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I’m told there is an age at which falling over becomes ‘having a fall’. But I’m not nearly ready for that

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Chris Riddell on Donald Trump, an ill wind that blows nobody any good – cartoon

25.01.2025 10

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The Observer view on Russian aggression: the west risks a far worse conflict if it fails Ukraine now

25.01.2025 7

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Today could be a day for soul-searching. Instead we cling to a distant monarchy in denial of our racist past

25.01.2025 5

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My study is a bibliophile’s breakfast, the house is overrun. It’s time for the great book culling to begin

I settled into my Sydney work room eight years ago and immediately had many metres of shelves built to accommodate all the books we’d moved cities...

03.01.2025 2

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Poodunnit: dear fellow dog owners, why do so many of you bother to bag pet mess then not bin it?

This is about dog shit. Dog shit and antisocial behaviour. I am a dog person. I live in an inner suburb of Australia’s biggest city with two...

14.12.2024 10

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Now is the time to unplug and reset. Next year we enter a more dangerous world – but for now I need the silence of nature

A long walk in the mountains last weekend brought sudden perspective to just how heavily the shoutiness and anger was weighing. Suddenly there was...

22.11.2024 60

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Why no official memorial in Australia to citizens who fought and died in the Spanish civil war?

This Remembrance Day consider a photograph and the story it holds about Australians whose war service has largely been deliberately overlooked or...

10.11.2024 6

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A second Trump presidency would put Australia on a collision course with the US

For many months the federal government has been calming the farm, officials urging us to “just chill” about the possibility of our major ally the...

05.11.2024 5

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Australia treats its armed forces veterans with a perversely shabby contempt

Having characterised so much of its history and identity by military adventurism, Australia certainly treats its armed forces veterans with a...

16.10.2024 2

Paul Daley

You can tell any story you want about Australia’s colonial past. That doesn’t make it history

The 254 years between today and the first violent east coast continental contact between Aboriginal people and European invaders is barely a moment...

09.10.2024 2

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The punishment for felling Australia’s foreshore trees is a mere pittance against developers’ obscene profits

I have a dream. It’s all about the day on which the first of Sydney’s antisocial tree vandals cops a truly punitive fine or, better still, prison...

17.09.2024 1

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Australia helped bring peace to Timor-Leste – but that doesn’t absolve it of a long appeasement of Indonesia

It is almost 25 years since the Australian-led International Force East Timor (Interfet) brought security and eventual peace to newly independent...

07.09.2024 2

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NSW’s Anzac Day retail ban is the latest in a long line of pious and empty symbolic gestures

I’ve thought and written a lot, including books, magazine articles and plenty of pieces here, about how Australia commemorates its soldiers of the...

08.08.2024 10

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Trump and Vance’s misogyny and cynical identity politics mean Australians can’t ‘just chill’ about the US election

The forthcoming election is one of the most important to me since I first cast a ballot more than four decades ago. And yet this time – while I’ve...

01.08.2024 3

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Sometimes, when describing someone’s character, only an acronym will do

I’ve not always, apparently, been the best judge of character. Fortunately, I have a cabal of group-chat referees I can consult when in need of a...

29.07.2024 2

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I’m told there is an age at which falling over becomes ‘having a fall’. But I’m not nearly ready for that

Paul Daley

Chris Riddell on Donald Trump, an ill wind that blows nobody any good – cartoon

Paul Daley

The Observer view on Russian aggression: the west risks a far worse conflict if it fails Ukraine now

Paul Daley

Today could be a day for soul-searching. Instead we cling to a distant monarchy in denial of our racist past

Paul Daley

My study is a bibliophile’s breakfast, the house is overrun. It’s time for the great book culling to begin

Paul Daley

Poodunnit: dear fellow dog owners, why do so many of you bother to bag pet mess then not bin it?

Paul Daley

Now is the time to unplug and reset. Next year we enter a more dangerous world – but for now I need the silence of nature

Paul Daley

Why no official memorial in Australia to citizens who fought and died in the Spanish civil war?

Paul Daley

A second Trump presidency would put Australia on a collision course with the US

Paul Daley

Australia treats its armed forces veterans with a perversely shabby contempt

Paul Daley

You can tell any story you want about Australia’s colonial past. That doesn’t make it history

Paul Daley

The punishment for felling Australia’s foreshore trees is a mere pittance against developers’ obscene profits

Paul Daley

Australia helped bring peace to Timor-Leste – but that doesn’t absolve it of a long appeasement of Indonesia

Paul Daley

NSW’s Anzac Day retail ban is the latest in a long line of pious and empty symbolic gestures

Paul Daley

Trump and Vance’s misogyny and cynical identity politics mean Australians can’t ‘just chill’ about the US election

Paul Daley

Sometimes, when describing someone’s character, only an acronym will do

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