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Editorial: It is not possible to say what motivated Haines’s attacker. He has been charged and will be tried. It is possible, however, to say that political discourse has become dangerous and obscene. trib.al/R0JLDb0
Editorial: It is not possible to say what motivated Haines’s attacker. He has been charged and will be tried. It is possible, however, to say that political discourse has become dangerous and obscene. trib.al/kJhi0uP
Like his inspiration, Flaubert, Gaspard Koenig is out to dramatise the tragic failures that can result from possessing infinite factual knowledge about the world, without the wisdom to marshal it. trib.al/1JlDkuV
Jim Chalmers tells The Saturday Paper the “feedback that we get is the price that we expect to pay” for declines in house prices across the country, and for a negative impact on investors. trib.al/5ALAMkR
“That someone has paid for a poll doesn’t necessarily mean its results are inaccurate – a pollster that has built a sound reputation has a strong incentive not to deliver something that would undermine it. But the audience should know.” | Evan Schwarten trib.al/qouSPqS
“Freedom of religion matters,” writes Allegra Spender. “Yet freedom of religion has never meant freedom from the laws by which everyone else lives.” trib.al/Y4p8dgc
Atong Atem is the first African Australian to have a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. Her path there has been anything but linear, writes Santilla Chingaipe. trib.al/NhmWjEN
"Democracy is in danger," says one Indian Australian. "The game is totally under control by Modi." trib.al/EKjDuWE
“Non-government schools receive billions of dollars in public funding every year. Australians are entitled to expect that public money doesn’t pay for discrimination that would be illegal anywhere else.” | Allegra Spender trib.al/kFoLfrd
Multiple sources from inside the church have contacted the committee to detail how the Brethren was given access to Liberal campaign resources, such as the party’s phonebank database, to make thousands of calls on behalf of Liberal candidates. trib.al/45VDOVf
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia is considered “this kind of island of stability and opportunity in a sea of uncertainty and risk”, citing Australia’s debt levels, which, though historically high, are low relative to other economies. trib.al/spqjOVZ
“Capturing and measuring shifts in public opinion isn’t always easy,” writes DemosAU’s Evan Schwarten. “That’s the nature of polling – even those with the best track records will have their misses.” trib.al/Yp6jxx0
The visceral anger evident in the widespread looting and destruction across France last week came as a shock even to a country with a long history of violent protest, writes Rick Morton. trib.al/8qgcGSw
“Paris is burning. American democracy is collapsing. The nation state is in retreat. Autocracy is on the march. Hobbes saw this.“ | Stan Grant trib.al/7pE0Oth
The police drama 'Blue Lights', about officers and their superiors on the beat in Belfast, valorises the kind of change that happens when everyday people make small, principled decisions. Over and over and over again. trib.al/aE8nrOL
A government push to reform Australia’s childcare system should focus on making it less bureaucratic and more responsive to the needs of both children and their parents. trib.al/QKxdqgI
Editorial: The attack on Helen Haines is an attack on democracy. It will change our politics and change the country. trib.al/5rVUocv