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What do flat-Earthers, Trumpists and the Q&A audience have in common?
The certainty of a mind made up is usually impervious to the facts.
- by Anson Cameron
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The truth about van life – it’s not all sunsets and selfies
Van life is more popular than ever. But it’s the non-Instagrammable moments no one prepares you for: screaming children, zero personal space and dumping out the family’s sewage.
- by Amber Schultz
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I’m getting intolerant of tolerance
Being tolerant of each other is not enough when we should be celebrating and promoting diversity.
- by Jon Faine
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I’m not a Karen, but I do want to speak to the manager
Once a way to put down the obnoxious and entitled, the term “Karen” now refers to any middle-aged woman with an opinion.
- by Kerri Sackville
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When I’m asked, ‘What do you do?’ I feel I have to prove myself
Party small-talk can be tiresome. If you want to ask someone what they do, fine, but please have better follow-up questions.
- by Cherie Gilmour
Most news comes down to people behaving badly. I need to add myself to that list
It’s hard to describe the relief of having your guilt exposed and knowing the world won’t end, and people will still love you even if they think you’re a nutcase.
- by Jo Stubbings
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How Swede it is: The Allen key to happiness, or maybe not
I sit in one of the display living rooms at IKEA thinking about how my life would be different if I lived like this.
- by Cherie Gilmour
New government? New me. I’ve got some policy changes to make
There are new rulers in Macquarie Street, so we’ve decided to do our own reshuffle at home.
- by Richard Glover
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If you go too hard with St Pat’s, you might welcome World Sleep Day
We need a national day just to go through the ridiculously exhaustive list of special “days” of the year.
- by Cherie Gilmour
FAITH: The perfect joy of an eternal life
Only love never fails, Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians tells us. And all our questions will be answered by eternity.
- by Barney Zwartz
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If they call me ‘lovely’ again at the beautician’s, things might get ugly
The patronising greeting is becoming all too familiar. So, I’ve decided to hit back. You’ve all been warned.
- by Annemarie Fleming