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Here’s to a hopefully wokeless New Year

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

Don’t let culture warriors shred veterans’ reputations

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

Why Labor refuses to stand up to CFMEU and Cbus

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The Australian

Judith Sloan

Time for a fresh start in Victoria

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The Australian

Editorial

Is Marilynne Robinson the greatest Christian novelist of the 21st century?

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The Australian

Greg Sheridan

Spirit of hope and renewal the season’s true message

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The Australian

Editorial

School drop-off parking cops, cricket fun police: It’s Australia’s punishment culture

Australians like to think they have a larrikin, rebellious spirit, but they are remarkably tolerant of official intervention and petty-minded...

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Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

How Travis Head decluttered and become the best batter in the world

The left-hander’s attacking style is a rejection of the survival-first mentality that hinders many batters.

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Brisbane Times

Greg Chappell

India’s cunning plan to stop Lyon’s roar

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The Australian

Robert Craddock

Deeming backflip surely the last straw for weak Pesutto

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The Australian

Marita Punshon

Retailers face tough times but consumers are starting to spend

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The Australian

Fleur Brown

From history to memoir, the must-reads of 2025

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The Australian

Troy Bramston

Howzat! Behind DAZN’s quest to become Netflix of sport

5

The Australian

Eric Johnston

Here’s what I learned in medical school – beyond the curriculum

5

The Guardian

Roland Bull

Nation’s banks must do much more for small businesses

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The Australian

Sean O’Malley

Last-Minute Christmas Shopping? Here's What's Open And When

With Christmas just around the corner, it's the perfect time to wrap up last-minute shopping and get everything ready for the holiday season....

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International Business Times

Vidhya Ck

Syrian Medics Say Were Coerced Into False Chemical Attack Testimony

Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing...

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International Business Times

Layal Abou Rahal

Israeli Women Mobilise Against Ultra-Orthodox Military Exemptions

Exhausted by more than 14 months of war, the wives and mothers of Israeli soldiers are uniting in protest against exemptions from conscription for...

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International Business Times

Delphine Matthieussent

Luxury Western Goods Line Russian Stores, Three Years Into Sanctions

Despite a barrage of Western sanctions and swathes of brands quitting Russia after the Kremlin launched its Ukraine offensive, Moscow's most...

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International Business Times

Victoria Loguinova-Yakovleva

How Travis Head decluttered and become the best batter in the world

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The Age

Greg Chappell

How Travis Head decluttered and become the best batter in the world

4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Greg Chappell

How Travis Head decluttered and become the best batter in the world

The left-hander’s attacking style is a rejection of the survival-first mentality that hinders many batters.

4

WA Today

Greg Chappell

From Perth to Manhattan to Sudan, this is the year that changed my life

I haven’t felt that way about many, if any, of the 34 years I lived before this one. But I am certain what I experienced in 2024 will stay with...

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WA Today

Tess Ingram

German Far-right AfD To March In City Hit By Christmas Market Attack

Three days after Germany's deadly Christmas market attack in which a Saudi man was arrested, both the far-right AfD and counter-protesters were due...

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International Business Times

Afp News

YOUR SAY: Spirit cruise ship solution could be an advertising opportunity

THAT'S the Spirit! Suggestion for our state government to make a profit and at the same time advertise Tassie as a great place to visit. Login or...

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The Examiner

The Examiner

How to get the kids through a long car trip without screens or losing your mind

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Canberra Times

Mary-Rose Mclaren

Higher Super Tax Concessions: Who Benefits And At What Cost?

Economist Chris Richardson sparked debate earlier this year by describing Australia's superannuation system as "a reverse Robin Hood," arguing that...

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International Business Times

Vidhya Ck

Why the world’s leading democracies are in crisis

The majority of G7 governments are now so burdened with domestic political problems that they are incapable of steering their own countries, writes...

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Financial Review

Gideon Rachman

50 years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin – and Australia’s attitude to disasters changed forever

Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive...

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The Conversation

Milad Haghani

Work or play? The rise of online ‘kidfluencers’ is raising complex legal and ethical questions

Videos of children opening boxes of toys and playing with them have become a feature of online marketing – making stars out of children as young...

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The Conversation

Irmine Keta Rotimi

How parents can safely navigate their kid’s first sleepover

Feeling unsure about your child going to a sleepover is completely normal. You might be worried about how well you know the host family, how they...

