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Telling authentically Australian stories on screen takes more than just a content quota

Telling authentically Australian stories on screen takes more than just a content quota

Digital colonisation takes many forms but one of the most powerful is its algorithmic ability to distract us to death. Some of the largest,...

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Julianne Schultz

Caught up in a violent attack, would you be a hero – or would you run? Both can be valuable

Caught up in a violent attack, would you be a hero – or would you run? Both can be valuable

The devastating attack on train passengers in Cambridgeshire last weekend was shocking. There has been talk of heroes who risked their lives to...

yesterday 40

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Emma Kavanagh

Where is the Gaza ‘peace process’ really going?

Where is the Gaza ‘peace process’ really going?

If you started attending one funeral a day beginning 1 January 2025, you would finish in the year 3887. That is how long it would take to mourn...

yesterday 10

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Ahmad Ibsais

Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of mobilizing non-voters

Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of mobilizing non-voters

One of the main media takeaways from the 2024 election was the much-discussed “vibe shift”. That is, a resurgence of cultural conservatism and a...

yesterday 20

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Ben Davis

I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t

I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t

Let’s begin with the fundamental problem: Bill Gates is a politics denier. Though he came to it late, he now accepts the realities of climate...

yesterday 100

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George Monbiot

In a world with democracy in decline, we have much to learn from those who rallied against Whitlam’s dismissal

In a world with democracy in decline, we have much to learn from those who rallied against Whitlam’s dismissal

The dismissal of the Whitlam government, which occurred 50 years ago this month, remains one of the biggest deals in Australian history. There was...

yesterday 30

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Frank Bongiorno And James Watson

The president is groped in broad daylight, and Mexican women cry: MeToo, MeToo, MeToo

The president is groped in broad daylight, and Mexican women cry: MeToo, MeToo, MeToo

“Machismo in Mexico is so fucked up not even the president is safe,” said Caterina Camastra, a professor and feminist, when I talked to her in...

yesterday 50

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Mona Eltahawy

Everybody panic – the workplace has become too ‘feminized’!

Everybody panic – the workplace has become too ‘feminized’!

Lean in (to misogyny), ladies! Are you a woman? Do you want to rapidly raise your profile and get booked on the speaking circuit? Are you good at...

yesterday 20

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Arwa Mahdawi

Trump is threatening the basic needs of poor Americans. How low he has sunk

Trump is threatening the basic needs of poor Americans. How low he has sunk

The Democrats had a great day on Tuesday. It’s crucial that they hone their economic message for next year’s midterms to focus on affordability and...

yesterday 5

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Robert Reich

The right wants to destroy our fragile faith in the NHS – don’t let that happen

The right wants to destroy our fragile faith in the NHS – don’t let that happen

Public satisfaction with the NHS is at its lowest ever level, according to the most recent British Social Attitudes survey: just 21% of patients...

yesterday 1

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Polly Toynbee

Democrats should celebrate this week’s victories, but beware: Trump is already plotting his revenge

Democrats should celebrate this week’s victories, but beware: Trump is already plotting his revenge

After the joy, the trepidation. Or at least the preparation. Democrats, along with many others around the world, cheered this week’s wins in a...

yesterday 1

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Jonathan Freedland

The Daniels report won’t solve anti-Black racism at the Met – but it offers a new way to tackle it

The Daniels report won’t solve anti-Black racism at the Met – but it offers a new way to tackle it

When I first read Shereen Daniels’ report 30 Patterns of Harm, a damning review of anti-Black racism within the Metropolitan police, I didn’t feel...

yesterday 1

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Keith Magee

Martin Rowson on Elon Musk’s new pay package – cartoon

yesterday 1

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Dustin Guastella

Leftist and centrist Democrats won on Tuesday. So what’s the party’s lesson?

Leftist and centrist Democrats won on Tuesday. So what’s the party’s lesson?

On Tuesday, Democrats won right, left and center. In purple Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, the staunchly anti-socialist former CIA official won...

yesterday 1

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Dustin Guastella

Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile

Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile

If in doubt, we used to talk about the weather. Or if not that, then why the trains were late again, or how sweet someone’s baby was: the kind of...

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Gaby Hinsliff

Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels

Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels

As world leaders gather in Brazil this year for Cop30 – the first Amazonian Cop – it’s worth doing a quick reality check on how we are collectively...

