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Hindi Diwas: A celebration of linguistic soul and shared heritage

As India continues to change, what keeps Hindi alive is not just its official status but the way it quietly threads through everyday life.

Australia and the brutal geography of migration’s endless sentence

To be a migrant, then, is to be in a state of perpetual denial and an approved condition of chaos.

NSW daycares face whopping $500k fines. Will this ensure safety?

This follows a raft of reports of unsafe practices in the early childhood sector, including a grandparent taking the wrong child home at pickup, and a child running onto a busy road while in care.

Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained

For a long time, scientists believed a simple “brown beats blue” model, controlled by a single gene.

Gen Z movement may transform Nepal’s politics

The politics of neglect, elitism, and nepotism can be challenged — and overturned — in no time.

How long must you live here before you’re considered Australian?

The politics of division misses what makes Australia genuinely exceptional: our capacity to unite diverse peoples around shared values while maintaining our distinctive national culture and character.

Four victims, no remorse: Erin Patterson given a life sentence for mushroom murders

In sentencing, Justice Beale said he had no hesitation in finding Patterson’s offending falls into the “worst category” of murder and attempted murder.

Flawed label of ‘Asian Grooming Gangs’— and why anti-immigrant protests in the UK, US and Australia are not the same

When blame is blurred, justice is denied, and the innocent are made to pay for the sins they did not commit.

Securing the world while leaving itself exposed

Fiji’s international credibility will not be measured by how long we have soldiers manning outposts in the Sinai desert or the Golan Heights.

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Australia’s $2M Ballot Project for Bangladesh funds a non-inclusive foreign election

According to Voice of America’s Independent survey, 57% Bangladeshis supported Awami League’s return to politics, contradicting the executive decision to ban the party.

Australian music delegation heads to India as its streaming market rises to second largest

Two Australian artists, Milan Ring and Reuben De Melo, will also perform during the festival.

Trump’s slipping grip: What Pew’s numbers really say about power, fatigue and the global mood

Voter’s tolerance is declining for the leaders who govern through conflict alone. They want stability with reform, not disruption without direction.
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