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The Conversation

Daryl Higgins

I’ve calculated Santa’s speed on Christmas Eve – and this is what it would do to Rudolph’s nose

With billions of children around the world anxiously waiting for their presents, Father Christmas (or Santa) and his reindeer must be travelling at...

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The Conversation

Laura Nicole Driessen

Keep calm and carry on your routines: how to manage kids’ ‘Christmas crankies’ over the holidays

Christmas is coming, and with it many challenges for parents of young children. You likely have one festive event after another, late nights, party...

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The Conversation

Catherine E. Wood

How to get the kids through a long car trip without screens or losing your mind

Some years ago, my daughter was set a maths problem: how much does it cost to drive a family of four from Melbourne to Sydney, calculating petrol...

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The Conversation

Mary-Rose Mclaren

The Christmas album that heralded the end of a folk musical era: The Kingston Trio’s The Last Month of the Year

For those looking to introduce some musical conflict into the holidays, Bob Dylan’s Christmas in the Heart remains a great choice in its 15th...

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The Conversation

Kit Macfarlane

My dance school is closed for the summer, how can I keep up my fitness?

Once the end-of-year dance concert and term wrap up for the year it is important to take a break. Both physical and mental rest are important and...

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The Conversation

Joanna Nicholas

Bonjour Tristesse: a ‘charming little monster’ disrupts bourgeois morality on the French Riviera

In 1954, Bonjour Tristesse scandalised readers with its depiction of a 17-year-old girl who partied, had sex and played havoc with other people’s...

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The Conversation

Frances Egan

This is my first Christmas since my husband's death. One very bittersweet moment awaits

As I write this for you, dear reader, I find myself grappling with a reality I never imagined I would face: Christmas without my husband. Login or...

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The Examiner

Zoë Wundenberg

The almost $200b a year we give away to people who really do not need it

The Australian treasurer Peter Costello did a splendid thing he steered through the Charter of Budget Honesty Act in 1998. The aim was to inform...

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The Examiner

Crispin Hull

This is my first Christmas since my husband's death. One very bittersweet moment awaits

As I write this for you, dear reader, I find myself grappling with a reality I never imagined I would face: Christmas without my husband. Login or...

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Canberra Times

Zoë Wundenberg

Shutting down debate on abortion is a concern for us all

The new LNP Queensland Premier, David Crisafulli, successfully moved a motion in parliament that there be "no bill or amendment" and "no motion or...

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Canberra Times

Scott Prasser

The almost $200b a year we give away to people who really do not need it

The Australian treasurer Peter Costello did a splendid thing he steered through the Charter of Budget Honesty Act in 1998. The aim was to inform...

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Canberra Times

Crispin Hull

School drop-off parking cops, cricket fun police: it’s Australia’s punishment culture

When a kindly-looking elderly woman asked if she could share my table at a cafe not so long ago, I happily shifted seats, moved my computer and...

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WA Today

Nick Bryant

In the fight against tyranny, don’t let your happiness depend on big wins

If you stand for truth, peace and justice in this world then it’s important not to make your happiness dependent on large-scale wins. Because the...

6

Pearls and Irritations

Caitlin Johnstone

From the sidelines to the helm: The Global South’s turn to lead climate policy

2024 will mark the hottest year in recorded history as global production of fossil fuels reaches record highs. Climate-related natural disasters...

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Pearls and Irritations

Indraneel Dharwadkar

Jesus in the rubble of Gaza

December 5, 2024. On the eve of Christmas as thousands of Americans file towards the White House to watch the Christmas tree lights turned on,...

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Pearls and Irritations

David Bradbury

Few voters think they have benefitted much from Labor in government

It goes almost without saying that much of the ordinary economic commentary ahead of the election, whether in the Murdoch media, the Fairfax media...

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Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

At Christmas, the loving intent must be to stop carbon emissions as soon as possible

This Christmas, we can give to all planetary life. The loving intent must be to stop carbon emissions as soon as possible. The transition to...

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Pearls and Irritations

Philip Huggins

Ordinary Islamophobia, extraordinary Muslims

After having spent the last five weeks listening to Muslim representatives from across Australia, Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab...

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Pearls and Irritations

Aftab Malik

Christ wasn’t born in a stable so that Palestinians could be born in tents

I just attended a wonderful Christmas concert at St Mary of the Angels in Wellington – the Bach Choir, the Chiesa Ensemble and excellent soloists...

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Pearls and Irritations

Eugene Doyle

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