Law & Politics
Proposed mis- and disinformation laws need to have clearer definitions
Dealing with misinformation and disinformation, particularly in political debate, is something that has perplexed governments around the world. How do ...
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Andrew Leigh’s rose-coloured religious glasses
Andrew Leigh, who grew up in a religious family, may now be a self-described atheist, but he views religion through ...
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Where’s the ‘honour’ in an ‘honour killing’?
Earlier this year, a father defended the attempted so-called ‘honour killing’ of his own daughter in South Australia’s Supreme Court with the ...
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Sotomayor’s dissent and the future of a republic
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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Thomas Matthew Crooks was wrong to pull the trigger, but right to be afraid of Trump
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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Faith-based politics is nothing new in Australia
Senator Fatima Payman’s defection over Labor Party policy on statehood for the Palestinians has generated wider discussion about the written ...
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How Jefferson and Madison’s partnership shaped America’s separation of church and state
Few constitutional principles are more familiar to the average American than the separation of church and state. According to the ...
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Junk science in Australia’s courtrooms
The conviction of Robert Farquharson for the murder of his three sons on Father’s Day 2005 is being questioned in the media, ...
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Antisemitism: No echo of the past in current troubles
I have been re-reading the unbearably heart-rending letters sent from my parents in Germany and Austria to their more fortunate ...
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Archbishop Fisher’s slicing and dicing of religion
In The Australian on March 25 this year, front page and op-ed coverage was given to objections by the Catholic ...
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Why I’m speaking out about discrimination in Christian schools
I’ve worked for the Christian Schools Australia (CSA) network as a finance and risk manager for a number of years. ...
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Reaching for the mountain tops in Mayor Tate’s kingdom
Sue Baynes loves Christmas. A self-declared “Christmas tragic”, she gets her Christmas tree set up early – in November – ...
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