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Multicultural Australia has enriched the nation’s cultural life, creativity and global standing. These achievements deserve recognition and defence at a time of growing hostility to migration. Migrants, refugees and visitors have enriched Australia over the years. Multiculturalism is as a source of creativity and achievement. Inclusive policies are the basis of Australia’s outre...
In the wake of the Bondi shootings, attention has turned to how firearms are licensed and regulated in Australia, and whether proposed reforms would address the risks they are meant to prevent. Australians have watched on in horror as more details have come to light about the shooters in the Bondi terror attacks. As people grapple […]
Evidence to a parliamentary inquiry has raised serious questions about conflicts of interest and how they are being managed. A little over a year ago, Pearls and Irritations published my article on conflicts of interest in the context of the Prime Minister accepting gifts of upgraded flights from Qantas and the head of the National […]
As climate breakdown, war and institutional failure converge, the comforts of forgetting no longer shield us from the consequences of our own history. It feels like the end of an era, or perhaps the start of something new…and terrifying. Alas, I am far from alone in the fear that planet Earth is whirling into its […]
As local news outlets shrink and news deserts grow, artificial intelligence could deepen the crisis or, if used carefully, help sustain public-interest journalism at the community level. As news deserts expand and resources shrink, AI threatens to further undermine local media outlets. Yet, carefully deployed, it may also help fill civic information gaps and support […]
