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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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Anti-Genocide Activism Is Terrorism In The Empire Of Lies

Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): ❖ British police have been arresting anti-genocide protesters for holding signs expressing support for activist group Palestine Action, which London has now officially designated a terrorist

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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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Payback for false allegations

Across Australia there are men who have been falsely accused of domestic violence and suffered the dreadful consequences of violence orders based on a pack of lies. But since courts refuse to take action over perjury in such cases, the accuser walks free.Now there may be a new legal option

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Dear God – it’s 2028

Sure enough, there was an intensely bright light, I was overcome with a floating sensation and I rapidly came to the conclusion that I had carked it. Instead of panic, I felt very comfortable and at peace in my new space.Disappointing in a way though, as I had agreed with

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Trump’s immigration plan is a human and economic disaster

I understand the urgent need to reform our immigration policy to streamline the current chaotic and disjointed immigration laws. However, Trump’s approach to addressing migration will gravely affect the health of the economy, to which immigrants are indispensable. Expelling hard-working immigrants without due process is a gross violation of their

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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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