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Australia’s aged care continues to operate on a one-size-fits-all model

Across the nation, our culturally and linguistically diverse older population is growing faster ...  
Physical resistance, rocks and how to build a mass movement

Anti-fascist combat training is about feeling safe, not tough.  
James Packer’s confession menu: Ego à la carte

A billionaire feast of ego and excuses, James Packer’s latest interview is less redemption arc ...  
Social media ban: A chance for childhood to breathe again

A looming social media ban could feel like punishment to today’s teens, but it may end up being ...  
Contract bikies and bribed politicians: Australia’s Nauru refugee deal

Behind closed doors, the Albanese Government has replaced one form of outsourced violence with ...  
Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America

Penny Wong’s cautious diplomacy reveals Australia’s struggle to balance loyalty to the U.S. ...  
Compulsory voting under scrutiny amid claims it breeds political apathy

While hailed as a model of fairness, compulsory voting may be breeding apathy instead.  
Online but outpaced: Australia’s digital drift

Australia may be online, but a growing gap in speed, skills and strategy shows we’re losing pace ...  
A clogged visa system only rewards the unscrupulous

A growing number of people in Australia remain stuck in immigration limbo.  
Unseeing genocide: How the West lost Its moral compass in Gaza

A brutal reckoning with the West’s complicity, as Gaza shatters the illusion of morality and ...  
Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher — the quiet achievers of budget repair

From economic wreckage to recovery, Chalmers and Gallagher’s budget repair stands as Labor’s ...  
JEFF MCMULLEN: Counting nuclear warheads in the new arms race

The United States, Russia and China are spending tens of billions of dollars on new nuclear ...  
Calls for reform as remote work exposes compensation gaps

Workers, doctors and lawyers unite in calls for urgent reform to fix a system described as adve ...  
Contrasting outcomes consign Coalition to the compost heap of history

Prices, jobs, growth and debt all confirm the Coalition parties have run out of puff.  
Young Australians deserve more than a rigged future

Young people are struggling — but not equally. While some inherit safety nets, others face ...  
'Turbulence' examines Australia’s role in Trump-era power plays

A new book provides a sharp and unsettling examination of how Australia’s foreign policy is ...  
The world needs Mr Trump's orange renaissance

A measured defence of the global stability provided by a man who accidentally startles nations ...  
The Amazon storms the COP30 climate summit

Indigenous people don’t offer us hope — they offer truth, which demands we dismantle the ...  
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