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Four top tips for tracing your ancestry from a family historian
Studying the stories of our ancestors, whatever their background, is a deeply enriching experience.
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View from The Hill: Ed Husic stirs pot on AUKUS as Peter Garrett to lead public inquiry
The controversial AUKUS pact continues to cause headaches for the government - even within its own ranks.
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Could the Democrats win control of Congress in the US midterms? All eyes are on these pivotal races
The Democrats have a good chance at winning both houses of Congress, but the Republicans still have some advantages.
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Fiji police question protesters over picket against opening of Israel embassy
Fijivillage News A protest led by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre was held at their office today — located opposite FHL Tower where the new Embassy of Israel was due to be opened later in the day. Police visited the centre and spoke to coordinator Shamima Ali. The protest was taking place while similar pickets
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Almost 3 million workers will get a 4.75% pay rise in July. But wages can’t catch up with inflation
Even after the new rises, our lowest paid employees will still have less buying power when they go to the shops than five years ago.
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When violence goes viral: Why visual evidence matters in Indonesian activism
Today in Indonesia, graphics of violent/gory/brutal images and videos often function as political evidence.
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Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. How are health authorities responding?
Three experts explain how the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola may have crossed continents.
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Australia has been the victim of an AUKUS ‘bait and switch’
The change in the submarine delivery plan should come as no surprise – this deal has been unequal from the start.
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Will the budget boost small firms? Not in the way we might think
Budget 2026 offered useful support for small firms. But building blocks are not the same as a productivity blueprint.
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It costs a million dollars a day to keep low-risk defendants on remand. More prisons aren’t the answer
Budget 2026 spends $503 million on expanding prisons. But 41% of the prison population are people on remand and more than half are released once their case is heard.
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Food industry exposé Fast Food Nation predicted today’s chronic illness epidemic, 25 years ago
A GP reflects on the lessons of Eric Schlosser’s ‘muckraking’ classic. A necessary health check on the world we’ve built, it urges us all to take back our agency.
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The complex history of ‘pride’, from shame and sin to a symbol of protest and power
Tracing the history of this emotion can help us understand how it came to be empowering for LGBTQIA+ people – even as certain groups try and hijack it.