And people still argue about whether they should be given tax exempt status. (That got reduced last year so fees went up). Yes, Australia is a real outlier. Personally I don’t think it’s good at all. Maybe there should be some funding they can bid for, but block funding should be out.

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Musk’s wealth is a threat to democracy—not just in the U.S. but everywhere. He’s probably the greatest threat to the free world today.

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All australian schools are govt-funded -- in fact private schools often get more subsidy per pupil than 'state' schools do.

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"You don't have to be fine, you know?" Adam Field talks about monsters and maternal melancholia in Jennifer Kent's THE BABADOOK. New and #openaccess from Humanities journal @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social doi.org/10.3390/h151...

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Hamza Yousef on Sky just now has been asked if Israel has the right to exist. He pointed out that in all his years of TV interviews and, despite the tens and tens of thousands of Palestinian people being murdered, he has never been asked whether Palestinians have the right to exist.

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