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A child’s first 5 years set them up for life. African study explores how to target education spending
Why are some pre-primary education programmes more successful than others?
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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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When does hardship become poverty? The left and right draw the line differently
Britons divide sharply over whether exclusion from ordinary living standards counts as poverty.
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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.