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Cavell Zangalis: A quiet force in Australia's multicultural shift - Neos Kosmos
Over her life, Cavell Zangalis helped generations of Greek children, their families, and other migrants feel welcome, understood, and included.
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October 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Save our PBS!
Trump just announced 100% tariffs on Australia – and wants us to dismantle our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Sign and share to save our PBS!
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September 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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The generational shift in Australia's deadliest cancer
Men under 50 need to know their prostate cancer risk as we witness a generational shift in the number of younger men diagnosed.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Yanis Varoufakis: The Global Flotilla That’s Defying Genocide
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September 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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A lament for Meanjin
Michael McGirr is saddened by the demise of one of literary Australia’s most treasured institutions. For decades, Meanjin has been a home for Australian writing, sustaining voices both established and...
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September 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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“Women’s crime writing has come of age”: Sisters in Crime’s 25th Davitt Awards winners announced - Sisters in Crime Australia
“Australian women’s crime writing has well and truly come of age,” says Ruth Wykes, the Judges’ Coordinator for Sisters in Crime’s 25th Davitt Awards for best women’s crime and mystery books, which we...
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September 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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An Open Letter to the Vice Chancellor of The University of Melbourne on the Closure of Meanjin
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September 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Protesters claim high migration levels have 'torn' Australia. Here's what experts say
Australia's migration numbers and policies were the target of March for Australia's anti-immigration rallies over the weekend. Here's what experts have to say about their claims.
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September 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first
South Australian law on single-use plastic packaging coming into force on 1 September will ban polyethylene containers known as shoyu-tai in Japan
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August 31, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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We need media literacy programs for children, not a ban on social media
Western countries are searching for reasons why the anxiety, neuroticism and introversion of young people are increasing. Social media is being targeted as the major cause. So, Australia has decided t...
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August 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Australia will formally recognise Palestinian state at UN in September — as it happened
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will formally recognise Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September.
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August 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Nudge Nudge: Stamps celebrate Monty Python silliness
And now for something completely different: Britain's Royal Mail has issued a series of stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python.
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August 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Davitt Awards: Award Ceremony - Sisters in Crime Australia
So much to celebrate! Frock up (or suit up) and join us as we present the Sisters in Crime’s 25th Davitt Awards for best crime novels by Australian women – at a new-to-us venue, in Melbourne, Angliss ...
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July 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing
Tim Winton, Helen Garner and Peter Garrett are just a few of the high-profile signatories to an open letter against Job-Ready Graduates – and for the humanities.
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July 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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The new Commonwealth office of Multicultural Affairs unveiled
A new Commonwealth Office of Multicultural Affairs has been established within the Department of Home Affairs.
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July 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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July 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Hundreds form human chain to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop relocate after more than a century
Literature lovers braved wintry weather to pass thousands of books from Hill of Content’s original Bourke Street premises to its new home
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July 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Hundreds form human chain to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop relocate after more than a century
Literature lovers braved wintry weather to pass thousands of books from Hill of Content’s original Bourke Street premises to its new home
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July 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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If we're to stop the rise in under 50s getting cancer, things need to change
There are ways to change the steep cancer trajectories that gen X and millennials might be on.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Station to station: first look at the Metro Tunnel set to revolutionise Melbourne travel
Exclusive: As the long-awaited rail line prepares to launch, here’s how it will transform the city and what it means for commuters
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July 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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AUKUS: America saving us from ourselves
The decision by the United States to initiate a review of the AUKUS agreement might very well be the moment Washington saves Australia from itself. Saving us from the most poorly conceived defence pro...
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June 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Trial reports success for treatment of aggressive breast cancer
Clinical trial reports 100 per cent success rate for treating some of our most aggressive forms of cancer.
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June 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Sanitary pad sizes in China ignite debate about women's rights
A controversy over sanitary pads in China has sparked widespread outrage on social media and ignited a broader debate on gender inequality.
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June 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Centuries in the making: Could Australia see its first Indigenous Treaty by next year?
The idea of a Treaty or Treaties with Australia's Indigenous peoples is on track to become a reality in 2026 after being debated, dissected and denied for close to 200 years.
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June 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM