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Self-love isn't a feeling: it's supervision, especially at work

Self-love isn't a feeling: it's supervision, especially at work

We're told endlessly that we must "love ourselves first," as though self-love is a warm emotion we're supposed to feel on command....

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Self-love isn't a feeling: it's supervision, especially at work

Self-love isn't a feeling: it's supervision, especially at work

We're told endlessly that we must "love ourselves first," as though self-love is a warm emotion we're supposed to feel on command....

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Canberra Times

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When toilet paper is held to a higher standard than democracy

When toilet paper is held to a higher standard than democracy

There's a particular kind of exhaustion that settles in during an election cycle; not from the debates, the door knocking, the policy vacuum that...

09.05.2026 10

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When toilet paper is held to a higher standard than democracy

When toilet paper is held to a higher standard than democracy

There's a particular kind of exhaustion that settles in during an election cycle; not from the debates, the door knocking, the policy vacuum that...

09.05.2026 10

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A moral obligation requires moral reform: a response to Linda Reynolds

01.05.2026 20

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A moral obligation requires moral reform: a response to Linda Reynolds

Linda Reynolds argues that reforming the National Disability Insurance Scheme is a "national obligation." On that point, she is right - but...

01.05.2026 20

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The Farrer byelection might not be for you. But it's still about you

I once read that we should vote as if we were the least powerful person in our electorate. Not the loudest or the most comfortable, but the neighbour...

24.04.2026 30

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Choosing kindness is a quiet act of rebellion for our troubled times

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Choosing kindness is a quiet act of rebellion for our troubled times

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Feeling the weight of the world? Here's how to find your way back to calm

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10.04.2026 20

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Feeling the weight of the world? Here's how to find your way back to calm

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Are we in World War III? The question we whisper and the answer we need

Let's just say the quiet part out loud: people are scared. Not in the dramatic, headline-chasing way the news cycle likes to package fear, but in...

11.03.2026 30

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Are we in World War III? The question we whisper and the answer we need

Let's just say the quiet part out loud: people are scared. Not in the dramatic, headline-chasing way the news cycle likes to package fear, but in...

11.03.2026 40

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The US and Iran are stuck in feedback loop of fear - this is where it began

Every time the situation between the United States and Iran flares, the public conversation collapses into the same predictable imagery: grainy drone...

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The US and Iran are stuck in feedback loop of fear - this is where it began

Every time the situation between the United States and Iran flares, the public conversation collapses into the same predictable imagery: grainy drone...

04.03.2026 70

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Should a community's representation be disrupted because of internal party struggles?

When The Honourable Sussan Ley resigned as the member for Farrer this month, it wasn't because the electorate had rejected her. It wasn't...

19.02.2026 20

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Zoë Wundenberg

Should a community's representation be disrupted because of internal party struggles?

When The Honourable Sussan Ley resigned as the member for Farrer this month, it wasn't because the electorate had rejected her. It wasn't...

19.02.2026 10

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The One Nation surge: how populism, political drift are reshaping Australia

10.02.2026 20

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The One Nation surge: how populism, political drift are reshaping Australia

10.02.2026 20

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The hidden violence of Australia's welfare system

03.01.2026 70

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The hidden violence of Australia's welfare system

03.01.2026 40

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This is perhaps the greatest gift you can give yourself

26.12.2025 10

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This is perhaps the greatest gift you can give yourself

26.12.2025 20

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This is bureaucracy at its worst. Luckily, we have a real chance to do better

10.12.2025 20

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This is bureaucracy at its worst. Luckily, we have a real chance to do better

10.12.2025 20

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Workplaces are squandering an opportunity to build resilience and clarity

03.12.2025 20

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Workplaces are squandering an opportunity to build resilience and clarity

01.12.2025 20

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Punishment before trial: this Home Affairs power grab will hurt many families

04.11.2025 20

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Punishment before trial: this Home Affairs power grab will hurt many families

04.11.2025 10

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Poverty is a policy choice, not a personal failing

29.10.2025 20

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Poverty is a policy choice, not a personal failing

29.10.2025 10

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Independents aren't perfect. But here's where they beat major parties every time

21.10.2025 10

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Independents aren't perfect. But here's where they beat major parties every time

21.10.2025 20

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Why a young hire is not necessarily going to help you crack the algorithm

14.10.2025 20

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Why a young hire is not necessarily going to help you crack the algorithm

14.10.2025 10

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Here's what people actually mean when they accuse me of 'lefty bias'

08.10.2025 10

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Here's what people actually mean when they accuse me of 'lefty bias'

08.10.2025 20

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We're curing cancer while our world falls apart: Why the contradiction?

01.10.2025 20

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We're curing cancer while our world falls apart: Why the contradiction?

01.10.2025 10

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How does a payment that barely covers rent and food create 'dependence'?

17.09.2025 20

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How does a payment that barely covers rent and food create 'dependence'?

17.09.2025 30

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My daughter sent me a video. It changed everything

03.09.2025 20

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My daughter sent me a video. It changed everything

03.09.2025 30

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Australians pride themselves on fairness, but our welfare system is anything but just

20.08.2025 20

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Australians pride themselves on fairness, but our welfare system is anything but just

20.08.2025 20

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A group of primary school students just gave me a valuable lesson on my career

13.08.2025 20

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A group of primary school students just gave me a valuable lesson on my career

13.08.2025 20

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So apparently I'm redundant now: AI and the art of actually knowing yourself

05.08.2025 20

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The Centrelink recipients fighting for survival who you mightn't have heard of

25.06.2025 30

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The Centrelink recipients fighting for survival who you mightn't have heard of

25.06.2025 10

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