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Will the world see more wars or unrest in 2024?

Some of these nations have been dealing with simmering unrest, however, which could erupt in 2024 and seize the global spotlight.

Why are we allowing Middle East conflict to disrupt Australia’s multicultural harmony?

The Australian Jewish community has been touched by the response from the Hindu, Assyrian, Kurdish, and many other communities.

North Queensland’s record-breaking floods are a frightening portent of what’s to come under climate change

Cairns airport is closed, roads are extensively damaged and residents in the city’s northern beaches are cut off by floodwaters.

An austere Christmas is on the cards – but don’t say recession

Economists have a terrible track record when it comes to predicting recessions.

Do readers dream of running a bookshop? Books about booksellers are having a moment – the reality can be less romantic

If bookshops are to survive and thrive, perhaps they do well to “sell” the idea theirs is a different kind of career.

Do you think smacking is necessary to ‘properly raise’ kids?

Physical punishment is the most common type of violence against children.

Stability is the pathway to our prosperity

My message to you as a community of development experts and professionals, your work matters to this region like never before.

Australia has one of the weakest tax systems for redistribution among industrial nations – the Stage 3 tax cuts will make it worse

It’s not that Australia’s systems don’t reduce inequality, it’s that other country’s systems do it more.

Recommendations to reboot the NDIS have finally been released, 5 experts react

"There will be some fears the review panel is recommending a more complicated and confusing system."

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