's brutal, deceptive 'facelift' of Delhi for G20

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi really wanted to make an impression on his guests and digni ...  
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Sovereignty mocked in Ukraine 'proxy war'

The cliché that truth is the first casualty of war may be a tired one but it is still true.  
Colombia's violent conflict threatening global security

Armed conflict and gang-related violence still plagues Colombia and is a humanitarian crisis in ...  
Farewell to Jimmy Buffett — licence to chill

Jimmy Buffett, an artist who successfully pioneered a genre called “tropical rock”, has passed ...  
Challenging Australia's blind allegiance to USA against China

A new book speaks out against Australia's commitment towards military aggression against China ...  
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Facing life in prison, Donald Trump fuels racial violence in the USA

Hatred and violence are surging across the United States as the former President lashes out at ...  
The voyage

This short story is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
Imperialism is not dead and Australia should watch its back

Although open imperialism has diminished since World War II, it has not disappeared.  
Looting the looters: Theft at the British Museum

Mystery and irony are surrounding the recent discovery of thefts within the British Museum, an ...  
IAREM 2023: Norway's 'mixed' economy leads as Australia plays catch up

The Independent Australia ranking on economic management (IAREM) for 2023 shows Norway leading the ...  
The ALP National Conference and the march to war

The ALP National Conference aimed to sideline, at least for a time, any internal opposition to its ...  
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Global wealth report confirms Coalition incompetence right to the end

The steady decay in Australia’s wealth generation capacity continued throughout the Liberal ...  
Volunteers risk their lives to fight for Ukraine

Volunteers from around the world have taken up arms to defend Ukraine against Russian attacks.  
Warring Matildas

Whether it's sport or war, or indeed the war of sport, Australia has more than enough reasons to ...  
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