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Keywords: Close The Gap

ARTS AND CULTURE

Three poets: John Kelly, Isabella G. Mead, Warwick McFadyen
- Andrew Hamilton
- 14 February 2025
These poets offer distinct reflections on life, faith, and human experience in their recent work. From Kelly’s reflective musings on faith and education to Mead’s exploration of motherhood and nature, and McFadyen’s grappling with grief, their works search for a ‘something more’.
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INTERNATIONAL

Friendship in freefall: Unpacking a crisis of civic disconnection
- David Halliday
- 13 December 2024
In 2024, a fifth of Americans reported having no close friends, and the number is growing, especially among those without college degrees. So what are the societal structures behind this crisis in loneliness, and how we can rebuild meaningful connections?
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AUSTRALIA

How the male crisis is killing women
- Sarah Klenbort
- 10 December 2024
From playground shrugs to a growing male crisis, outdated ideas about masculinity fuel violence, isolation, and despair. Addressing these challenges starts with how we raise boys — teaching compassion, accountability, and the courage to truly connect.
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AUSTRALIA

The silent epidemic: Our hidden child abuse crisis
- Smeeta Singh
- 06 September 2024
Australia is quietly confronting a national crisis: one in every four Australian children has been a victim of child sexual abuse, but you would never guess the scale of this crisis, given the lack of urgency from our national discourse.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The Desert Knows Her Name
- Gillian Bouras
- 02 August 2024
Conforming and belonging to a genre, in this case, ‘post-colonial, outback noir eco-fiction’, does not mean that a novel is not worthy. With rich symbolism and lyrical prose, Hills challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about Australian history, land ownership, and the inescapable consequences of past actions.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Stephanie Alexander and the family table
- Claire Heaney
- 02 August 2024
When Stephanie Alexander released the immensely popular The Cook’s Companion in 1996, she became a literal household name. The reason for her success lies perhaps in the knowledge that the true essence of cooking lies not in perfection, but in the act of coming together.
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Keywords: Close The Gap

Three poets: John Kelly, Isabella G. Mead, Warwick McFadyen

Friendship in freefall: Unpacking a crisis of civic disconnection

How the male crisis is killing women

The silent epidemic: Our hidden child abuse crisis

The Desert Knows Her Name

Stephanie Alexander and the family table