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Global crises, real fear: Why the world’s problems are fuelling everyday anxiety

1 day ago15 October 2025

Constant exposure to global crises and negative news is fuelling rising anxiety – especially among young Australians. South Pacific Private urges people to pause, reflect and take their free online anxiety self-assessment to find support.

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Remembering Michael Tooth

3 days ago13 October 2025

Former Vice President of NSW Farmers and NFF, John Crosby, remembers his friend and mentor Michael Tooth, as doing his best work in the background.

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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

5 days ago11 October 2025

Your Tutor Armidale says with the right support, every learner can thrive. This Dyslexia Awareness Month, they’re spreading understanding and offering personalised, evidence-based tutoring that helps build confidence and literacy skills.

Posted inNational, Something to Think About

Too many Indigenous Australians die before getting to claim the age pension. We need to make retirement fairer

15 September 202527 September 2025

Indigenous Australians face a stark challenge: with a median age at death of just 63, around four years below pension eligibility, many never live long enough to claim the age pension, exposing deep retirement inequities.

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Why isn’t Australia securing its critical research?

30 August 202510 September 2025

UQ’s Dr Brendan Walker-Munro raises some questions about Australia lack of research security that has us left out of a new global network.

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Begin Rant: We need fewer councils

26 July 202526 July 2025

RK Crosby argues that half the New England councils are too small to exist. Cue outrage… now.

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Being on the right side of now

22 July 202510 September 2025

New England Greens member Elizabeth O’Hara argues that on Jillian Segal, antisemitism, and the Palestinian cause, it’s not a matter of being on the right side of history; it’s a matter of being on the right side of NOW.

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What happens when student feedback is racist

19 July 202510 September 2025

Two indigenous academics say nothing prepares you for seeing anonymous comments regarding Indigenous peoples, our knowledges, and histories, dragged through a system that was never built for or by us.

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What do you think: Will Labor fix higher education?

21 June 20255 July 2025

The recent federal election victory of the Albanese Labor government, which secured a larger majority in parliament, presents a unique opportunity to implement meaningful reforms in Australian higher education.

Posted inNational, Something to Think About

Social media takes over news sites as main source of news as trust falls

19 June 202519 June 2025

A major global survey reveals that social media has overtaken news sites as Australians’ main source of news amid falling trust in news, growing concern over misinformation, and rising news avoidance.

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