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Joelle Gergis

Word of the year already? Huzzah! Here’s what the latest crop of ‘young people’ words mean

previous day 40

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Gaby Hinsliff

Angry shareholders vote against SevenWest executive pay deal as Kerry Stokes says he too has suffered

Angry shareholders vote against SevenWest executive pay deal as Kerry Stokes says he too has suffered

On Thursday, media tycoon Kerry Stokes presided over his last annual general meeting as Seven West Media’s chair (as long as the anticipated merger...

previous day 20

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Daisy Dumas And Catie Mcleod

My verdict on the ‘woke’ review of England’s school curriculum? It isn’t radical enough

My verdict on the ‘woke’ review of England’s school curriculum? It isn’t radical enough

Schooling in Britain today is where medicine was in the days of bleeding and leeches. It is trapped in the past, between teachers wedded to their...

previous day 70

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Simon Jenkins

Airline chaos looms across America. If only Democrats had less of a backbone

Airline chaos looms across America. If only Democrats had less of a backbone

In our modern age, the only thing worse than flying – cramped seats, bad food, someone potentially calling you a racial slur – is not flying at...

previous day 9

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Dave Schilling

Increase taxes for working people, or make the super-rich pay their fair share? The answer seems obvious – but not to Labour

Increase taxes for working people, or make the super-rich pay their fair share? The answer seems obvious – but not to Labour

All the signs suggest that the government will cling to a dangerous set of false choices at the budget later this month. Constrained by the debt...

previous day 9

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Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

Mamdani’s win in New York offers Australian progressives both inspiration and caution

Mamdani’s win in New York offers Australian progressives both inspiration and caution

I’ve been visiting New York for the better part of 20 years as a political consultant, on my way to and from election campaigns elsewhere in the...

previous day 20

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Stephen Donnelly

Coalition climate dysfunction is all upside for Labor but the words of Keating ‘to run the joint’ ring true

Coalition climate dysfunction is all upside for Labor but the words of Keating ‘to run the joint’ ring true

After a pretty scrappy week in federal parliament, Jim Chalmers went to the Crawford school at the Australian National University on Thursday...

previous day 3

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Tom Mcilroy

Why does everyone keep picking on billionaires? At least they stand up for what they believe in

previous day 10

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Marina Hyde

At last, a great institution filled with trusted public figures. Shame the Traitors don’t run Britain

At last, a great institution filled with trusted public figures. Shame the Traitors don’t run Britain

The Celebrity Traitors final was so good that the TV moment of the year (Nick revealing he’d written Joe’s name on his slate) only held its crown...

previous day 10

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Marina Hyde

The Guardian’s view on Gaza’s future: the ceasefire brought relief, but the world must not look away now

The Guardian’s view on Gaza’s future: the ceasefire brought relief, but the world must not look away now

What future is there for Palestinians in Gaza? The announcement of the ceasefire brought profound relief, shaded by an equally deep sense of...

previous day 2

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Shadi Khan Saif

The Guardian view on mistaken prisoner releases: a broken system not human error

The Guardian view on mistaken prisoner releases: a broken system not human error

Any mistaken release of a prisoner is a blow to the criminal justice system and creates a danger to public safety and confidence. So is any escape,...

previous day 7

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Shadi Khan Saif

Trump is weaponizing the welfare state to attack healthcare

Trump is weaponizing the welfare state to attack healthcare

In United States v Skrmetti, a supreme court decision issued this summer, the rightwing justices made it legal for states to ban gender-affirming...

previous day 5

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Moira Donegan

Britain’s two-party politics is fragmenting: what unintended consequences await?

Britain’s two-party politics is fragmenting: what unintended consequences await?

Politics as we have known it in Britain for more than a century seems to be falling apart. Only six years ago, at the 2019 election, the...

previous day 9

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Andy Beckett

Mamdani’s mayoral race was marred by unhinged Islamophobia. It’s not going away soon

Mamdani’s mayoral race was marred by unhinged Islamophobia. It’s not going away soon

Pack your bags and flee, infidels: New York City has fallen to a cabal of socialist jihadists. With Zohran Mamdani to become the city’s first...

previous day 10

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Arwa Mahdawi

‘Choking’ in porn has become the new normal. Here’s why a new UK law banning it is so vital

‘Choking’ in porn has become the new normal. Here’s why a new UK law banning it is so vital

This week marks a turning point in the UK’s approach to violent porn. The government has announced it will make publishing or possessing...

previous day 1

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Clare Mcglynn

A note to politicians hoping to emulate Mamdani’s social media strategy: without the right policies, it’s pointless

A note to politicians hoping to emulate Mamdani’s social media strategy: without the right policies, it’s pointless

While there are many reasons for Zohran Mamdani’s success, the New York City mayor-elect’s meteoric rise was in no small part down to his...

previous day 9

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Rohan Sathyamoorthy

The food stamp fight signals an era of unprecedented cruelty in America

The food stamp fight signals an era of unprecedented cruelty in America

In October, millions rallied across America to remind Donald Trump that this nation obeys no kings. Last week, however, a scene worthy of...

previous day 7

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Katrina Vanden Heuvel

For a few dollars, I bought a childhood game from the op-shop. Watching my kids play felt like time had folded in on itself

