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A Universal Basic Income for Indigenous Australians
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Imagine a debit card without the ability to withdraw cash. The card cannot be used to buy gambling products, alcohol, cigarettes or other drugs. At the same time, every purchase is tracked and collected by the government, to be stored and monitored at a later date. It sounds like a science fiction dystopian novel but…
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On the Politics of Grieving
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The recent backlash over the ostensibly selective mourning and sympathy over the burning-down of the Notre Dame has instigated me to consider a particular question – do we have obligations and rights to grieve, to not grieve, to grieve universally and indiscriminately, or to grieve in a way that correlates with our nationalistic or personal…