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Opening the Epstein files
Lindsey Blumell | February 11, 2026“I know this is a lot to take in. The violence. The neglect. The bad decisions. The self-harm. Imagine if a trauma reel like this played in your head all the time, as it does mine … but please don’t stop reading.”
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Crisis? What crisis? Another brick in the wall
Bernard Paul Corden | February 11, 2026The rapid expansion of science and technology in the new millennium has radically transformed our social landscape with a foreboding trajectory and corrosive impact on democracy.
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The typing’s on the wall
Hayley Butler | February 11, 2026Young children starting school are increasingly using computers as well as the traditional pens and pencils so educators should teach them to use both.
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The Times They Are a-Changin’
Panizza Allmark | February 10, 2026Protest singers like Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan drew popular attention to social issues and civil rights in the United States through their songs, so will a new generation of artists carry the torch against the appalling excesses of Donald Trump?
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Crisis? What crisis? Aristocratic terrorism
Bernard Paul Corden | February 10, 2026In a new 3-part series, Bernard Cordon argues the Chicago school of monetarist economics in the 1970s and the neo-liberal political movement which followed in the 1980s set the scene for Donald Trump’s thuggish dismantling of the USA today.
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The track through the scribbly gums
Roger Chao | February 10, 2026Your local track through the scribbly gums reminded us that a good society does not only build things that make money. It preserves things that make life bearable.
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Scrapping VicHealth makes no sense
Vicki Brown | February 9, 2026Despite the proven potential for prevention initiatives to improve health and save money, Australian governments have consistently under-invested in them and the proposed scrapping of VicHealth is another blow to sensible policy making.
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Slaves to the machine
Lukasz Swiatek | February 9, 2026The head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has warned young people will suffer the most as an AI “tsunami” wipes out many entry-level roles in coming years. Unfortunately, she’s probably right, so what can young people do faced with the prospect of a worthless degree and no career opportunities?
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The day my Medicare card saved my life
Roger Chao | February 9, 2026It doesn’t matter how young and fit you are – anyone can have an accident which lands them in a public emergency room and make them realise just how precious the health system is despite its many problems.
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Standing in front of a painting I didn’t understand
Roger Chao | February 8, 2026Public art galleries offer a rare forum in which contemplation and ‘slow thinking’ are encouraged. Encounters with art, no matter how new or strange or challenging, remain a precious opportunity to engage with ourselves, our nation and each other.
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Could the madness of Donald Trump revitalise the rules-based order?
Jolyon Ford | February 8, 2026America’s withdrawal from international bodies and agreements might compel democratic powers to strengthen their commitments in response, given the collective threat they face from countries like China, Russia and – apparently – the USA interested only in conquest and power.
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Six of the best
Caitlin Macdonald | February 8, 2026Six Australian podcasts approach the world of books in very different forms but all contribute to audio has ironically become such an important medium for contemporary reading.
