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Opinion: Parliament’s New Epidemic – The Dunning-Kruger Outbreak

3 September 20252 September 2025

Denise McHugh says the real contagion sweeping through Federal Parliament isn’t COVID or RSV, but the Dunning-Kruger effect – where the least informed speak the loudest and facts rarely stand a chance.

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‘Woke’: Australian teaching must hold tight to the fair go

15 April 202516 April 2025

When asked last week what he would do about the “the woke agenda” in education, federal opposition leader Peter Dutton raised the prospect of tying government funding to teaching of the curriculum.

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Education at Risk

10 April 202510 April 2025

Local educator Denise McHugh says Dutton’s relentless attacks on education are an insult and need to be called out.

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Leaders Christmas messages praise resilience but fail to leave the politics aside for the day

25 December 20245 March 2025

Emergency workers have been applauded for giving up their Christmas, but with one eye on a looming election some just couldn’t keep the politics out of their Christmas Messages this year.

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