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Sarah Napthali spent a year investigating the effects of psychadelics.

‘I’m just a seeker’: The Sydney mum who spent a year sampling psychedelics

Sarah Napthali lowers her voice over lunch when our conversation veers to the names of the drugs she used: LSD, MDMA, ketamine, DMT, bufo (toad poison) and the rest.

  • Jordan Baker

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Peter Dutton.

Peter Dutton finally faces press gallery but ducks the club

The opposition leader was happy to throw a jibe at the press, but that did not mean he was about to join them for lunch.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
The arson attack on the Adass Israel synagogue in December struck fear in Melbourne’s Jewish community.

As the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, I keep thinking: am I being stupid to stay here?

I am heartbroken that Jewish events now highlight their security as part of their appeal when asking people to attend.

  • Nomi Kaltmann
Jason Struhs after the death of his daughter.

Daughter left to die: This is the unseen footage

Questioned for hours by homicide detectives, a devout mother said she hoped her lifeless daughter would stand up in front of the paramedics and say, “What are you doing here?”

  • Cloe Read
Holocaust survivor Stanislaw Zalewski.

‘The consequence of being considered different is active persecution’

On the anniversary of the death camp liberation, Auschwitz survivors warn the hatred that led to the horror is ever present.

  • Rob Harris
“That is an absurd question”: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus during the press conference.

‘Get politics out of this’: At Auschwitz, Dreyfus tries to put focus back on Holocaust

The attorney-general says attempts to politicise antisemitism are grotesque; opposition frontbencher Jane Hume says if the left had cracked down sooner, it would not be such an issue.

  • Rob Harris
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My Catholicism lapsed long ago, so why can’t I let go of the relics?

Sometimes logic doesn’t explain the hidden feelings and belief systems we carry in our hearts, or the sentiment we ascribe to certain items.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Sam Keast, who died by suicide in a factory in Melbourne in 2023.

Sam died at an Exclusive Brethren-linked workplace. His sister wants answers

Sam Keast thought of his workplace as his “kingdom”; his death there has prompted a WorkSafe investigation.

  • Michael Bachelard
Our columnist Barney Zwartz twice covered papal conclaves in Rome – and reckons the film Conclave nails it.

There are few elections more political than the one to choose a new pope

They say politics should be separate from religion – but is that possible?

  • Barney Zwartz
President Donald Trump attends a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral led by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

A brave bishop stumped Trump. You could call it a Bible bashing

Donald Trump has presented himself as a Christian champion, but a Washington cleric just reminded him what Christianity is actually about.

  • Julia Baird

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