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Category: 2016-future Public Cognition
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Corruption in the Australian Economy
Dear Virginia, I wonder if it would be correct to lodge a reason/request for non-lodgement for the 2024 taxation return. My circumstance has not changed in either the 2023-2024 or the 2024-2025 period, and I struggle to buy a loaf of bread. When circumstances change I will inform you…
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Thank You. Trump Edged an Australian Centre-Left Victory
I wish to thank you, my American friends, in an ironic way. Many of you did not want Donald Trump as your President, but the fact, as of last night, is a pattern of the Trumpism setting, a emerging pattern of other countries moving to the Centre Left: Canada a few weeks ago, Australia last…
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Why Aren’t Students Reading? From the Chronicle
Graham Vyse, Why Aren’t Students Reading? The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 10, 2025. It’s hard to get today’s college students to read. Many are unable — or unwilling — to do it, especially if they’re assigned longer texts. When they are reading, they’re struggling with comprehension and analysis. Professors…
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CHASS Election Statement: what makes us human
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has just released its 2025 Federal Election Statement, urging Australia’s next government to strengthen national capabilities in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS). HASS plays a vital role in shaping an informed, democratic, and globally engaged Australia. From training the future workforce to…
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Understanding patrimonialism is essential to defeating it
From Jonathan Rauch, One Word Describes Trump: A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world, The Atlantic, February 24, 2025. Patrimonialism is less a form of government than a style of governing. It is not defined by institutions or rules; rather, it can infect all forms of government by replacing…
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Why the Misunderstanding? Please Learn from what I am saying.
Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Business Office 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA 28 April 2025 Dear friends, Why the Misunderstanding? Please Learn from what I am saying. John Miller is the editor of UUnderworld, a freethinker magazine, for those freethinkers unconstrained by the…
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Announcement: End of the 21st Century
“You know Commander, having seen a little bit of the 21st century, there is one thing I don’t understand, how could they have let things get so bad.” Dr. Bashir. “It is a good question…I wish I had answer”. Commander Sisko Star Trek Deep Space Nine Season 3: “Past Tense:…
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Trump’s Dishonesty. Wikipedia Honesty
Will Oremus and Julian Mark, U.S. attorney for D.C. accuses Wikipedia of ‘propaganda,’ threatens nonprofit status, The Washington Post, 26 April 2025 at 6:54 p.m. EDT. https://wapo.st/42J0r79 American President Donald Trump and his administration manipulate information, to put it mildly. Wikipedia is highly honest, that is, as honest…
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Substantial Fairness in Semantics and Strategies for the Level Playing Field
“The State needs to act as a level playing field, treating all substantive belief systems fairly“. Dr Neil Peach’s Question. First, to recap what the Level Playing Field is: ***** Semantics and Strategies for the Level Playing Field by Dr Neville Buch (MPHA, Queensland; Interdisciplinary…
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The New Carnegie classifications
The New Carnegie classifications: https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/saec/ This is the new system for American Universities: From The Chronicle: New Carnegie Classification Aims to Shake Up How Higher Ed Sees Itself, 24 April 2025: The yardstick that many colleges use to evaluate their place in the world…