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CP Scott, 1921 Guardian editor
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Australia’s finance minister has said that the whole point of the tax cut is to encourage part-time workers into full-time work. Let’s work this through
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When pain persists: what makes hospital patients really unhappy?
Ranjana SrivastavaA bad patient experience is a guilty provider experience. Realising this isn’t rocket science but there is one thing that helps
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Suzanne Moore: If this was a dude-only election, Trump would win by a landslide. His rise echoes the three-decade pushback against gains made by women
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If only women voted, Trump would lose. We need men on our side
Jessica ValentiCan America’s kind and decent men please step up their game and help avoid electing a sexist monster? -
A no-fly zone for Aleppo risks a war that could engulf us all
Jonathan SteeleThis humanitarian tactic worked in Iraq in 1991, but with Russia active over Syria today, attempts to police its airspace would risk a disastrous confrontation -
Hollywood, sometimes the truth is better than fiction
Catherine ShoardWhy insist on reimagined propaganda when the real history behind The Birth of a Nation is as relevant?
columnists
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Kristina KeneallyKristina KeneallyJust like a gymnastic backflip, a political backflip requires a near-perfect execution and landing in order to be successful. But you should do it quickly
cartoons
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Donald Trump. So much fun, but also terrifying to watch
First Dog on the MoonDonald Trump is a clanking steaming funeral rocket, packed tight with weapons grade sleaze and fury and he is aimed right down the maw of the GOP
Indigenous Australia
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Growing up I didn't speak my own language, and it made me feel ashamed
Angelina Joshua for IndigenousXThere are only three people fluent in the Indigenous language Marra – this is my inspiration to spread the word and keep our languages strong -
The truth is that Indigenous children are today being removed from their families at a rate that is far higher than at the time of Kevin Rudd’s apology
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There is no Aboriginal disadvantage. Our culture is our advantage, and all Australians can share it
Rhoda RobertsSharing Indigenous culture without being worthy or gloomy is easy. Our resilience, our harmony with country and the joy of the corroboree can heal wounds -
The voices of Aboriginal women are hoarse from decades of screaming into the abyss of Australian apathy. It’s time to end the blame game and start healing
world view
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No, enjoying a gin and tonic does not make you a psychopath
Megan Willis for the ConversationResearch paper supposedly linking gin drinking to psychopathy does not actually even mention gin -
If it’s true there is ‘far worse’ than Trump bragging about assault in the show’s outtakes, its producer has a duty to let the American people see them
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