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Keywords: Violence

ARTS AND CULTURE

Shakespeare's war criminal? Henry V and the problem of heroism
- Peter Craven
- 14 March 2025
Shakespeare’s Henry V has long been celebrated as a stirring hymn to English valour, a theatrical counterpart to Churchill’s wartime oratory. But beneath its rousing rhetoric lies a darker truth of a king who breaks hearts as easily as he wins battles, a war epic that disguises the brutality it glorifies.
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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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ARTS AND CULTURE

What makes a writer, and what breaks one
- Gillian Bouras
- 28 February 2025
What makes a writer? Is it exile, loss, or the relentless pull of history? In One Another, Gail Jones traces the lives of two outsiders—Joseph Conrad and a young Australian academic—both adrift between worlds, both seeking meaning in words. A novel about displacement, identity, and the burden of storytelling.
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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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AUSTRALIA

In a cashless society, inclusion must rule
- Mark Gaetani
- 26 February 2025
As cash fades from everyday transactions, its decline underscores a growing divide in access. With digital payments dominating and cash use dropping sharply, questions loom over the future of currency in an increasingly cashless society, and who might be left behind.
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INTERNATIONAL

Presidential pardons and the cost of selective forgiveness
- Claire Heaney
- 21 February 2025
For 200 years, the power of presidential mercy has shaped America’s justice system. But with tensions heightened by numerous controversial pardons by both Trump and Biden, has this constitutional safeguard become a political weapon, that threatens the balance of democracy?
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Keywords: Violence

Shakespeare's war criminal? Henry V and the problem of heroism

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

What makes a writer, and what breaks one

Is this the end of American hegemony?

In a cashless society, inclusion must rule

Presidential pardons and the cost of selective forgiveness