The 11 minute awareness course mandatory for many public service workers is in danger of turning into a propaganda tool
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This is the text of the 2023 Alex Macdonald Memorial Lecture, delivered by Phil Griffiths. With thanks to the Brisbane Labour History Association.
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John Mitchinson on why Shakespeare’s most problematic play still has plenty to teach us
Why were sufficient numbers not outraged when the troubled broadcaster was giving a platform to dangerous views claiming Pakistani men are the main perpetrators of this form of child sexual abuse?
Rishi Sunak's reckless attempts to mimic the political tactics of the radical Republican right led to some ugly scenes at his party's conference in Manchester, reports Adam Bienkov
With a population of 1.4 million, Chinese-Australians are the largest ethnic minority community in Australia and our say has weight. From the perspective of that community, an important objective must be playing our part in seeing Australia lift its game to match world standards of acceptance of minorities and particularly of its indigenous peoples. We Continue reading »
Exclusive new poll finds the public is far more tolerant of diversity and cultural change than the Government appears to believe, Adam Bienkov reports
If the ninety-eight-page indictment by Fani T. Willis, district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, of Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, and seventeen other people is ever made into a movie, it should be called The Framing of Ruby Freeman. Willis gives names to, and levels charges at, some of the people who appear anonymously in Jack […]
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The focus on 'language' policing by the arbiters of educational standards exacerbates class and racial inequalities argues a new report