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Why Australia has embraced psychedelics

Australia recently became the first country to legalize both MDMA and psilocybin-assisted psychiatric therapy

Salon

‘Destined to be a classic’: the best Australian books out in September

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

I did MDMA therapy before it was legal. For me it was transformative – but I have some concerns

I didn’t think I would ever break the law to try alternative medicine. But as Australia finds itself at the forefront of the therapy, I’m in a unique position

The Guardian - AU

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For most young Australians, the dream of owning a home has moved into the realm of fantasy

The gap between the desire for home ownership and the ability to achieve it is wider than ever, with no signs of respite

The Guardian - AU

Wash, blow dry and 1.5 degrees please: hairdressers trained to talk about climate action

A salon in Sydney is spearheading workshops for hairdressers on how to steer small talk about the weather into conversations about global heating

The Guardian - AU

Climate concern the main reason voters swung to independents at federal election, study finds

Nearly half of voters who switched to an independent candidate at 2022 election did so because of climate fears, researchers say

The Guardian - AU

Despite years of exposure to the climate science, I don’t believe we are headed for total societal collapse

People can seem immune to the news of catastrophic climate breakdown, but that’s a very human response. There is hope

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Does blocking the Sydney harbour tunnel actually help the climate cause?

We can question tactics but climate activists can win over allies by convincing audiences that action is important, urgent and beneficial

The Guardian - AU

This election marked a turning point on climate – but what will it mean for Australia?

Labor’s climate plan is designed to limit the political risk of a scare campaign – but there are already calls for it to go beyond its headline commitments

The Guardian - AU

Will Australia’s opinion polls be more accurate in 2022 than at the last election?

Polling companies have introduced new techniques since they failed to predict Scott Morrison’s 2019 election win. Now they anxiously wait to see if they have worked

The Guardian - AU

Australians are googling climate change much more than during the last federal election

Discussion of climate policy may be conspicuously absent this federal election campaign, but Google search data suggests the warming of the planet is weighing on voters' minds — at least more so than in 2019.

ABC News

Fireproof Australia: who are the radical Extinction Rebellion splinter group?

They have blocked major roads, obstructed traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and been denounced by Dominic Perrottet

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