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Ontario’s cash bail requirements face a legal wall and are based on flawed logic
Research suggests cash bail is ineffective in ensuring those accused of crimes honour their bail conditions. Deterrence cannot be bought.
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Germany: why the AfD won in Saxony-Anhalt – and what happens next
The AfD received by far the most amount of votes in Saxony-Anhalt, falling marginally short of an absolute majority.
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Māori and Pacific soldiers’ final resting place in Gaza – don’t forget their story
COMMENTARY: By Maher Nazzal of the Palestine Forum of New Zealand There is a deeply painful connection between Aotearoa New Zealand and the Gaza War Cemetery that deserves to be remembered. Long before the current destruction of Gaza, New Zealand soldiers fought and died in the Palestine campaign of the First World War. Some never
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Immigration in Sweden: how the country went from one of Europe’s most welcoming, to one of its most restrictive
The 2015 refugee crisis fundamentally changed the political debate around migration.
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View from The Hill: Pauline Hanson sets new hares running on super
Pauline Hanson’s attention-grabbing policy to give mortgage holders and renters is high populism while being – according to its many critics – low economics.
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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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Even if it doesn’t form government, the far-right AfD has shaken Germany’s political establishment to the core
Voters in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt punished the major parties for their handling of the cost-of-living crisis.
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Australia’s social media ban has an enforcement problem. These new laws aim to fix it
The government is returning to some unfinished business: strengthening its social media age restrictions.
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Are jumping castles safe? An amusement ride safety expert explains
Here’s what inflatable operators are supposed to do – and where the risks arise.
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Social media misinformation ‘biggest hurdle’ for journalists, says MCPNG’s Belinda Kora
By Lomanai Kenny in Port Moresby Misinformation on social media is the biggest challenge for journalists, says Belinda Kora, secretary of the Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG) and founder of Women in Media (WIM). She gave her address at the closing ceremony of an Election Integrity Workshop for media last week. The week-long
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Australia has a housing shortage. So why are Bathla and other home builders collapsing?
Until we do more to tackle the causes of high construction company insolvencies, we’ll keep seeing more headlines about builders going bust.
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Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration has violated the constitutional rights of international students in seeking to deport them for their pro-Palestinian activism and criticism of Israel. In her ruling, US District Judge Noël Wise wrote, “In the United States, free speech, including the freedom to criticise the government