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Back to SearchWhy people loved - and feared - Adelaide's first policewoman, Kate Cocks
Kate Cocks was a formidable woman. Appointed to the South Australian Police Force in 1915 at the age of 40, she was given the same salary and powers of arrest as men in the force. It was a first in t…
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Bandung 1955: when the Global South united to prevent war between China and the US
The 1955 Bandung Conference in Indonesia, was an historic meeting of 29 Asian and African nations - the largest gathering of non-European nations the world had seen. It marked the first major collect…
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What happened to NGOs?
In the 1990s, NGOs (non government organisations) delivered more official development assistance than the entire U.N. system. Now, increasing anti-NGO rhetoric on both the left and right, means these…
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What the data actually says about young Australian voters
When Australians went to the polls in May's federal election, Generation Z and Millennials outnumbered baby boomers at the ballot box. What does this mean for the future of Australian voting patterns…
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How privacy law is taking over from defamation suits
Journalist and former presenter of Media Watch, Richard Ackland, looks at how Australia's privacy laws are being used in place of expensive defamation cases in the wake of the Brittany Higgins/Linda …
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Where does Nepal go from here?
A flash revolution toppled Nepal's government earlier this month, as protests from young people over a social media ban quickly escalated into violence and the 73-year-old leader fleeing the country.…
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Bruce Shapiro's USA: More Kirk fallout tests America's commitment to free speech
Returning: Jimmy Kimmel. Not returning: the dozens of academics fired for comments on Charlie Kirk. America's love of free speech is being tested by Kirk's assassination, and Trump's speech at the me…
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Mark Kenny's Canberra: Australia recognises Palestine as Albanese heads to the UN General Assembly
Mark Kenny examines the political path to Australia recognising Palestine ahead of the UN General Assembly and what it means for our relationship with President Donald Trump and the United States. Me…
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Donald Trump is letting US corporations off the hook - Public Citizen report
US President Donald Trump was elected on a law and order platform, but consumer and public affairs watch organisation, Public Citizen, Trump’s administration has withdrawn or halted enforcement actio…
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Ritual: the world’s first collection of Muslim-Australian poetry
Poetry has been part of Muslim expression since ancient times; from the 8th century, poetry flourished in Arabic, Persian, and later Urdu and Turkish. Rumi, the 13th-century Sufi mystic, is still cel…
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