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From universities to ASIO, misogyny is being reframed as extremism. The result: ideological schooling, boys in the crosshairs, and real threats left unspoken.
Road deaths feel worse, but the rate keeps falling. Population growth skews headlines. Better regional roads and behaviour, not fine-heavy policing, will save more lives.
A sweeping UN youth resolution promises empowerment, jobs and inclusion. But are governments prepared to turn lofty commitments into real opportunities for a generation at risk?
Sixteen Australians are dead. Antisemitism surged for years, warnings were issued, a plan was delivered, and government inaction followed. The massacre did not come without notice.
Is Italian cuisine an ancient inheritance or a carefully cultivated myth, sustained by politics, marketing and UNESCO seals rather than history and necessity?
Covid reshaped society on a scale unseen since World War II - but instead of sparking cultural transformation, it left fear, obedience, and a troubling silence in its wake.
When Queensland’s Revenue Office treated a husband and wife differently over the same property, it raised an unexpected question: has bureaucracy finally outpaced biology?
Behind the March for Australia was quiet frustration — families struggling with rent, young men losing ground, and a country wondering who’s really being heard.