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A Sense of Place Magazine

Vale Australian Journalist: Derryn Hinch the Human Headline

Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne It was May 1999 and Derryn Hinch had been called into the manager’s office at Adelaide’s 5DN. The ratings for his morning program had been tumbling, and after less than a year on air he was told to pack his things. At the time,...

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Podcast: Emotional Intelligence And Feeling Big Feelings

Caitlin and Tim discuss the importance of emotional maturity in the struggle against the empire. Caitlin paints a portrait of Lindsey Graham. Click here for audio version. This podcast will be available on all major podcast platforms. ______________ The best way to make sure

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Well, At Least Lindsey Graham Is Dead

Reading by Tim Foley: The only positive thing about the Iran war heating up again is that Lindsey Graham won’t be around to enjoy it. The bloodthirsty South Carolina senator breathed his last on Saturday, succumbing to what his office describes as “a brief and

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AM SELLING AND SIGNING MY BOOK ‘WALK IN THE SPIRIT’ AT DYMOCKS CHERMSIDE BRISBANE ON SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK FROM 11am TO 12.30pm. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU. MY CO-AUTHOR NEILL FLORENCE WILL BE WITH ME.

WALK IN THE SPIRIT is a page turning novel about six people of different faiths who are not involved in organised religion but form a team to create a caring and sharing community while encountering bigoted and racist opposition. It is timely given the current war of...

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ITS TIME TO BUILD COMMUNITIES NOT DIVIDED BY RELIGION.

WALK WITH THE SPIRIT is a page-turning novel about people – Christian, Muslim, Jew, Confucian, Indigenous, LGBTI, Atheist – who try to create a caring and sharing and generous society in the Queensland City of Rockhampton despite the current international war in which...

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A reflection on Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week 2026

It’s Sorry Day and Reconciliation week  and I’m reminded again that language matters. White people tell me this constantly.Use the right language.Tone it down.Be careful how you say it.Be professional.Be strategic.Be calm.Be nice. Because language matters. And yet I keep watching white people use language as a weapon against Aboriginal

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From a respected hegemon to a drifting power

Donald Trump did not invent America’s vulnerabilities, but he has driven them to a breaking point. His contempt for democratic norms, alliances, and international law has transformed the United States from an anchor of a rules based order into a disruptive force. The damage extends far beyond decisions like the

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Trash politics with brio: Count Binface versus Nigel Farage

Let the mockery and disdain begin. The elected member of the Essex seat of Clacton, also leader of the populist Reform UK party, has decided to avoid the investigation into his financial affairs by going to the polls on August 13. To do so, Nigel Farage has resigned, thereby forcing

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Property investors have gone on strike, and who can blame them?

Australia’s housing market reportedly fell by 0.4 per cent in June, the biggest monthly decline since December 2022. This was largely in response to Budget tax hikes on investor owners, which were imposed despite a litany of Albanese Government promises to keep the status quo.Even “Blind Freddy” can now see

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New Politics

Social cohesion or political censorship?

The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion was established to examine exactly that – antisemitism and social cohesion – but it has become a vehicle for advancing political agendas from Zionist groups in Australia, rather than fostering the social cohesion that was promised. The latest round of material presented

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China’s missile launch and Australia’s panic merchants

China’s latest ballistic missile test generated predictable headlines warning of an escalating security threat across the Pacific, but the reaction revealed as much about Australia’s political culture as it did about Beijing’s military ambitions. While missile testing is hardly unique to China – with the United States, Russia and other

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Labor’s power without purpose: Who does Labor govern for?

The NSW Labor Conference was designed to project unity ahead of the party’s national conference, but it instead exposed a deeper question confronting Australian politics: what does the modern Labor Party actually stand for? While grassroots members pushed for gambling reform, affordable housing, civil liberties and a stronger response to

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