Sri Lanka is facing one of its most severe flood events in recent memory, with entire districts submerged, homes destroyed, and tens of thousands displaced. read now...
There are dangers a society can screen for and dangers it cannot.
Metal detectors catch knives. Infrared cameras detect weapons. Background checks flag criminal histories. But none of these instruments can detect what is often more lethal than steel: a mind shaped by doctrine, a moral framework in which ideological loyalty outranks individual ...
Anthony Albanese cut a lonely political figure laying a small bunch of flowers at Bondi on Monday morning, as the question confronted the nation: could more have been done by leaders, and the community, to prevent this tragedy? Opinions will differ, and what we learn about the perpetrators will affect
Federal, state and territory governments have agreed to the biggest overhaul of Australia’s gun laws since the Howard government’s post-Port Arthur reforms, in a response to the Bondi massacre that has claimed the lives of 15 victims so far and one of the perpetrators. After a late Monday afternoon meeting
Australians have watched on in horror as more details have come to light about the shooters in the Bondi terror attacks. As people grapple with the tragedy, many wonder how such a thing could have happened in a country that has long prided itself on its tough gun laws. The
‘I celebrate myself, and sing myself,’ wrote Walt Whitman in his rhapsodic celebration of freedom, Leaves of Grass. ‘And what I assume you shall assume,/ For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.// I loafe and invite my soul,/ I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.’
Dog walkers have complained of being asked to ...
As the appalling story of Sunday’s anti-Jewish mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach continue to unfold, and 16 people are now dead, there have been few glimmers of light in the darkness.
Ahmed’s cousin, Mustafa, said Ahmed saw an opportunity to tackle the shooter
The men identified as the shooters are a father and son, Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed ...
Micheál Martin, Ireland’s Taoiseach, said he is shocked by the anti-Semitic slaughter on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, is shocked too. So is Christopher Luxon, the prime minister of New Zealand. Yet there is really nothing shocking about the Australian attack. Insanity, as the saying goes, is ...
This one has everything: drag queens, swastikas, X and freedom of speech. Dr Anne Woodhouse is a clinical psychologist in Inverness who has just been cleared of misconduct charges by her regulatory body, the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS). The accusation was that Dr Woodhouse’s ‘fitness to practise is impaired by reason of ...
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s website and call centre have been inundated with people responding to calls for blood donations since Sunday night’s terrorist attack at Bondi Beach. At least 16 people are dead and 38 others are in hospital in Sydney after two gunmen opened fire on crowds celebrating the
One of the most common arguments made by those with a liberal approach to immigration and asylum, and one you will hear repeated at length on Question Time, is that people who come to these shores ‘are human beings, just like us.’ This mantra epitomises a certain kind of bland, shallow humanism, one which seems to think that platitudes and nobility of ...
As the community begins to grapple with the horror and tragedy of the Bondi shootings on Sunday, children will likely have questions. Parents may also be wondering how to talk to their little kids and teenagers about what happened. I am a clinical psychologist and researcher with a focus on
Sri Lanka is facing one of its most severe flood events in recent memory, with entire districts submerged, homes destroyed, and tens of thousands displaced. read now...
There are dangers a society can screen for and dangers it cannot.
Metal detectors catch knives. Infrared cameras detect weapons. Background checks flag criminal histories. But none of these instruments can detect what is often more lethal than steel: a mind shaped by doctrine, a moral framework in which ideological loyalty outranks individual ...
Anthony Albanese cut a lonely political figure laying a small bunch of flowers at Bondi on Monday morning, as the question confronted the nation: could more have been done by leaders, and the community, to prevent this tragedy? Opinions will differ, and what we learn about the perpetrators will affect
Federal, state and territory governments have agreed to the biggest overhaul of Australia’s gun laws since the Howard government’s post-Port Arthur reforms, in a response to the Bondi massacre that has claimed the lives of 15 victims so far and one of the perpetrators. After a late Monday afternoon meeting
Australians have watched on in horror as more details have come to light about the shooters in the Bondi terror attacks. As people grapple with the tragedy, many wonder how such a thing could have happened in a country that has long prided itself on its tough gun laws. The
‘I celebrate myself, and sing myself,’ wrote Walt Whitman in his rhapsodic celebration of freedom, Leaves of Grass. ‘And what I assume you shall assume,/ For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.// I loafe and invite my soul,/ I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.’
Dog walkers have complained of being asked to ...
As the appalling story of Sunday’s anti-Jewish mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach continue to unfold, and 16 people are now dead, there have been few glimmers of light in the darkness.
Ahmed’s cousin, Mustafa, said Ahmed saw an opportunity to tackle the shooter
The men identified as the shooters are a father and son, Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed ...
Micheál Martin, Ireland’s Taoiseach, said he is shocked by the anti-Semitic slaughter on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, is shocked too. So is Christopher Luxon, the prime minister of New Zealand. Yet there is really nothing shocking about the Australian attack. Insanity, as the saying goes, is ...
This one has everything: drag queens, swastikas, X and freedom of speech. Dr Anne Woodhouse is a clinical psychologist in Inverness who has just been cleared of misconduct charges by her regulatory body, the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS). The accusation was that Dr Woodhouse’s ‘fitness to practise is impaired by reason of ...
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s website and call centre have been inundated with people responding to calls for blood donations since Sunday night’s terrorist attack at Bondi Beach. At least 16 people are dead and 38 others are in hospital in Sydney after two gunmen opened fire on crowds celebrating the
One of the most common arguments made by those with a liberal approach to immigration and asylum, and one you will hear repeated at length on Question Time, is that people who come to these shores ‘are human beings, just like us.’ This mantra epitomises a certain kind of bland, shallow humanism, one which seems to think that platitudes and nobility of ...
As the community begins to grapple with the horror and tragedy of the Bondi shootings on Sunday, children will likely have questions. Parents may also be wondering how to talk to their little kids and teenagers about what happened. I am a clinical psychologist and researcher with a focus on