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Keywords: Women

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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RELIGION

The Church has never been far from Papal crises
- Constant Mews
- 13 March 2025
The Catholic Church has weathered centuries of crisis, from ancient schisms to modern scandals with each era bringing calls for reform. As Pope Francis reshapes the Church’s leadership, his successor must decide how the papacy will adapt to present and future challenges.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

If he be an honest man, so much better
- Warwick McFadyen
- 06 March 2025
What does a forgotten cemetery job ad from 1860 reveal about the lives we honour, the work we overlook, and the honesty we still hope for? A chance discovery in the archives becomes a meditation on honesty, mortality, and the curious poetry of forgotten lives.
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ENVIRONMENT

Saving the Reef means learning from its past battles
- Michele Gierck
- 28 February 2025
Dr. Paul Hardisty has spent years chronicling the Great Barrier Reef—not just its breathtaking beauty, but its battles for survival. In In Hot Water, he traces a century of near-misses and looming catastrophe, from oil drilling threats to climate-driven bleaching, revealing the fragile, high-stakes fight to save the world’s largest coral ecosystem.
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INTERNATIONAL

The escalating crisis in Myanmar
- Anonymous
- 20 February 2025
Myanmar’s military-led turmoil drives millions from their homes, bombs local communities, and keeps democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi behind bars. Once a nation of proud heritage and abundant resources, it now teeters on social and economic collapse. Our deep dive examines an enduring crisis and the determination powering an urgent call for change.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Three poets: John Kelly, Isabella G. Mead, Warwick McFadyen
- Andrew Hamilton
- 14 February 2025
These poets offer distinct reflections on life, faith, and human experience in their recent work. From Kelly’s reflective musings on faith and education to Mead’s exploration of motherhood and nature, and McFadyen’s grappling with grief, their works search for a ‘something more’.
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Keywords: Women

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

The Church has never been far from Papal crises

If he be an honest man, so much better

Saving the Reef means learning from its past battles

The escalating crisis in Myanmar

Three poets: John Kelly, Isabella G. Mead, Warwick McFadyen