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EDITORIAL: Hanson’s ‘two-way street’ and the underbelly of male violence

Perhaps the resurgence of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is necessary. Sort of like undergoing a ...  
Macklemore pays the price for killing the joy of ignorance on Palestine

Macklemore sucked the joy of ignorance out of the room by naming the harm, the harm we are all ...  
The load-bearing wall: Vale Dr Harley Dale

A tribute to the late Dr Harley Dale, described by friend Professor Vince Hooper as the load-be ...  
Digital Duty of Care: Making Big Tech socially responsible

Australia's Digital Duty of Care Bill shifts the responsibility to provide a safe online envi ...  
One Nation’s migration maths doesn’t add up

One Nation’s plan to slash temporary migration by 750,000 promises dramatic cuts, but its ...  
Democracy and the secular faith of economics

Economic orthodoxy has survived repeated crises by protecting asset wealth and treating its own ...  
The Labor paradox: Too progressive, not progressive enough

Labor governments face criticism from both sides, but progress requires compromise, consensus and ...  
AUKUS serves America at Australia’s expense

AUKUS is costing Australia billions while serving U.S. strategic interests, undermining soverei ...  
Pauline Hanson’s ABC paywall threatens our shared culture

Pauline Hanson’s plan to put the ABC behind a paywall threatens decades of shared Australian ...  
Top 40 datasets showing quality of life in Australia steadily rising

While newsrooms provoke fear and anxiety about concocted “crises”, life is better than ever ...  
Australia-China university collaborations under the microscope

The Australian Government has terminated some joint university projects with Chinese universities ...  
AUKUS — controversial, secretive but given a bipartisan blank cheque

Five years ago, Scott Morrison announced the $368 billion AUKUS pact that fundamentally changed ...  
Happy 30th Anniversary Pauline Hanson — thanks for nothing

30 years ago this week, Pauline Hanson was attacking Asians; this week, she's attacking war vete ...  
Australia accelerates integration into U.S. war machine

Australia’s accelerating military integration with the United States is drawing the nation ...  
International report says Australia’s arms trade not transparent

Australia’s two major parties want Australia to be a top-tier arms exporter, but the current ...  
Government’s anti-racism response exposes a glaring double standard

Australia’s response to discrimination reveals stark inequalities in how antisemitism, Islamo ...  
Australia’s algorithm opt-out is a fight for freedom of choice

Australia’s proposed algorithm opt-out would give social media users greater control over what ...  
Australia’s political leaders are failing democracy

Australia’s political leaders continue to put self-interest and political expediency ahead of ...  
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