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Interstate and international borders are opening post COVID-19 restrictions, but do all travellers feel welcome?

An Instagram-famous couple document their road-trip to fill, what they say, is a void of LGBTQIA+ representation in tourism marketing as advocates claim the world's eyes will soon be on Australia ahead of Sydney's WorldPride event.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2022

How South Australia might inform Western Australia's border reopening

As Western Australians wonder how the state's eventual border reopening might unfold, pundits often draw on the South Australian experience. But how comparable are the states and what bearing did SA have on Premier Mark McGowan's call to indefinitely delay the border opening?

ABC News · Feb 12, 2022

Six months after the fall of Kabul, Afghan families reflect on the road that led them to Perth

Ali Rahmani still cannot believe his family made it out of Afghanistan when they were forced to flee the Taliban. Six months later, they could not be more grateful to call Perth home, but memories of their homeland will always be tinged with trauma.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2022

Cracking the formula: how should Australia be teaching maths under the national curriculum?

As Australia slips down in global rankings, maths experts are divided on which teaching method is best for students

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2022

McDonald’s push into regional Australia angers health experts amid warnings of ‘food deserts’

The fast food giant’s expansion may be controversial in towns that have battled to keep the company out of their backyards

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2022

‘It has been a gruesome week’: Australia’s first transgender priest on shame, love and identity

There might be a ceasefire in the religious discrimination debate, says Rev Josephine Inkpin, but the task of providing solace – and defending her own existence – continues

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2022

‘I can’t leave her there to get Covid’: home care demand soars amid Australia’s aged care crisis

After fallout from the royal commission and amid the pandemic, demand is instead skyrocketing for home care

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2022

Australia’s supply chain issues likely to continue despite drop in Covid cases

Uncertain delivery times and shortage of freight space force Australian importers into alternative financing arrangements

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2022

‘How’s this for a beginning?’: the tricky work of writing the story of Australian history

When Anna Clark set out to write the history of Australian history, she didn’t know how to do it. In grappling with the past, she faced up to the giants in her own family

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2022

Australia is spending billions on the Great Barrier Reef. Will it do any good?

Another $1bn has been committed, the latest of many funding pledges. But the reef’s biggest threat – global heating – overshadows everything

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2022