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Taxpayers pay for ‘Hillsong indoctrination centre with a mild interest in rehab’
The Morrison government approved a million-dollar-plus deal closely tied to Hillsong — one of two before the 2019 election it expected to lose.
Jacob Harrison’s therapy involved washing Brian Houston’s car
One80TC was touted as an accredited rehab facility, but it was a Hillsong-heavy organisation pushing a religious doctrine.
What neither the media nor the government are telling us about Australian activities inside China’s exclusive economic zone
When Australia sends vessels into the South China Sea, is it a brave assertion of freedom of navigation or about gathering intelligence?
Kean makes a bold bid to bring women to the centre of economic life in NSW
For the first time, a major Australian government has placed women’s economic role front and centre in its fiscal and economic strategy.
La Nina ends, but could be back soon
Meteorologists have declared La Nina finally over, but they warn it could return later in the year.
How to survive a megadrought: lessons from America
Large swaths of the United States have become decimated by historic drought, forcing a range of new policies and environmental projects.
Together apart: with no majority, Macron has to rethink his and France’s future
How will the French president keep his country stable, and with which party can he form a coalition?
In the wake of truth-telling, lies and consequences, America faces a reckoning
Spurious claims that the US 2020 election was rigged have no basis in reality, yet they continue to wreak havoc on politics.
‘Single-sex schools are based on an assumption that they are all girls. That’s not true, even if our parents think it is.’
The nine-member board of the RBA is made up of accomplished individuals, but more diversity to break up its current, conservative viewpoint would be welcomed.
From career feminism to care feminism: the case for reshaping our economy
The pandemic exposed the myth of ‘leaning in’ as a gender equaliser. It’s time we created a new deal for women.
The unvaxxed will always be with us. But their power and presence has been dealt a blow
The federal election showed that people had by and large rejected anti-vax propaganda. But the problem is not completely a thing of the past.
The Teal Deal: you saw the result, now read the book (well, soon)
Margot Saville reported on the rise of the teal independents during the election; now she’s giving readers the whole story in an upcoming book.
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Energy Security Board admits CoalKeeper will keep coal — just not ‘intentionally’
The Energy Security Board insists a capacity mechanism isn’t about propping up coal, but admits that’s exactly what could happen.
Meet Ralph Babet, Clive Palmer acolyte and Victoria’s newest senator
Babet has been quick to wipe clean his social media history, which displayed right-wing views and conspiracy theories.
The Rebel Wilson story is a statement about the SMH’s news culture — and that’s a big problem
Clickbait threatens quality journalism at a once-hallowed masthead.
Australia’s mainstream media is stumbling from crisis to crisis
Australia’s media landscape is turning into a disaster area littered by examples of spectacular misjudgment.
Celebrity journalism is dead — let it go
Rebranding gossip as ‘celebrity journalism’ worked for a while, but social media has shifted the balance in favour of the celebs, as the Sydney Morning Herald has discovered.
SMH editor tells staff he wouldn’t have ‘outed’ Rebel Wilson if she had responded to request
In an internal message sent to the paper’s staff, Sydney Morning Herald editor Bevan Shields said a piece on Rebel Wilson’s relationship would only have gone to print if she answered their questions.
The long and the short of long COVID: what we know and what we’re still trying to understand
We are becoming increasingly aware of the toll long COVID can take on the body and mind.
The NDIA abandons best practice to save pennies in this blind man’s tribunal case
This legally blind man says the National Disability Insurance Agency doesn’t cooperate with people with disabilities. Instead it fights them.
The pandemic exposed our broken mental health system. It’s time to fix it
A surge in suicide-related ambulance calls across the pandemic suggests a worrying trend in Australians’ mental health.
Dear minister for health, here’s an agenda for change from someone in the system
Addressing the social and economic drivers of health inequality in Australia is of vital importance. We should not waste a day.
Remember COVID? It’s still changing politics
Both major parties largely avoided mentioning COVID during the election, but the results show how much of an issue it was, and still is, for some communities.
Albanese connects the domestic and foreign policy dots on climate
The prime minister deftly provided another reason for going further and faster on climate policy at the Quad meeting in Tokyo.
Voter revolution delivers new politics
The major parties are looking at a new scenario — they can no longer hold urban seats while trying to keep ‘mainstream Australia’ happy.
Matt Canavan and the problem of the Coalition’s broad church
The Morrison government is trying to be all things to all people — and it’s failing at all of them.
As the world burns: climate crisis turns the heat up on Labor and the Coalition
The world is sleepwalking into a catastrophe but the major parties would rather end the climate wars than seriously reduce emissions.
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