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Palestine, Israel, the Australian media and the international rules-based order

“The influence of the ‘pro-Israel lobby’ on our commercial and public media and Australia’s media concentration demonstrate that our media regulatory framework needs fixing to ensure that the public interest is protected for democracy’s sake and to ensure that power is impartially scrutinised, so the rights of all humans are protected, including those of Palestinians,” says Director of News Michelle McDonald

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Archbishop Jeremy Greaves' Synod 2025 address: Highlight 1

“I visited a small parish church and noticed during the service a small girl in the fourth row who seemed captivated by all that was going on…as I stood at the door greeting people as they left, I was introduced to the young girl by her granny. ‘Louise,’ she said, ‘this is the Archbishop.’ She looked completely crestfallen. She looked at me and then looked at her granny and said, ‘Oh. I thought he was God.’ I wonder when was the last time you arrived at church expecting to see God,” says Archbishop Jeremy Greaves