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Strongmen and super-daddies
Blair Williams | April 18, 2025Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton’s adoption of particular masculine identities reveals not only how they want to be perceived but also how they envision the electorate, the nation, and its defining values.
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The state of the states
David Clune | April 18, 2025Politicians of all stripes are zig-zagging across the country to spruik their policies and achievements, and the places they choose to visit – or ignore – offer insights into their electoral priorities and strategy.
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A brief history of hot cross buns
Darius von Guttner Sporzynski | April 18, 2025Hot cross buns appear in your local supermarket on boxing day, but the tasty bun has long been associated with Easter, and perhaps dates back long before.
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The last lap
Stephen Mills | April 17, 2025The party leaders are approaching the final lap of the election campaign. With policy speeches delivered, and rival policies on housing finally released, the campaign has begun its final week, interrupted by Easter, before early voting starts.
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One nation?
Andrew Jakubowicz | April 17, 2025In the run up to the May 3 election, questions are being raised about the value of multiculturalism as a public policy in Australia.
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Second debate – same result
Andy Marks | April 17, 2025Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton continued to trade barbs and platitudes in their second televised debate, this time hosted by the ABC.
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Focus on the housing crisis
Rachel Ong ViforJ | April 16, 2025The housing crisis has prompted a series of housing promises from across the political spectrum, but Australia needs ideas that will actually work, rather than marginal handouts.
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Whose Medicare?
Jialing Lin | April 16, 2025MyMedicare is a scheme that encourages patients to register with a regular GP practice to improve their health but only about 10% of patients have signed up since its launch in October 2023.
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Treating defence like it matters
Marc Ablong | April 16, 2025The National Defence Strategy released in April 2024 warned that Australia’s strategic circumstances were rapidly deteriorating in the face of Russian and Chinese aggression, and the election of Donald Trump underlines the need for Australia to prepare to defend itself.
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University protest clampdown
Joo-Cheong Tham | April 15, 2025Australia’s major universities have imposed new restrictions on campus protests after a raft of anti-Israel demonstrations , so what does this mean for students, staff and democracy?
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Dutton risks Pacific backlash
Wesley Morgan | April 15, 2025Australia’s relationship with its regional neighbours could be in doubt under a Coalition government after two Pacific leaders challenged Opposition Leader Peter Dutton over his weak climate stance.
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The information insurgency
Jacob Ware | April 15, 2025Democracies must highlight the virtues of their systems and rally against autocratic and authoritarian movements around the world by giving citizens the tools they need to protect themselves from disinformation.
