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  • RELIGION

    Pope Francis' challenge to become a synodal Church

    • Bruce Duncan
    • 14 November 2024

    The Synod is possibly the most important event in the Catholic Church since the Second Vatican Council. And despite its focus on internal Church reform and participation, can it effectively address broader social and moral issues in the world while still promoting a more inclusive and accountable Church?

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    The end of politics as usual

    • Julian Butler
    • 11 November 2024

    As Americans confront the start of a second Trump presidency, the questions go deeper than policy. This victory, far from an anomaly, reflects deeper fractures and discontent in a polarized nation. How can a society move forward when politics seem unable to address, let alone heal, its divisions?

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Race Mathews: A Life in Politics

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 08 November 2024

      The story of Race Mathews’ career will be an antidote to despair about politics and politicians. It underlines the possibilities of politics, showing how it can be more than a job or a career. It can be a calling to imagine a more just society and ways of building it.

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  • RELIGION

    The quiet revolution in women's roles in the Church

    • Joanna Thyer
    • 07 November 2024

    At the World Synod in Rome, four women joined to advocate for ordaining women as deacons. Though the topic remains off the table officially, the message highlights the Church’s internal conflict between traditional values and growing calls for inclusion and change.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Is social media having a negative effect on pregnant women?

    • Rachel Dryer
    • 01 November 2024

    New research reveals a troubling link between heavy social media use and psychological distress during pregnancy, raising concerns about social media's impact on maternal mental health and urging a reassessment of societal pressures on expectant mothers.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead worried

    • Warwick McFadyen
    • 31 October 2024

    Guildenstern and Rosencrantz find themselves deep in conversation on a sunny November afternoon, questioning the troubling climate of modern power. Can reason stand in a world so ready to yield?

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    'I am tired but not defeated': A doctor's hope for Beirut

    • Ali Almohammed
    • 28 October 2024

      In war-torn Beirut, where schools now shelter families fleeing destruction, a doctor finds echoes of his own past displacement. Amidst the pain, he witnesses resilience, but also a deep fatigue, as families yearn for peace and normalcy. 

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Faking friendship: The rise of the AI companion

    • Daniel Nellor
    • 25 October 2024

    An AI-driven companion designed to connect with people living with dementia raises important questions about companionship, care, and the human experience. Can an AI truly replace the role of a human caregiver, or are we compromising what it means to connect? 

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  • AUSTRALIA

    300 Australians that no one wants

    • John Schumann
    • 23 October 2024

      There are approximately 300 Australians like Will currently held in forensic disability facilities, hospitals, mental health facilities, the prison system and providers of last resort. After two decades of seclusion, his story reveals a broken system where lives deteriorate, not improve, despite efforts for reform.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    What happened to #girlpower?

    • Cherie Gilmour
    • 18 October 2024

    The ideological fissures within modern feminism demand examination. Raising a daughter gives me literal skin in the game, making this a deeply personal journey to understand what has changed and what remains true since the seemingly carefree days of #girlpower.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    In Laos, war isn't over even when its over

    • Melody Kemp
    • 04 October 2024

    By the time the last American bombs had fallen in 1973, Laos had attained the dubious title as the most heavily bombed country in the world per capita. An estimated 270 million bombs were dropped on this small country, 80 million of which remain unexploded. 

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Remembering Maggie Smith’s enduring magic

    • Peter Craven
    • 02 October 2024

    If you care about theatre and film and television you should be grateful to have lived at the same time as Maggie Smith. She was an artist of incomparable power and nuance, of tremendous wit and complementary poignancy. The Harry Potter kids are lucky to have experienced such style and know-how and grace. 

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