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16/12/2025

“My son is a hero, he served with the police...has the impulse to protect people...I feel pride and honor because my son is a hero of Australia”.

During the Sydney Hanukkah Massacre, a man with no weapon chose to act.

Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old father of two, charged a gunman with his bare hands, was shot twice, and still managed to disarm the attacker.

His actions likely saved multiple lives.

He is hospitalised with gunshot wounds to the arm.

16/12/2025

Claire Lehmann reports from Bondi Beach on the sombre atmosphere and public anger following the terror attack.
By Claire Lehmann.

Claire Lehmann reports from Bondi Beach on the sombre atmosphere and public anger following the terror attack.

16/12/2025

Evil pollutes everything it touches; for a long time I wrestled with my own shame, as though I bore some guilt by association.
By Jacob Howland.

Evil pollutes everything it touches; for a long time I wrestled with my own shame, as though I bore some guilt by association.

15/12/2025

No one in the Jewish community I spoke to felt like this was a surprise. Many felt like this was an inevitability. Ever since October 7, the Jewish community in Australia has been drinking from a firehose of antisemitism. Daily occurrences of hate—an inexorable tide of evil we felt rising around us.

reports from Bondi Beach

15/12/2025

The massacre at Bondi Beach was shocking—but after years of denial and equivocation about antisemitism, it was inevitable.
By Jack Pinczewski.

The massacre at Bondi Beach was shocking—but after years of denial and equivocation about antisemitism, it was inevitable.

15/12/2025

Jewish Australians celebrating Hanukkah on Bondi Beach could not be further removed from the politics of the Middle East. And yet they, too, have been targeted—evidence that this ideology does not stop at borders, and does not require proximity to Israel to find its victims.

14/12/2025

Twelve people are dead after gunmen opened fire at a Jewish Hanukkah festival on one of Sydney’s most iconic beaches.
By Claire Lehmann.

Twelve people are dead after gunmen opened fire at a Jewish Hanukkah festival on one of Sydney’s most iconic beaches.

14/12/2025

Is telling lies about someone after they die okay if that someone was a very bad person?
By Holly Lawford-Smith.

Is telling lies about someone after they die okay if that someone was a very bad person?

13/12/2025

If a chatbot gives perfect answers, does that mean it understands you? John Searle didn’t think so—and his Chinese Room thought experiment reveals why surface performance isn’t the same as true understanding.⁠
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13/12/2025

Standing up for due process, free speech, civil liberties, intellectual pluralism, and scientific rigour doesn’t win you many friends these days.
By Jonathan Kay.

Standing up for due process, free speech, civil liberties, intellectual pluralism, and scientific rigour doesn’t win you many friends these days.

12/12/2025

"My white, liberal friends will tell me that because I'm black I should side with the Palestinians..." - Corey Walker.⁠
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From algorithmic incentives to progressive posturing, this episode explores how has become a feature—not a bug—of influencer culture.⁠
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12/12/2025

From algorithmic incentives to progressive posturing, this episode explores how antisemitism has become a feature—not a bug—of influencer culture.
By Zoe Booth,Corey Walker.

From algorithmic incentives to progressive posturing, this episode explores how antisemitism has become a feature—not a bug—of influencer culture.