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The 4 big changes to gun laws that would make NZ safer

With submissions about to close on the proposed Arms Bill, overseas experience provides valuable guidance on improving public safety.

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The Conversation

Alexander Gillespie

Why a high salary won’t save you from these common money problems

Earning a high income only gives you the potential for financial success. It’s what you do next that really makes a difference.

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The Age

Paridhi Jain

Want a tall, smart child? How IVF tests are selling a dream

Companies are profiting from parental anxiety while providing questionable benefits from these tests. Here’s what we know so far.

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The Conversation

Alex Polyakov

My kids (and I) hate sandwiches, what I can pack for lunch instead?

Some sandwich-alternatives will take some prior preparation, others can be as simple as a sandwich.

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The Conversation

Margaret Murray

Why a high salary won’t save you from these common money problems

Earning a high income only gives you the potential for financial success. It’s what you do next that really makes a difference.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Paridhi Jain

The ‘Iron Lady’ looking to shake up the world order

Sanae Takaichi’s landslide Japanese election win gives her the green light for her ambitious economic plans. How she executes them matters for all...

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Amid an Olympic boom, it’s risky timing to lift a ban on developers’ political donations

With billions in Australian taxpayers’ dollars being spent ahead of the Games, what’s the argument for lifting the ban now?

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The Conversation

Yee-Fui Ng

Public faith in politics is now in the gutter. Here’s how Labour should drag it out

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The Guardian

Polly Toynbee

NSW anti-protest laws were rushed through to keep the peace. They’ve failed

NSW is now one of the most draconian anti-protest jurisdictions in the democratic world, with anti-protest rules that violate international law.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Ben Saul

Trump is using a secret code to motivate extremists. It’s everywhere, if you know where to look

Racist memes and references to a mythical underground Aryan civilisation have become one of the Trump administration’s most potent forms of...

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The Age

Melanie La&x27Brooy

Why the latest Epstein files triggered the King’s pledge to help police investigate Andrew

The documents also explain why Prince William and Princess Catherine felt the need to make a public statement about their concern for victims.

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Brisbane Times

David Crowe

The lower Murray is officially on life support. Will we save it?

The lower Murray, home to the beloved Coorong, is officially in its death throes. The only way to save it is community, research and more flowing...

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The Conversation

Nick Whiterod

Blair: Why Sydney must ban protest marches permanently

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

If fracking begins in the Kimberley, it could damage a sacred river

Fracking exploration wells are likely to proceed in the Kimberley. Given how much more we know about the risks of fracking, this seems dangerous.

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The Conversation

Melissa Haswell

Who got richer and who went backwards in the billionaire Olympics

Ten of our 50 billionaires are now from the technology sector, and the trend suggests this number will continue to grow over time.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French?

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The Guardian

Gary Nunn

The far right in power always co-opts culture – in France, it has already begun

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The Guardian

Alexander Hurst

Gavin Newsom’s likely presidential bid is built on broken promises

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The Guardian

Gil Durán

Can Australia build one of the world’s largest data centres?

Even if we can pull of the logistical feat, given the social and environmental impact, the question remains: should we?

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The Conversation

Bronwyn Cumbo

It’s nothing short of TV gold: mix horror with wild comedy and call it Starmer’s last stand

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The Guardian

Marina Hyde

Trump is using a secret code to motivate extremists. It’s everywhere, if you know where to look

Racist memes and references to a mythical underground Aryan civilisation have become one of the Trump administration’s most potent forms of...

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Brisbane Times

Melanie La&x27Brooy

Why the latest Epstein files triggered the King’s pledge to help police investigate Andrew

The documents also explain why Prince William and Princess Catherine felt the need to make a public statement about their concern for victims.

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WA Today

David Crowe

Gov’t spends on fuelling housing crisis rather than fixing it

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Green Left Weekly

Ben Radford

Who got richer and who went backwards in the billionaire Olympics

Ten of our 50 billionaires are now from the technology sector, and the trend suggests this number will continue to grow over time.

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WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

6 tips to survive and thrive in your first year of university

Reaping the benefits of uni doesn’t happen through hope or just turning up to lectures. You need to ask questions, and be an active, independent...

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The Conversation

Sophia Waters

Sea lion camera reveals mother taking pup on educational foraging expedition in the wild

The Australian sea lion’s unique breeding cycle may give sea lion mothers more time to teach their pups life skills.

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The Conversation

Nathan Angelakis

The Guardian view on Morgan McSweeney’s resignation: Sir Keir’s premiership is on the road to nowhere

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The Guardian

Jodi Wilson

Morrow: Confrontation and clicks is what demonstrators wanted

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph Author

My patient’s near-death experience in hospital left me with worry and guilt. This is how vicarious trauma starts

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The Guardian

Ranjana Srivastava

I’m 74 with $1.6m in super. Am I eligible for a healthcare card?

If you earn too much, even in retirement, you won’t be eligible for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.

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The Age

Noel Whittaker

Park your hysteria. Selling off land the size of Switzerland is a no-brainer

The overwrought reaction to the much-needed audit of Defence properties this month highlights the huge problems this country has dealing with...

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The Age

Shane Wright

Time to apply Magnitsky to Hong Kong’s tyrannical officials

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The Australian

Rowan Callick

Jimmy Lai’s sentencing tells me this: democracy is dead in Hong Kong, and I escaped just in time

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The Guardian

Nathan Law

Nothing productive in Chalmers CGT attack

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The Australian

Judith Sloan

Conflict at the Sydney anti-Herzog rally was near-inevitable once we gave the state the power to suppress protests

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The Guardian

Stephen Lawrence

From ‘this machine kills fascists’ to ‘King Trump’s private army’: the art of protest music

Musicians are giving voice to the urgency of Minneapolis. America has a long history of political protest in song.

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The Conversation

Panizza Allmark

Why the latest Epstein files triggered the King’s pledge to help police investigate Andrew

The documents also explain why Prince William and Princess Catherine felt the need to make a public statement about their concern for victims.

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The Age

David Crowe

I’m 74 with $1.6m in super. Am I eligible for a healthcare card?

If you earn too much, even in retirement, you won’t be eligible for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Noel Whittaker

Protests continue ugly trajectory, two years on

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The Australian

Editorial

Labor pays ACTU to sell IR laws

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The Australian

Editorial

A compromised justice system

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The Australian

Editorial

And another thing … activist turn of Sharaz was always predictable

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The Australian

Editorial

PM’s policy legacy: cautious leader or bold reformer?

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The Australian

Troy Bramston

A genuine anti-Trump backlash is finally under way

As the president’s behaviour becomes more and more indefensible, from ICE shootings to posting racist memes, a resistance is gathering some steam.

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Financial Review

Gideon Rachman

Labor's HECS bill swings, misses on student debt

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The New Daily

Monique Ryan

Retail spend defies national slowdown

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

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Business News

Abebe Hailemariam

Progressive ‘barbarians’, not migrants, are the real threat

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The Australian

David Pearl

Political labels make democracy hard

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The New Daily

Richard Denniss

ADHD prescriptions are up tenfold, with the wealthiest kids most likely to be medicated

While children living in poorer areas used to have the highest rates of ADHD prescriptions, this has flipped.

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The Conversation

Brenton Prosser

The ‘Iron Lady’ looking to shake up the world order

Sanae Takaichi’s landslide Japanese election win gives her the green light for her ambitious economic plans. How she executes them matters for all...

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Brisbane Times

Stephen Bartholomeusz