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What happens when the progressive idea of cultural ‘safety’ turns on itself?

Gold Coast, Sep 3 (The Conversation) In mid-August, controversy enveloped the Bendigo Writers Festival. Just days before it began, festival organisers sent a code of conduct to its speakers – a code that drove more than 50 authors to make the difficult decision to pull out. The code was intended to ensure the event’s safety, with a requirement to “avoid language or topics that could be considered inflammatory, divisive, or disrespectful”. Yet distressed speakers argued it made them feel culturally unsafe. Speakers on panels presented by La Trobe university were also required to employ a contested definition of antisemitism. The

How Australia’s anti-immigration rallies were amplified online by the global far right

Melbourne, Sep 3 (The Conversation) Over the weekend, rallies were staged across various Australian cities under the branding “March for Australia”. The rallies, which were attended by avowed neo-Nazis and elected politicians alike, called for an end to mass migration. These protests are not unique to Australia. Recently, the United Kingdom has seen its own wave of anti-migrant demonstrations in cities such as London, Bristol and Birmingham. Despite claims by some that the Australian rallies were “hijacked” by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Network (NSN), they were deeply rooted in the far-right, white nationalist ideas of “remigration” and the Great Replacement

All state FM ministers and Nirmala Sitharaman to meet on landmark GST overhaul

NEW DELHI, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Finance Ministers from all Indian states and Union Finance Minister will meet for two days from Wednesday to weigh the biggest cuts to GST in eight years, aimed at spurring domestic demand in the face of economic headwinds from US tariffs. Coupled with cuts in personal tax unveiled in February, the cuts in the GST are expected to boost consumption in the South Asian nation, whose economy grew at an unexpectedly higher pace of 7.8% in the quarter to June. A panel on the GST, headed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with ministers from

A look at the world leaders joining China’s military parade in a show of solidarity with Beijing

HONG KONG, September 3, 2025 (AP) — Leaders from about two dozen countries joined Chinese President Xi Jinping to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a military parade in the Chinese capital on Wednesday, in a show of solidarity among nations friendly to Beijing. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who made a rare foreign trip to attend, flanked Xi as they ascended to the viewing platform overlooking Tiananmen Square and watched the display of military hardware and marching troops. Observers say the joint appearance was a show of

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