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Pakistan’s hidden scourge – Female Genital Mutilation

In Pakistan, female genital cutting remains shrouded in secrecy, with survivors being the sole voices shedding light on its prevalence. Conversations on this sensitive issue are stifled due to the prevailing societal norms that cast women’s bodies as objects of shame or taboo. Despite the global rise of feminism and female empowerment in many contemporary …

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Online disinformation prevention bill under scrutiny

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended the government’s disinformation and misinformation prevention bill, criticising dissent from the Coalition. Albanese is forging ahead with this bill, which is a holdover from the previous government and initially proposed in March of 2022. The bill, which is currently in a consultation phase, has garnered negative reactions from …

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NSW Budget boon for Families – bust for infrastructure

Under budgetry pressure and balancing election promises, NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has been walking that fine line. $5.4 Billion dollars is going to families, with more childcare and innovations such as co-locating with existing primary school land.  If you want to get over the Blue Mountains however, the traditional carpark bottleneck around Blackheath will be …

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State Government Commits To Addressing Land Claim Backlog

The backlog of undetermined land claims in the state has become a significant problem for the NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC). Although the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (ALRA) sought to compensate for centuries of dispossession, Local Aboriginal Land Councils have been waiting decades for claims to be addressed, and land to be returned. According …

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Legacies of 9/11 attacks on current crises in Central Asia and Middle East

September 11 marks one of the most unprecedented days in the world’s history, with Al-Qaeda’s terrorist attacks on the US. More than two decades later, the attacks remind us not only of this tragic event, but of its legacies: more than two decades of war, conflict and invasion in the Middle Eastern region. But Afghanistan …

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