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Earthquake orphans: what Nepal can learn from Haiti

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imageIn the wake of the Nepal earthquake it's important people don't rush in to "rescue" kids who might not in fact be orphaned. AAP

Following the earthquake in 2010, Westerners flocked to Haiti to “rescue” orphaned and lost children. The “rescue” included the evacuation of children by plane for inter-country adoption and an...

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Explainer: ISIS, ISIL, Islamic State or Da'esh?

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imageWhen not employing the description 'death cult', Prime Minister Tony Abbott prefers to use the name Da'esh because the group 'hates being referred to by this term'.AAP/Lukas Coch

What’s in a name? Australia is at war with a group that has destabilised the Middle East and threatens Western societies yet the international community can’t...

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After Cate McGregor and Bruce Jenner, what now for trans rights?

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imageWhen public figures such as Cate McGregor and Bruce Jenner speak about trans experience, how does it serve the development of trans rights?AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

Bruce Jenner’s recent coming out as a trans woman in a US television interview allows us to shine a spotlight on the Australian media’s representation of trans people, and trans...

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What Ishiguro's Buried Giant tells us about memory

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imageMemory makes us human but also sometimes inhumane. Trung Bui Viet

The celebration of Anzac Day and the other, ongoing commemorations of events of the first world war, show how important remembrance is perceived to be to the definition of our nation.

Kazuo Ishiguro’s recent book The Buried Giant (2015) is a tale, fundamentally, about the...

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