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A Sense of Place Magazine

Your Smartphone is a Parasite

Rachael L. Brown, Australian National University and Rob Brooks, UNSW Sydney Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek,...

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The Long Drive

Michael Gray Griffith There is so much space out here. It’s like the gods left before they were able to add the mountains and valleys and grand forests. You could hide an entire civilization out here. We did, and they are still lost. On the beaches near Eucla, which...

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‘WALKING WITH THE MAN’ IS HITTING THE MARK

My morale got a boost this week when my book Walking with the Man got a #1 best seller rating in a section of books on religion at Amazon, including a 5 star rating. It also got a #2 best seller rating in another section just below a Pope Francis book. The reason is...

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Trump prepares to ditch two-state solution

President Trump seems set to ditch the creation of a Palestinian state between Israel and Jordan (two-state solution) when he meets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House this week. Advertisement

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Australian science has gone overboard for ‘climate action’

A potted Australian net-zero history begins the imperial policy-heyday of “Liberal” Party grandees Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull. Lucy refashions Sydney, for endless growth Kitted in hard-hat, high-vis, and safety-specs, central-planner Lucy descended 2017 from her nine-figure Point Piper eyrie. Giving the hoi polloi glad tidings foreshadowed the previous year. Via

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New Politics

The obsession of a date with Trump and more police brutality in NSW

In this episode, we explore the week in Australian politics and international affairs, starting with the media’s breathless fixation on whether Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will secure a face-to-face with US President Donald Trump. We examine how the Canberra press gallery and commercial breakfast TV – “When are you meeting

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The End Of The Rules Based International Order

In this wide-ranging episode, we explore the United States’ surprise bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites, the ceasefire that followed, and the way Australia’s 24-hour silence morphed into a reflex endorsement of Washington’s strike. Our analysis looks at how Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong framed the raid under the tired

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On The Eve Of Destruction

Photo credit: Moshe Mizrahi/Reuters. This latest episode analyses the escalating Israel–Iran conflict, unpacking this week’s deadly strikes on nuclear facilities, the retaliatory missile fire, and the West’s predictable “right to defend” double-standard. We challenge the narrative that paints Tehran as a perpetual “regime” while letting Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal

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