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Purcell sends me screenshots – endless degrading online comments, many threatening sexual violence and death – that were sent to her or posted on shooting forums. One is a cartoon depicting her head being blown off by a shotgun-wielding hunter. mnth.ly/FbeNjZh
Calling the shots
Debate over a new fishing and hunting “super agency” in Victoria has highlighted the intersection between the gun lobby, union leaders and the Labor Party
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“Hugh [Marks] likes to throw bombs out there and see how they land,” says an old ABC hand. “He likes to keep people off balance. He quite likes people not being sure what he’s going to do.” mnth.ly/JXpzPw8
The news division
Amid stories of power struggles and personality clashes within the ABC, what was behind news director Justin Stevens being unceremoniously pushed out?
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He sits on the edge of the river and looks up at what Boyd called Pulpit Rock. He says the water here flowed before the Euphrates. “It puts Nebuchadnezzar into a geological timescale that pre-dates anything in the Old Testament.” mnth.ly/IowuYak
When I think of falling: Shaun Gladwell and ‘Man on Fire’
Inside the creative process of the renowned video artist, whose latest exhibition is in conversation with Arthur Boyd’s ‘Nebuchadnezzar’ paintings
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Democratic politics is inherently mediated. What is most influential on democratic forms and therefore outcomes is, on the analysis of McLuhan and other technologists, the dominant media technology at any time. mnth.ly/XbVQvHP
Algorithm nation
Social media’s emergence as our primary news source has amplified alt-right grievance and conspiracies, and ended the major party duopoly
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As her miso matured in staggered batches, Nakazawa would cram her yellow Daihatsu Sirion – with its bung window – and head to weekend markets in Woodend, Castlemaine and Melbourne’s Coburg. mnth.ly/NPCpQmF
Fermenting intent
The miso maker from country Victoria whose book on Japanese pickling won a prestigious international award
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As her miso matured in staggered batches, Nakazawa would cram her yellow Daihatsu Sirion – with its bung window – and head to weekend markets in Woodend, Castlemaine and Melbourne’s Coburg. mnth.ly/8JrVigD
Fermenting intent
The miso maker from country Victoria whose book on Japanese pickling won a prestigious international award
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Amid the mainstreaming of biohacking and longevity health discourse – led by figures such as billionaire “don’t die” advocate (and real-life Mr Burns) Bryan Johnson – it feels particularly important to probe this desire to deny humanity and cheat death. mnth.ly/r5fwIfl
Body of work: ‘Saccharine’ and ‘Species’
Natalie Erika James and Marion Le Corroller deliver gruesome body horror films about toxic diet and work culture set in hospitals
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Earlier this year in Queensland, state MP and leader of Katter’s Australian Party, Robbie Katter, attempted to wind back the ability of nurses and midwives to prescribe the abortion medication MS-2 Step. mnth.ly/IsjFQVh
Bearing a loss
Political opposition to abortion is having unintended effects on involuntary end-of-pregnancy care, already suffering from limitations in the healthcare system
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While ingesting a crushed corpse to stay snatched might sound extreme, I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if it was the next diet trend among my beloved Real Housewives. mnth.ly/4yC0O0T
Body of work: ‘Saccharine’ and ‘Species’
Natalie Erika James and Marion Le Corroller deliver gruesome body horror films about toxic diet and work culture set in hospitals
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For the first time, social media platforms eclipsed other online places as our main news source. Thirty-eight per cent get their news from Facebook. mnth.ly/lNb7HbB
Algorithm nation
Social media’s emergence as our primary news source has amplified alt-right grievance and conspiracies, and ended the major party duopoly
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‘Angel Down’ gives us the roiling hellscapes of Hieronymus Bosch with the deadpan wit of ‘Blackadder’. Hellfire and shellfire. mnth.ly/l1RnxWd
Read dead redemption: ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep’ and ‘Angel Down’
The twisted fun of Paul Tremblay’s account of a remote-controlled corpse’s travels and Daniel Kraus’s single-sentence story of an otherworldly woman in the WWI trenches
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Practice nurses in GP clinics are often underutilised to help with unviable pregnancies compared with other countries, such as the United Kingdom, where nurses are able to step in more readily. mnth.ly/icSO66D
Bearing a loss
Political opposition to abortion is having unintended effects on involuntary end-of-pregnancy care, already suffering from limitations in the healthcare system
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As Hana chews her DIY diet pills and drops weight, rather than experiencing typical eating disorder symptoms, she’s plagued by the ghost of Big Bertha, who visits her in warped reflections and brings on animalistic food binges. mnth.ly/WQpAltj
Body of work: ‘Saccharine’ and ‘Species’
Natalie Erika James and Marion Le Corroller deliver gruesome body horror films about toxic diet and work culture set in hospitals
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Some of the Four Corners team were concerned about Fazal’s way of working. He was guarded and defensive about his sources, and sometimes wouldn’t provide their real names. His information was hard to fact-check. mnth.ly/CkLnFnl
The news division
Amid stories of power struggles and personality clashes within the ABC, what was behind news director Justin Stevens being unceremoniously pushed out?
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While there is well-documented stigma surrounding abortion care, many say that shame can also be present when experiencing a miscarriage. Some people blame themselves for not doing all the “right” things they saw on social media. mnth.ly/XABzzAI
Bearing a loss
Political opposition to abortion is having unintended effects on involuntary end-of-pregnancy care, already suffering from limitations in the healthcare system
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Heather Barnes, now 68, was admitted to hospital with an elbow injury after GMA officers allegedly “dragged me to the ground and injured me. They like to intimidate us by manhandling us and ripping equipment off us.” mnth.ly/1ggcAy8
Calling the shots
Debate over a new fishing and hunting “super agency” in Victoria has highlighted the intersection between the gun lobby, union leaders and the Labor Party
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The proposed bill didn’t include outdoor recreations other than shooting and fishing, but included a “Land Access Panel”, with undisclosed advisers, appointed at ministerial discretion, unanswerable to any authority and not subject to public scrutiny. mnth.ly/wXb7SgV
Calling the shots
Debate over a new fishing and hunting “super agency” in Victoria has highlighted the intersection between the gun lobby, union leaders and the Labor Party
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In 2023 in Ohio, Brittany Watts was arrested and charged with “abuse of a corpse” after experiencing a miscarriage at home. A bill in North Carolina this year has attempted to legalise the “use of deadly force” to stop someone from having an abortion. mnth.ly/iGsqZMp
Bearing a loss
Political opposition to abortion is having unintended effects on involuntary end-of-pregnancy care, already suffering from limitations in the healthcare system
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In contrast to the clinical coldness of the medical labs, Hana’s obsessive diet and exercise regimes are aestheticised as frothy, millennial pink fantasy. She uses girlish, cutesy stationery to insist that tomorrow will be a fresh start. mnth.ly/pKdG9N3
Body of work: ‘Saccharine’ and ‘Species’
Natalie Erika James and Marion Le Corroller deliver gruesome body horror films about toxic diet and work culture set in hospitals
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It is now known that an associate of Fazal played different roles in different stories, disguised behind a mask. The ABC is now understood to be reviewing all of Fazal’s stories. mnth.ly/mV3CNBA
The news division
Amid stories of power struggles and personality clashes within the ABC, what was behind news director Justin Stevens being unceremoniously pushed out?
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