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Progress is possible - don't doubt it

Progress is possible - don't doubt it

During a free-flowing Christmas Day chat across the dinner table, it was put to me that the Live Aid concerts 40 years ago had done Africa more...

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Mark Kenny

It's hard to describe what it feels like to become a mum, but it has a name

It's hard to describe what it feels like to become a mum, but it has a name

"Completely life-changing". "Nothing could have fully prepared me". These are the sorts of phrases you often hear from women when they become a...

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Belinda Eslick

Can you return gifts without a receipt or packaging? A legal expert explains

Can you return gifts without a receipt or packaging? A legal expert explains

You've been given an ugly t-shirt and a book you've already read. But if you don't have the receipts, can you return them? Login or signup to...

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Katharine Kemp

Singing sacred music in the Gents ends my self-imposed solitude

Singing sacred music in the Gents ends my self-imposed solitude

"Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!" Login or signup to continue reading - Repetitive but soul-tingling sentiment sung in Handel's...

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Ian Warden

This is perhaps the greatest gift you can give yourself

This is perhaps the greatest gift you can give yourself

Every year, as the holiday season approaches, workplaces rehearse the same familiar script: cheerful emails about "well-deserved breaks," reminders...

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Zoë Wundenberg

A royal commission into Bondi should be wide and open

A royal commission into Bondi should be wide and open

Any journalist worth her salt should be in favour of a royal commission into anything controversial or newsworthy, as the Bondi massacre and the...

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Jack Waterford

How an opposition determined to fail handed Albanese many easy wins

How an opposition determined to fail handed Albanese many easy wins

Once again, we find ourselves at the end of a tumultuous and hectic year. Login or signup to continue reading And while not everyone has seen...

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Simon Cowan

This was the evil media I tried to shield my kids from. It didn't really work

This was the evil media I tried to shield my kids from. It didn't really work

I am so thrilled I don't have teenagers right now. Too hard for parents - probably the hardest it's ever been. Login or signup to continue reading...

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Jenna Price

The uncomfortable truth: It's not how little ASIO did. It's how much we want them to know

The uncomfortable truth: It's not how little ASIO did. It's how much we want them to know

In the aftermath of the Bondi Archer Park massacre, a familiar post-tragedy ritual is under way. Politicians, commentators and sections of the...

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Clive Williams

Search engines will soon start filtering adult content under new eSafety rules

Search engines will soon start filtering adult content under new eSafety rules

Search engines in Australia will soon have to blur pornographic and violent images in some cases to limit the chances children accidentally...

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Lisa Given

Don't knock the Christians. They do the Christmas heavy lifting

Don't knock the Christians. They do the Christmas heavy lifting

Somewhere tomorrow, in a church near you, Christians will serve food to people who need food. They do it quietly all year round, including on...

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Steve Evans

Our government is failing its easiest economic test. Here's why it will cost you

Our government is failing its easiest economic test. Here's why it will cost you

A friend of mine once lent money to his younger brother who took a gap year to travel around Europe. Login or signup to continue reading My friend...

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Adam Triggs

The hidden cost of your 'clean and green' Christmas salmon

The hidden cost of your 'clean and green' Christmas salmon

Once a popular choice for many Australians' Christmas Day spread, more and more consumers, and even top chefs are now shunning Tasmanian farmed...

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Adrian Meder

The connection recession: why our wealth is making us lonely

The connection recession: why our wealth is making us lonely

This year my annual Spotify wrap (Spotify's summary of my listening habits) was awash with nerdy podcasts, lo-fi, acoustic covers, easy listening...

23.12.2025 1

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Max Jeganathan

A tolerant society? You don't have to look far to find an Australian living in fear

A tolerant society? You don't have to look far to find an Australian living in fear

No member of Australia's Jewish community feels safe. Their fear of violence has been growing since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and...

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Crispin Hull

A line of blood in the sand: this attack was a predictable culmination

A line of blood in the sand: this attack was a predictable culmination

Thirteen Jews and two others were murdered in cold blood, and dozens more maimed, while relaxing, laughing, eating and singing - gathered at Bondi...

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Allon Lee