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The afterlife of Gandhi: Why his constructive programme matters in a neoliberal age

Gandhian ideas and values attain vitality and speak to all ages simply because they are laced with universal values.

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners 2025: investigating power, privilege and inequality

Michelle de Kretser has won the fiction prize in the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.

Booker shortlist 2025: six novels (mostly) about middle age that are anything but safe and comfortable

This is reinforced by the Booker Prize website, which highlights the previous winner (Kiran Desai) and two previously shortlisted authors (Andrew Miller and David Szalay) on the list, while noting that all six authors have long-established literary careers.

You’re likely not as immune to scams as you think – here’s why

Most of these scams were enabled by technology, with scammers contacting their victims either online or on the phone.

Why time in books doesn’t tick like a clock

Writers bend and fracture time in their stories, creating structures that feel closer to the workings of memory than to the ticking of a clock.

Repatriation or political theatre? How the return of stolen artefacts can distort history

The decision to return the Cham artefacts to Cambodia, and to exclude Vietnam and Laos, highlights how contemporary politics shape our understanding of cultural heritage.

Young people are saving on rent by staying at home longer, but ‘you pay with your mental health’

The prospect of owning a home in the foreseeable future is out of reach for many young people.

‘Your countries are going to hell’: Trump’s UN speech explained by an expert

Eight decades after its founding in the wake of the second world war, it is not a good time for the UN.

A $100 million fine for ‘appalling’ predatory sales practices caps a horror week for Optus

More than 400 people were pressured or misled into buying phones or contracts they didn’t want, couldn’t afford – or in some cases couldn’t even use.

It’s OK to use paracetamol in pregnancy. Here’s what the science says about the link with autism

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration today re-affirmed existing medical guidelines that it’s safe for pregnant women to take paracetamol at any stage of pregnancy.

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India-based Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar named in FBI-led global crackdown on alleged crime syndicate

India-based gangsters are accused by US prosecutors of operating a transnational network involved in murder-for-hire, drug trafficking, kidnapping, extortion and weapons trafficking.

Sri Lankan migrant worker exploited for thousands of dollars; company director sentenced to two years’ imprisonment

The victim, a Sri Lankan national employed as an office manager, was repeatedly pressured to make payments while trying to build her future in New Zealand and progress her residence application.

Albanese to host Pacific leaders in Brisbane as PNG defence treaty takes effect

The meetings follow Albanese's visits to Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, where Australia signed a series of major regional agreements aimed at strengthening security and economic ties across the Pacific.
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