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Culture | 15th October
Why The ACT’s New Stealthing Law Is Important
The ACT's new legislation has changed sexual consent laws to now recognise stealthing as a criminal offence.
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Culture | 15th October
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Culture, TV | 11th October
Kim Kardashian West Savagely Roasted Her Entire Family During Her Spicy ‘SNL’ Monologue
From her divorce from Kanye West, O.J. Simpson's infamous past, Caitlyn Jenner's Karen ways, and her sister's plastic surgery, Kim K didn't hold back.
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Culture | 5th October
Why The Daintree Rainforest Handover Is So Significant
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Politics | 11th October
Why China’s Pissed At Tony Abbott
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Culture | 8th October
How TF Is Australia Still Opening New Coal Mines?
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TV | 5th October
How Accurate Are The English Subtitles For ‘Squid Game’? Depends On Which Ones You’re Using
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Tech | 2nd October
Why These Three Specific Killer Whales Are Important
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Politics | 30th September
Is Australia Doing Enough To Help Afghanistan’s People?
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Coronavirus | 29th September
Why Sydney Healthcare Workers Are Saying They’re In Crisis
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Politics, Tech | 23rd September
Why Tasmania’s Salmon Farms Are So Controversial
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Politics, Tech | 22nd September
Why France Is Pissed At Australia Over Submarines
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Culture, Politics | 14th September
Why The /r/TXBounty Hunters Subreddit Got Shutdown
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Celebrity, Coronavirus | 10th September
Why Guy Sebastian Backflipped On Supporting A Vax Campaign
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Celebrity, Music | 17th August
“It’s Fatphobic, It’s Racist, And It’s Hurtful.”: Lizzo Hits Back After ‘Rumors’ Criticism
"What I won’t accept is y’all doing this to Black women over and over and over again - especially us big Black girls."
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Why Tell-All Interviews Make TV History
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Culture, Tech | 9th September
Why News Corp Has Done A U-turn On Climate Action
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Coronavirus, Culture, News, Tech | 26th August
Junk Explained: What Does COVID Modelling Mean And Why Is Everyone Talking About It?
Australia's path out of lockdown is being dictated by certain predictions - and not everyone agrees with them.
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Coronavirus, Culture, News | 17th August
How Sex Workers Are Surviving In Lockdown
Not all sex workers can turn to online services like OnlyFans - and some are struggling to survive.
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Tech | 27th September
Why Scientists Want To Bring The Woolly Mammoth Back To Life
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Coronavirus, Tech | 16th September
Should Police Have Access To Data From QR Codes To Solve Crimes?
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Coronavirus, Politics, Tech | 25th August
Australia’s COVID Vaccine Shortage, Explained
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Coronavirus, News | 22nd September
Junk Explained: How Did Melbourne’s Tradie Protests Get Tangled Up With Right-Wing Extremists?
"These are not actions of people who care about their workmates and the construction industry. They are the actions of extremists or people manipulated by extremists".
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Coronavirus, Politics | 8th September
Why Craig Kelly Is Spamming Australia With Texts
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Coronavirus, Culture, Politics | 4th May
Why Australia’s House Prices Are The Highest They’ve Ever Been