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AUSTRALIA

Coles, Woolies and the battle for the basket
- Claire Heaney
- 13 December 2024
For years, Coles and Woolworths have been accused of squeezing both producers and shoppers in equal measure. With new regulatory changes on the horizon and a web of inquiries underway, the supermarket duopoly finds itself under unprecedented scrutiny. But will these reforms actually lower grocery bills?
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Alexei Navalny: Patriot and holy fool
- Danielle Terceiro
- 12 December 2024
Navalny’s memoir Patriot was released last month. Written in prison, it is a testament to Navalny’s deliberate practice of a forward-looking hope for the future, even though he was certain that he would not outlive his sentences. Surprisingly, the book is full of humour.
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RELIGION

All religion is local
- John Warhurst
- 03 December 2024
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The Synod of Bishops may mark a turning point for the Catholic Church, but the real work now begins — locally. From diocesan councils to parish communities, the challenge lies in translating synodality into action. In Australia, divergent episcopal views and a patchy history of reform raise critical questions about the Church’s future.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

In Juice, Tim Winton turns to mad dystopian climate fiction
- Peter Craven
- 25 October 2024
In Juice, Tim Winton crafts a haunting world where climate apocalypse and moral ambiguity collide. This monolithic novel depicts a dystopian future scarred by climate change, with Winton’s intricate prose showcasing his mastery and leaving readers to grapple with its fierce ethical landscape.
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FAITH DOING JUSTICE

Hospitality in mean times
- Andrew Hamilton
- 23 September 2024
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In prosperous times many people in developed nations are sympathetic to refugees and migrants and welcome them into their own societies. In hard times, however, xenophobia spreads.
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AUSTRALIA

The silent epidemic: Our hidden child abuse crisis
- Smeeta Singh
- 06 September 2024
Australia is quietly confronting a national crisis: one in every four Australian children has been a victim of child sexual abuse, but you would never guess the scale of this crisis, given the lack of urgency from our national discourse.
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AUSTRALIA

A history of violence
- Barry Gittins
- 20 August 2024
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Emma's story offers an unflinching glimpse into the brutality of colonial Australia. While it’s worth celebrating the undeniable social progress made since Emma braved the voyage to Australia, we must resist the temptation to see our history of violence as consigned to the past.
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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

All the deadly women
- Juliette Hughes
- 12 July 2024
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Are women truly the villains that modern crime dramas portray them to be? Despite the sensationalised 'evil woman' trope, real-life statistics tell a different story. It’s a cruel irony that the way to really victimise a woman is to tell her that she is the perp when she really is overwhelmingly more likely to be the victim of violent crime.
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AUSTRALIA

Australia's autism strategy is a test of national empathy
- Anthony N Castle
- 04 July 2024
The National Autism Strategy is the first coordinated national approach designed to support autistic people at each stage of life. But the draft strategy’s lack of conclusions has provoked some frustration and unless more autistic people are truly heard we won’t arrive at the practical solutions they need.
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AUSTRALIA

Building constitutional bridges: In conversation with Frank Brennan
- David Halliday
- 28 June 2024
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It's been eight months since the Voice referendum, and people are starting to grapple with what its defeat means for Australia. There are few voices in Australia as qualified to conduct a postmortem of the outcome of the Voice referendum campaign as Frank Brennan. We examine what lessons can be learned and crucually, whether there’s reason for hope for Indigenous constitutional recognition.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Please, not Bridgerton again
- Juliette Hughes
- 17 May 2024
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What can you say when faced by another season of Bridgerton – that posing, poncing, irony-defying travesty of all history, literature and human relationships? Bridgerton took the Barbara Cartland romance/mild erotica ethos and dumbed it down to fifty shades of fluorescent polyester.
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Keywords: Shame