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POLITICS/SOCIETY

Sexual assault: what can you do if you don’t want to...

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 Picture: Shuttlestock The alleged rape of former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins has raised many questions about how sexual assault gets reported. Members of the Morrison government have...

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CHARITIES

Permission To Shine opens with Big Prizes and announces First Judges!

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Play It Forward, together with Dr Jonathon Welch AM, is thrilled to announce that round one of Permission to Shine is open. This online...

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INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

‘Destruction by a thousand cuts’: the relentless threat mining poses to...

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 Picture: Alan Porritt/AAP Just as the parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters was reconvening in Canberra, another culturally significant site was damaged at...
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GAMBLING

Most community bids to block pokies fail – the law is...

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Picture: David Moir/AAP Most Australians know you never end up winning on the pokies. What Australians might not know is that the odds of winning...

SOCIAL CONNECTIONS

For now, the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead. But at what...

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 Picture: Koji Sasahara/AP/AAP With COVID-19 still running rampant in many parts of the world, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has prepared “playbooks” for the Tokyo...

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Sunday essay: who was Jeanne Barret, the first woman to circumnavigate...

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A modern portrait of Jeanne Barret disguised as a man, based on the author’s interpretation. Timothy Ide, Author provided In 1765, a young, peasant woman...

WOMENS BUSINESS

Will Victoria be the first place in the world to fully...

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Picture: Shuttlestock The Victorian government has just received a landmark review into the state’s sex work laws. This is the first large-scale review of Victorian...

MENS BUSINESS

Will Victoria be the first place in the world to fully...

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Picture: Shuttlestock The Victorian government has just received a landmark review into the state’s sex work laws. This is the first large-scale review of Victorian...

SENIORS BUSINESS

Granny’s on Instagram! In the COVID-19 era, older adults see time...

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Many older adults are learning new digital skills to help them socialize virtually. Eva-Katalin/Getty Images Time in the era of COVID-19 has taken on new...

COMMUNITY

No, Twitter is not censoring Donald Trump. Free speech is not...

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 Picture: Alex Brandon/AP The recent storming of the US Capitol has led a number of social media platforms to remove President Donald Trump’s account. In...

WELFARE

No spare change: how charities, buskers and beggars aren’t feeling so...

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Image: Shuttlestock Collectors for the Paralympic Games carried donation buckets ahead of the recent Santa parade in Auckland, asking for gold coin donations. Onlookers...

RELIGION

The Altar Boys: new questions about suicides of clergy abuse survivors...

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Picture: DANIEL POCKETT/AAP Investigative journalist Suzie Smith’s new book The Altar Boys is a searing read that raises new questions about the suicides of three former...