Two stories about the National Broadband Network in the media today. The one generating more outrage is the one singling out the most expensive connections (“The most expensive broadband connection in …
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Tinder. It’s not all “Girls Gone Wild”, you know. Actually it’s hardly at all. Maybe 1 or 2 per cent of profiles, one in a hundred or one in fifty …
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Earlier this week, after several months of heavy urban fighting, the capital of the ISIS caliphate, Raqqa, has been declared liberated by the Syrian opposition forces, composed largely of Kurdish …
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Raqqa, the “capital” of the ISIS caliphate straddling Syria and Iraq, has fallen. The rolling back of the Islamic State, a terrorist organisation which over the course of an unexpected …
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Not “The Onion” but “Independent”, though it’s increasingly difficult to spot the difference: If the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse revelations shocked you, then you’re dangerously ignorant to reality. According to RAINN, an American …
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It’s time to quit complaining about the supposedly terrible state of politics in Australia. If the perfect market is achieved through the most efficient utilisation of all resources, I have …
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“Toxic masculinity” – it’s often in the last place you look. The mirror. I’m still not sure what’s more ridiculous about the Harvey Weinstein saga: the wounded surprise and faux …
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