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Peter Mellow
August 31, 6:59 PM
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As families await news after the catastrophe, community members appeal for compassion in the face of hateful rhetoric
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Peter Mellow
August 12, 6:30 PM
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The story that the far-right is telling is a compelling one. But its advocates are misidentifying who’s at risk. Since 2017, its believers have been responsible for over a dozen mass murders.
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Peter Mellow
July 5, 7:38 PM
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More than half of Indigenous workers report experiencing racism sometimes, often or very often. Here are three practical, proven ways for employers to help.
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Peter Mellow
June 28, 7:37 PM
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Much of the rhetoric encouraging us to have empathy for immigrants is conditional on what they bring to Australia, writes university student Anhaar Kareem
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Peter Mellow
June 13, 12:08 AM
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From the middle ages on, threatening the patriarchy by displaying ambition or failing to conform to societal gender norms was taken as evidence of witchcraft.
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Peter Mellow
May 21, 7:11 PM
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Israeli treatment of the detained flotilla activists has outraged the world. This is why international law matters in conflicts.
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Peter Mellow
May 15, 10:54 PM
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Migrants are generally younger than the average Australian, are skilled and more educated. And they typically pay more tax than they receive in benefits
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Peter Mellow
April 27, 6:28 PM
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Mature nations can hold both military remembrance and colonial honesty in the same frame. In fact, they must.
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Peter Mellow
March 29, 5:22 PM
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A series of shocking incidents and rising anti-Muslim rhetoric – including from One Nation’s Pauline Hanson – has sharpened concerns for the Islamic community
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Peter Mellow
February 24, 5:59 PM
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Recent events show troubling signs that Islamophobia has become normalised, tolerated in ways other forms of racism are not.
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Peter Mellow
January 13, 6:30 PM
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Some Indian truck drivers have copped so much racist abuse they have stopped using their CB radios.
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Peter Mellow
December 27, 2025 6:26 PM
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As the situation stands, there appears to be no singular, monolithic antisemitism festering in Australia but rather multiple different mutations of this ancient virus.
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Peter Mellow
from Hospitals and Healthcare
December 10, 2025 4:19 PM
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Subtle sexism that pervades everyday life often gets shrugged off. But research shows it can still have lasting psychological effects – including "thinning" parts of the brain.
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Peter Mellow
August 18, 6:08 PM
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Even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Muslims weren’t treated like this.
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Peter Mellow
July 15, 6:04 PM
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Professor Jennifer Westacott will say that Australia experienced “a whole-of-nation failure to comprehend” the seriousness of rising antisemitism.
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Peter Mellow
June 29, 6:49 PM
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New research looking at social media hate before and after the October 7 attacks shows antisemitism and Islamophobia got worse, then stayed bad.
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Peter Mellow
from AI in Education #AIinED
June 22, 10:38 PM
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AI is Rejecting Black Job Applicants Before a Human Ever Sees Them A Stanford study found that thousands of applications may have died inside the software before the interview stage. In May 2026 …
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Peter Mellow
June 7, 10:00 PM
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Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in Normandy
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Peter Mellow
May 21, 7:04 PM
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William Golding's story of boys descending into violence is a 20th-Century classic. Now Adolescence writer Jack Thorne is behind a new TV version speaking to a rancorous world.
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Peter Mellow
May 12, 2:08 AM
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Indian communities across New Zealand say they are feeling "hounded" after a surge in racist incidents.
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Peter Mellow
April 9, 8:02 PM
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Social media posts about the announcement of a Little India precinct in Melbourne are flooded with racist comments, leaving some Indians with mixed feelings about the plan.
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Peter Mellow
March 15, 5:37 PM
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The Australian terrorist’s propaganda continues to surface in other offenders’ cases, and Muslim leaders say more needs to be done locally to confront Islamophobia
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Peter Mellow
January 22, 5:18 PM
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Government social-media managers have transformed official feeds.
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Peter Mellow
January 5, 9:50 PM
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Safety does not happen by chance; it is created by the choices we make, in the politics we support, in the moments when we witness hate and must decide whether to challenge it or remain silent.
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Peter Mellow
December 16, 2025 6:24 PM
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After the Bondi Beach attack, the only effective response is the zealous prosecution of anyone who planned or supported it.
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