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Business & Economics

The distortions at the heart of our financial system

The policy in the federal budget to remove negative gearing and the 50 per cent reduction in capital gains tax ...
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Philosophy & Psychology

Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude?

In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious. Dawkins did not express ...
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Art, Humour & Poetry

MBJ’s view

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson. Published 16 May 2026.
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Letters to the Editor

Daniela’s story helped me understand the Holocaust

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our ...
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Law & Politics

Far from “winning” the gender struggle, women face new threats

Almost a decade after Hanna Rosin, editor at The Atlantic, published her book, The End of Men, she was invited ...
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Science & Health

The dangers of searching for a ‘technofix’ to climate change

In 1989, environmentalist Bill McKibben announced to the world that nature was dead. Due to the rapid rate and scale of ...
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