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ENVIRONMENT

The reef doctor
- Michele Gierck
- 31 August 2024
As rising sea temperatures trigger widespread coral bleaching across the Great Barrier Reef, marine scientists explore the devastating effects and do what they can to restore these vital ecosystems.
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AUSTRALIA

A national declaration of dignity
- Joseph Camilleri
- 28 August 2024
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As Australia faces numerous moral crises from domestic inequality to global militarization, a proposed national charter of principles could to reshape our society and redefine our global role. This declaration would acknowledge Indigenous dispossession, prioritize human rights, and shift focus from military alliances to human security.
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INTERNATIONAL

The two American freedoms
- Sarah Klenbort
- 21 August 2024
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For a nation ‘conceived in liberty’, much of how this U.S. election will play out will hinge on different understandings of the word ‘freedom’, a term that has two distinct and separate meanings depending on whether the person you’re asking votes red or blue.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Seasons move and the Earth is reborn
- Warwick McFadyen
- 21 August 2024
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In my part of the world, the earth has begun to awaken from its winterlong sleep. The colours of the day are changing and the earth and its attendant branches of family are blooming into beauty.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Disney's lost kingdom
- Cherie Gilmour
- 16 August 2024
The Lion King roared onto screens 30 years ago, capturing hearts unlike any Disney film since. But as the entertainment giant stumbles, it's worth considering the enduring magic of Simba's story and why modern Disney has struggled to recapture that spark.
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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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AUSTRALIA

Legislating the right to a home of our own
- Ken Haley
- 18 July 2024
With homelessness rising and housing affordability plummeting, Independents propose a radical solution: a National Housing Plan. In challenging both major parties, can they create a system that provides a roof over the heads of all Australians?
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ARTS AND CULTURE

My father's poetry: The unpublished poems of Bruce Dawe
- Jamie Dawe, Bruce Dawe
- 28 June 2024
These unpublished treasures of my father’s are sure to strike a chord amongst those readers whose hearts wander among the more hidden byways, as I have discovered within myself.
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RELIGION

When does news become a distraction?
- Julian Butler
- 17 June 2024
There's a fine line between consuming news as a numbing distraction, and engaging with news that reminds me of human community. Even with the best of intentions to be informed and engaged, too often I find myself if not despairing, then at least lost in the volume.
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AUSTRALIA

Terry Pratchett and the nuclear energy debate
- Juliette Hughes
- 05 June 2024
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Since Peter Dutton has reignited the appetite for the dream of unlimited energy from atom-splitting, we have to think about the risks again. Is it more dangerous to keep burning coal and gas and oil and boil the planet than to have a few Chernobyls or Windscales? How do we balance such risks?
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ECONOMICS

The biggest untold story in the history of money
- David James
- 03 May 2024
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It is a truism to say that the way money is constructed defines the power structure under which we live. But allowing private actors to manipulate and game the financial system has not just given them extraordinary power, it has undermined the way money itself is understood.
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INTERNATIONAL

Famine looms in Sudan as conflict enters its second year
- Kirsty Robertson
- 30 April 2024
One year after civil war erupted, Sudan has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian tragedies with around 5 million people experiencing emergency levels of hunger. This puts Sudan on the brink of famine. Sudanese leaders claim this is the crisis the world has forgotten.
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Keywords: Water