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Polling on race: The secret is deniability

Kevin Bonham — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 01:28:15 +0000

A voter’s reason for liking what Peter Dutton says may be racist or xenophobic, but they can easily defend that position in other ways without asking themselves any hard questions.

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When everything and everyone is racist, the worst offenders hide in plain sight

Bernard Keane — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:49:00 +0000

In a world where so much is decried as racist, those who traffic in overt bigotry no longer stand out.

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‘Very hush-hush’: Three large stingrays die at Melbourne Sea Life due to unknown cause

Alex Cameron — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 01:39:10 +0000

One aquarium staff member told Crikey the whole incident had been kept quiet, which the aquarium denies.

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The Mysteries of Hawksburn

Guy Rundle — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 05:30:17 +0000

Secret marriages, stolen hats, Prue and Trude and the fearsome Destructor. Out of the sepia, the life of a 'burbadoon emerges.

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra joins the list of arts organisations erasing Palestine

Max Kaiser — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:52:49 +0000

By attempting to avoid controversy, the MSO has instead made a profound political statement.

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Dutton’s never seen a division he didn’t think was worth stoking — but now he’s being sued for it

Michael Bradley — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 23:30:05 +0000

The opposition leader knows exactly which fears he is playing into.

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How shrinking legacy media became captives of the gambling industry

Stephen Mayne — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:59:43 +0000

The biggest political obstacle to banning gambling ads is the perceived power of the two remaining Australian media oligarchs: Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Stokes.

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Adults don’t have to be competent to vote, so why not enfranchise young children?

Anton Nilsson — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:25:28 +0000

A Cambridge academic says six-year-olds should get the right to vote, arguing democracy needs a jolt of radical change in order to survive.

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Can multiculturalism survive and thrive in the age of securitisation?

Wanning Sun — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:24:41 +0000

Unless security and multiculturalism are put on an equal footing, without the agendas of the former subsuming those of the latter, there can hardly be an effective pathway towards social cohesion.

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Naming and shaming domestic violence perpetrators doesn’t work to keep women safe. Here’s why

Hayley Boxall — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:29:31 +0000

Shame for shame’s sake is counterproductive.

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