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Law & Politics

Lee Kuan Yew’s insight into the fall of democracies

Long before Australia saw four sitting prime ministers deposed by their own parties between 2010 and 2018, before the United ...
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History

A century on from Scopes trial, America’s culture war over evolution and creationism rages on

The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was ...
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Ethics & Religion

Cult survivors on a mission for meaningful change

Of all the difficult issues parliamentary inquiries have sought to gain insight into, the Victorian Parliament’s examination of recruitment methods ...
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Law & Politics

Volunteers and charities are shouldering too much of the burden

The work of volunteers and charities helps us as a nation address some of the most pressing needs in our ...
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Philosophy & Psychology

Should we widen our ‘moral circle’?

Should we care about AI systems when they become so advanced they appear to be almost human in key respects? ...
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Ethics & Religion

What Victoria’s inquiry into cults will examine

The Victorian parliament has launched a long-overdue inquiry into abuse and coercive control within cults and religious fringe groups. It ...
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