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AUSTRALIA

Street poll: Which party will win the votes of Australians doing it tough?
- Barry Gittins
- 13 March 2025
Australia’s political class might make grand promises, but for those on the margins — homeless, underemployed, struggling with addiction — these pledges mean little. The people who have been left behind know the game is rigged. As elections approach, they watch from the outside, knowing their vote was never meant to count.
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AUSTRALIA

Change of era, or era of change?
- Andrew Hamilton
- 13 March 2025
What feels like turbulence in the present often reveals itself, in hindsight, as the rupture of an era. From the fall of Rome to the upheavals of today, are we witnessing mere disruption, or the twilight of an old order?
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RELIGION

Lent was never just about giving things up
- Andrew Hamilton
- 05 March 2025
Lent is often reduced to private acts of restraint. But its history tells a richer story; of communal memory, public reckoning, and the need to confront human suffering. As new crises unfold, from war to political decay, Lent reminds us that forgetting the past is a luxury we cannot afford.
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ENVIRONMENT

Saving the Reef means learning from its past battles
- Michele Gierck
- 28 February 2025
Dr. Paul Hardisty has spent years chronicling the Great Barrier Reef—not just its breathtaking beauty, but its battles for survival. In In Hot Water, he traces a century of near-misses and looming catastrophe, from oil drilling threats to climate-driven bleaching, revealing the fragile, high-stakes fight to save the world’s largest coral ecosystem.
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INTERNATIONAL

Is this the end of American hegemony?
- David James
- 26 February 2025
With China and Russia asserting influence, alliances shifting, and economic nationalism rising, the unipolar era may be over. Is the U.S. retreating, recalibrating, or losing control? For decades, America dictated the global order. Now, the world is learning to move without it.
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INTERNATIONAL

The escalating crisis in Myanmar
- Anonymous
- 20 February 2025
Myanmar’s military-led turmoil drives millions from their homes, bombs local communities, and keeps democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi behind bars. Once a nation of proud heritage and abundant resources, it now teeters on social and economic collapse. Our deep dive examines an enduring crisis and the determination powering an urgent call for change.
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Keywords: Events

Street poll: Which party will win the votes of Australians doing it tough?

Change of era, or era of change?

Lent was never just about giving things up

Saving the Reef means learning from its past battles

Is this the end of American hegemony?

The escalating crisis in Myanmar