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Paapa Essiedu will play the role of Severus Snape in the upcoming HBO Max series for the next 10 years.

Paapa Essiedu received the role of a lifetime in the Harry Potter series. Then the death threats began

The actor’s casting triggered a race-fuelled backlash online, with some arguing a black actor should not play a character originally written as white.

  • Nell Geraets

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril

Our leaders genuflect to so-called Jewish sensibilities, as if Jewish people speak with one emotional voice. We don’t.

  • David Leser
First responders of the Bondi terror attack and Ahmed Al Ahmed, the hero who wrestled a gun from one of the shooters, are acknowledged during the 2026 AFL Opening Round match between the Sydney Swans and the Carlton Blues at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.

The AFL usually loves pushing a social cause. So why is it ignoring this one?

The AFL would never admit it, but some around football say it has turned its back when Australia most needs it because it’s nervous about a public backlash.

  • Neil Mitchell

Hanson’s surge is just a protest vote? The one notion that imperils Liberals

At the last two elections, the Coalition parties have remained largely immovable. Their voters, on the other hand, have been willing to shift.

  • Sean Kelly
Illustration Matt Davidson

Australia, don’t demonise immigrants. Just thank them

The contribution of immigration to this country is not just positive, it is formative. Migrants are who we are.

  • Aruna Sathanapally
 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Why Mark Zuckerberg should be dragged in front of this royal commission

The most successful royal commissions name names and result in systemic change. Can we get that kind of accountability when it comes to antisemitism?

  • Jenna Price
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Opposition Leader Angus Taylor.

Migrants already sign on to Australian values, so what exactly is Angus Taylor proposing?

The new Liberal Party leader wants to test how committed immigrants are to Australian values. But policing the values of freedom and tolerance can be precarious.

  • Jacqueline Maley
“Universities have experienced protests, encampments and polarised debates,” the report said.

‘Significant hostility’: Scale of racism on university campuses revealed

Racism is “pervasive” across the country’s 43 universities and has worsened with “external events”.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Donald Trump and Barack Obama. Credit: AP, Bloomberg

Obama breaks silence after racist video shared by Trump account

The former US president says most Americans find the current level of political discourse “deeply troubling”.

Pro-Palestine protesters march through Melbourne last March, one carrying a sign juxtaposing Zionism and Nazism.

How ‘Zionist’ became a safe word for hate

Some of the Israeli government’s fiercest critics are Israelis who nonetheless consider themselves proudly Zionist. The true meaning of the word has been hijacked and distorted, and used against Jews.

  • Danny Berkovic