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I'm optimistic this roundtable will produce positive and real outcomes. It needs to

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Bruce Billson

Help for the lonely generation? Big tech's quick fix for a deeply human problem

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Yasmin London

Home Affairs looks at external threats, but the biggest one's within

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Zareh Ghazarian

When spring has sprung clothes will be flung

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John Hanscombe

The US has changed. Australia hasn't. It's time to talk about where the relationship goes from here

The US has changed. Australia hasn't. It's time to talk about where the relationship goes from here

Seven months after Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term as US president, we are facing the most important moment in Australia's foreign...

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Bruce Wolpe

Greyhound Racing's last lap: No more doggy treats from the public purse

Greyhound Racing's last lap: No more doggy treats from the public purse

Tasmania's greyhound racing industry is grappling with a seismic shift, with Premier Jeremy Rockliff announcing the sport will be phased out by...

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Craig Thomson

Living in Australia is just less fair than it used to be

Living in Australia is just less fair than it used to be

Labor has never been in a better position to implement its national policy platform. Login or signup to continue reading But will the Albanese...

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Ebony Bennett

ANU's horror show only has one fitting ending now

ANU's horror show only has one fitting ending now

If the chancellor Julie Bishop and vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell of the Australian National University survive this current horror show, I will be...

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Jenna Price

Can Jim Chalmers reap a healthy crop with the help of his big worm farm?

Can Jim Chalmers reap a healthy crop with the help of his big worm farm?

One observer describes next week's economic roundtable this way: "Chalmers has opened a can of worms - and everybody has got a worm". Login or...

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Michelle Grattan

This gobsmacking four-day working week proposal sets us back 25 years

This gobsmacking four-day working week proposal sets us back 25 years

The ACTU's gobsmacking proposal for a national four-day working week would take our country's productivity back a quarter of a century, drive...

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Innes Willox

A common con turns a dream into a nightmare

A common con turns a dream into a nightmare

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Garry Linnell

Our govt made a choice to be anti-Israel. And it's basically sunk a two-state solution

Our govt made a choice to be anti-Israel. And it's basically sunk a two-state solution

How much would you pay to see a video of the final discussions Labor had about recognising a Palestinian state? Login or signup to continue reading...

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Amanda Vanstone

A predatory industry is targeting our kids and the government is staying silent

A predatory industry is targeting our kids and the government is staying silent

The Victorian Coroner's hearing into the tragic suicide of 22-year-old Kyle Hudson is set to shine a spotlight on the activities of bookmaker...

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Tim Costello

More than a climate fix: carbon capture opponents shouldn't have such a blinkered view

More than a climate fix: carbon capture opponents shouldn't have such a blinkered view

It's unfortunate that opponents of carbon capture and storage (CCS) take such a blinkered view on decarbonisation that they won't entertain a...

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Paul Everingham

My pony won't catch fire or be a footpath menace

My pony won't catch fire or be a footpath menace

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John Hanscombe