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AUSTRALIA

What should we make of the social media ban?
- David Halliday
- 11 December 2024
The global media fracas around a government daring to impose restrictions on children using social media was dramatic, but not unexpected. Reactions were predictably divisive and steeped in the sort of performative outrage that social media tends to encourage.
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INTERNATIONAL

Climate finance still feels like charity, not justice
- Damian Spruce
- 10 December 2024
At COP29, the world’s wealthiest nations promised to confront climate change—but delivered only a fraction of the required funds, leaving developing countries with a trillion-dollar shortfall. As Pope Francis warns of a sick planet, the question remains: Who pays for the climate crisis, and who bears the consequences?
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INTERNATIONAL

Is peace possible?
- Justin Glyn
- 10 December 2024
Peace is hard to define, harder to achieve, and almost impossible to sustain. In a world obsessed with profit, simplistic narratives, and selective outrage, peace feels like a lofty ideal rather than a realistic goal. But what would it take to make peace more than a buzzword—and a true global reality?
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Jordan Peterson wrestles with God
- Peter Craven
- 06 December 2024
As an outspoken psychologist and best-selling author, Jordan Peterson become a lightning rod for debate on culture, gender, and the meaning of life itself. His newest book, We Who Wrestle With God, attempts to reinterpret the Bible through a psychological lens. Yet, some critics question whether his explorations of scripture offer revelation or revisionism.
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AUSTRALIA

Housing is a human right. It's time it became law
- Kevin Bell
- 29 November 2024
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With unaffordable housing pushing families into impossible choices, homelessness affecting 120,000 people, and systemic inequities deepening, we must ask: What kind of society do we want to build — and for whom?
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ENVIRONMENT

Can an economy prosper without endless growth?
- Phil Jones
- 28 November 2024
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Infinite economic growth on a finite planet is a paradox we can no longer ignore. As environmental crises deepen, solutions like the Steady State Economy offer a roadmap to balance sustainability and prosperity. Yet, transitioning from growth-centric systems raises hard questions: Can we create an economy that values life over profit?
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ENVIRONMENT

How Laudato Si’ inspired a global movement for sufficiency
- David Ness
- 28 November 2024
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As the climate crisis deepens, there's an urgent need for a global shift toward fairness, equity, and living well within our planet’s limits. Drawing from Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’, sufficiency thinking offers a critical, overlooked pathway to global equity and sustainability.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Theory and Practice: In conversation with Michelle de Kretser
- Michael McGirr
- 15 November 2024
Michelle de Kretser's new book Theory and Practice is a creative combination of fiction and essay, and concerns the moment in which the encounter with literature, a connection with another human imagination, is replaced by something called 'Theory'.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Disclaimer in a streamer world
- Peter Craven
- 15 November 2024
Starring Cate Blanchett at the height of her powers, Disclaimer, the new streamer by Alfonso Cuarón, has already been dubbed the finest thing ever made for the new television, with the director claiming not to have made a serial, but a continuous film.
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AUSTRALIA

Why the future of Australia’s marine economy depends on public trust
- Hugh Breakey, Rebecca Marshallsay, Larelle Bossi, Charles Sampford
- 04 November 2024
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While the government's Sustainable Ocean Plan rightly prioritizes environmental sustainability, long-term success in managing Australia’s vast ocean spaces will also require a strong focus on social sustainability. For Australia’s marine industries to thrive, they must not only secure genuine social license but also navigate its potential risks.
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AUSTRALIA

The gates to the secret house of death
- Andrew Hamilton
- 30 October 2024
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The traditions of All Saints Day and All Souls Day invite a rare reflection on death — a topic largely sidelined in contemporary Australia. Amid global events and various cultural spectacles, these days offer a quiet reminder to consider how we honour the dead and what that reveals about our values.
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AUSTRALIA

300 Australians that no one wants
- John Schumann
- 23 October 2024
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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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