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Cutting the tobacco excise won’t stop the illegal trade. This is how other countries solved the problem
The illicit market for tobacco is not an inevitable result of high excise taxes.
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OnlyFans in South Africa: what creators say about sex work, personal safety and the gig economy
While some creators proudly embrace the label of sex worker, many others reject it outright.
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Crime is falling – but the public doesn’t feel safer, study finds
People are hardwired to believe they’re in danger – and politicians can tap into this.
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Could the White Australia Party succeed in challenging its ban?
Whatever the outcome, it will be far more consequential than the existence of the White Australia Party.
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5,500 sheep were stolen from a remote farm. But most farm crime remains hidden
The alleged theft of thousands of sheep in Queensland shows how difficult it can be to detect and prevent farm crime.
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The failure to stop 9/11 was a catastrophe. But even bigger mistakes were made in its aftermath
The great mistake was not the failure to stop the attacks, but the failure to understand how terrorism can amplify its impact through our response to outrage.
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Reform UK polling sting: why even small donations matter in politics these days
It’s the latest financial controversy to rock the party.
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What we forget when we remember 9/11
There is a strange nostalgia in realizing that something once so immediate now belongs increasingly to people who know it only as the past.
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Moscow has a long history of paranoia about Britain’s support for Russia’s enemies
Through the 1920s the fledgling Soviet Union was convinced that Britain was conniving at its destruction.
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Journeying Syria’s shattered cities as they move from war to peace
Researchers travelled across Damascus, Rural Damascus, Aleppo and Raqqa observing firsthand how Syrians are navigating the country’s transition.
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My unsung hero of science: Harriet Taylor Mill, the radical feminist philosopher who lived in the shadow of her husband
Taylor Mill cut to the heart of issues in political thought such as patriarchy, socio-economic justice and freedom.
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The Pacific’s cocaine highway: will Australia’s $600m deal really help?
With Australian and New Zealand demand for cocaine as strong as it is, it’s hard to know how much $600 million will do to stop the flow of drugs.