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by Bettina Arndt - 3/02/2026 - 3 comments
From “Australia’s Banksy” to prison cells and silence: how juries cleared Anthony Lister while media looked away.
by Bettina Arndt - 21/01/2026 - 2 comments
Human learning begins with myth not social science
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by Ioan Voicu - 5/01/2026 - 6 comments
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.
by Sev Ozdowski - 19/12/2025 - 21 comments
Is Italian cuisine an ancient inheritance or a carefully cultivated myth, sustained by politics, marketing and UNESCO seals rather than history and necessity?
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