For a few dollars, I bought a childhood game from the op-shop. Watching my kids play felt like time had folded in on itself

My first retail job in Australia was selling perfumes and garments at a department store, where I met many amazing people of all ages and...

previous day 1

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Shadi Khan Saif

From AusLegal to AmItheAsshole: why I’m downvoting the social media ban on Reddit

From AusLegal to AmItheAsshole: why I’m downvoting the social media ban on Reddit

Like the whimsical rattle of my car’s engine, the upcoming social media ban has largely been in the periphery of my awareness: I know it’s there,...

thursday 20

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Deirdre Fidge

Rachel Reeves is damned if she raises income tax in the budget – and damned if she doesn’t

Rachel Reeves is damned if she raises income tax in the budget – and damned if she doesn’t

It may not feel that way, but these are pivotal weeks in modern British, and perhaps also modern European, politics. I do not know whether the ink...

thursday 10

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Martin Kettle

I’m a veteran Traitor – this is why the celebrity Faithfuls are so utterly shambolic

I’m a veteran Traitor – this is why the celebrity Faithfuls are so utterly shambolic

‘Faithfuls, you are breaking my heart,” an exasperated Claudia Winkleman told the players at the sixth round table of this year’s BBC Celebrity...

thursday 10

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Paul Gorton

The era of fine speeches and good intentions is over. Brazil’s Cop30 will be about action

The era of fine speeches and good intentions is over. Brazil’s Cop30 will be about action

Today, in the Brazilian Amazon, the Belém summit opens ahead of the 30th United Nations climate change conference (Cop30). I have convened world...

thursday 2

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Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva

The good news is that boys believe in gender equality. The scary question is: will they forget when they become men?

The good news is that boys believe in gender equality. The scary question is: will they forget when they become men?

There’s a moment in a boy’s life when it almost hurts to look at them, so beautiful and vulnerable are they. Manhood is right there knocking on...

thursday 10

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Lucy Clark

Zohran Mamdani’s biggest threat is not Donald Trump, it’s the Democratic old guard

Zohran Mamdani’s biggest threat is not Donald Trump, it’s the Democratic old guard

The morning after Zohran Mamdani’s startling mayoral victory in New York, the most arresting visual image was not of the mayor-elect celebrating in...

thursday 3

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Emma Brockes

Zohran Mamdani is filling disillusioned Americans with hope and inspiration

Zohran Mamdani is filling disillusioned Americans with hope and inspiration

The thing that should surprise us most about Zohran Mamdani’s election win is that it wasn’t a surprise. Well before the result was called on...

thursday 1

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Osita Nwanevu

Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump

Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump

“My friends, the world is changing,” Zohran Mamdani told supporters in the run-up to the New York City mayoral election. “It’s not a question of...

thursday 1

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Isabella Weber

The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right

The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right

Zohran Mamdani was forged in the era of Donald Trump. He came to socialism through watching Bernie Sanders run for the US presidency in 2016, in...

thursday 7

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Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian view on the Francis curriculum review: raising the right questions in a world with few certain answers

The Guardian view on the Francis curriculum review: raising the right questions in a world with few certain answers

Societies evolve and schools are under pressure to adapt, but some features of education policy are perennial. For example, modernisation will...

thursday 1

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Greg Jericho

The Guardian view on Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York: the Democrats can build on an uplifting night

The Guardian view on Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York: the Democrats can build on an uplifting night

Since the re-election of Donald Trump last November, a demoralised Democratic party has struggled to reverse a palpable sense of downward momentum....

thursday 6

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Greg Jericho

Ella Baron on Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral victory – cartoon

thursday 6

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Greg Jericho

The RBA predicts inflation will rise faster than wages. Let’s hope it’s wrong

The RBA predicts inflation will rise faster than wages. Let’s hope it’s wrong

No one was shocked on Tuesday to hear the Reserve Bank of Australia did not cut rates, but reading the economic tea leaves (that is, the RBA board...

thursday 6

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Greg Jericho

Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires

Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires

What exactly happened with Billie Eilish at the Wall Street Journal Magazine Innovator awards last week? Look it up, and you have a perfect...

thursday 20

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Zoe Williams

Zohran Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it

Zohran Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it

The people of New York have spoken. Despite all the odds, a 34-year-old Muslim Democratic socialist has been elected to lead the largest city in...

thursday 10

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Moustafa Bayoumi

We can’t let the Tories sabotage this once-in-a-generation chance to reshape the world of work

We can’t let the Tories sabotage this once-in-a-generation chance to reshape the world of work

I started my working life as a care worker on casual terms, not knowing if there would be a pay cheque from month to month. It was a good,...

thursday 9

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Angela Rayner