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Anonymous Sitting in my mandatory coding workshop, I felt a spray on the back of my neck. As the thick smell of men’s deodorant spread and sank into my clothes, I saw my tutor slip the can back into his bag before sitting down next to me. I stayed quiet,...

Ed Husic ANALYSIS: “We need better local gas pricing For Australia, that means doing something hitherto unthought of: telling multinationals that the cost of doing business here is to provide better prices for Australians. These firms can then make up the difference through their export price.”

It is revealing that all the effusive praise for the late Graham Richardson (Jason Koutsoukis, “ The Richo pact: How Graham put Albanese in charge ”, November 29–December 5) came from Labor mates; that is, politicians united in pragmatism and...

Paul Bongiorno About once a decade, travel expenses and politicians’ access to entitlements crash their way into the headlines, usually to the discomfort of a government as the opposition ratchets up pressure for a ministerial scalp. The latest uproar was sparked...

Stan Grant I make it a rule to try to look beyond orthodoxy, to eschew certainty. In my experience, certainty is for fascists and fools. Even that which I hold dear and true, such as my faith, I enrich with doubt and struggle. I believe a questioning, open...

Michael G. Smith A new word has recently been added to Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary , which means it can be used officially in our lexicon – even by the ABC. “Enshittification” is self-explanatory. Coined to describe the modus operandi of the high-tech IT sector...