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More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research
Genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence suggest the Indigenous population fell by more than 90% In the 70 years after the British invaded.
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AFP commissioner urges ‘conversation’ about link between Australians’ level of illicit drug use and organised crime
Krissy Barrett’s call comes after recent murders in Sydney linked to organised crime included two cases of mistaken identity in one week.
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175 years of university architecture reflects Australian history. We shouldn’t let that history be lost
University campuses reflect the layers of architectural and landscape styles that have shaped our cities and suburbs.
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Two shot, several arrested in clashes after Panguna mine arson
By Carmel N. Pilotti, Michael E. Miller and Koroi Hawkins At least two people were shot and several arrested in the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville on Sunday after unknown people set fire to equipment belonging to an Indian company poised to reopen one of the world’s largest untapped copper and gold reserves. The
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Australia’s digital duty of care bill needs these three changes to tackle online child sexual exploitation
Tech platforms need to be responsible for reporting online child sexual exploitation rather than relying on victims to do so.
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Banking scandal rocks Brazil’s politics and the country’s presidential election in October
After ten months of investigation, the Banco Master case points to banker Daniel Vorcaro managing to take the country’s political system hostage.
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Antisemitism in Canada, 3 years after Oct. 7: What the alarming numbers show, and what Ottawa hasn’t done
To combat the rise in antisemitism, we need to accurately name what it is and continually confront it as a country.
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Portugal decriminalized drugs 25 years ago, but the real lesson is what it built around this policy
Portugal’s remarkable public health strides after changing its approach to drugs may not be replicable in other countries absent broader systemic reforms.
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Why the Iranian diaspora is so bitterly divided — in Canada and abroad
Although the connection between the Canadian far right and the pro-Reza Pahlavi movement is weaker than in Europe, growing diaspora violence shows it’s now taking root in Canada.
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Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack
RNZ Pacific reporters Reports from Bougainville say heavy machinery and vehicles belonging to a foreign mining company were destroyed in an arson attack at the Panguna mine site. Armed men are alleged to have entered the site in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region this morning, and set fire to heavy haul trucks and other
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Pacific remembering September 11 . . . 25 years on
By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific The 9/11 attacks on the United States claimed thousands of lives, stunned the world, and triggered responses that continue to shape global politics, security, and public life today. A series of coordinated attacks in the United States killed almost 3000 people, with planes hijacked and crashing in Pennsylvania, the
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How Iran draws citizens into political surveillance
Informant culture is so embedded in everyday Iranian life that there are common Persian terms to describe it.