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Searing glory holes, a shapeshifting cat and outback UFO tours: what we’re streaming this April

As the weather begins to cool, you might be spending a few more nights in front of the television on the couch (or on your laptop in bed), looking for...

01.04.2024 10

The Conversation

Dennis Altman

Gaza and the future of the Two-State Solution

There can be no meaningful peace without full recognition of Palestinian sovereignty. Only new leadership and new vision, on both sides, will help. ...

08.02.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Dennis Altman

Left is Not Woke: a philosopher’s plea for universalism and ‘progress’ is a frustrating polemic

Some years ago I was surprised to come across a person whose politics I knew to be conservative at a Greens fundraiser. When I asked him why he was...

12.12.2023 6

The Conversation

Dennis Altman

A call for empathy

A friend of mine in Israel, sickened by the events of the past few weeks, when asked what we outside the country could do suggested we begin with...

01.11.2023 6

Pearls and Irritations

Dennis Altman

Universalism or tribalism? Michael Gawenda’s memoir considers what it means to be a Jew in contemporary Australia

At one point in this book, journalist Michael Gawenda claims “only progressive, secular reviewers are chosen to review books about Jews.” So I...

25.10.2023 6

The Conversation

Dennis Altman

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