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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 02: Family and friends of hostages taken from Kfar Gaza demonstrate in the Tel Aviv museum plaza on November 02, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. As the Israeli government vows to eliminate Hamas, whose Oct 7 attacks left 1,400 dead and 230 kidnapped, the fate of those hostages has complicated the country's military response. Families of the victims worry that the military offensive may result in hostages being killed during Israeli bombing or from Hamas's reprisals. Some families and friends of hostages, who remain in Gaza, are calling on the government to trade for Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Crisis of courage in the face of unspeakable Hamas barbarism

I’m willing to bet some of you won’t finish reading these words. It’s understandable. Who wants to believe something so inhuman could be real? Warning: Graphic.

Gemma Tognini

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A woman holds placards identifying one of the Israeli hostages held by Palestinian militants since the October 7 attack, during a demonstration in solidarity with them in the centre of Tel Aviv on October 24, 2023. Fighting has entered its 18th day in the Gaza Strip after Hamas gunmen stormed into Israel on October 7, killing at least 1,400 people and taking over 200 hostages, according to Israeli officials. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

A generation lost in hatred and historical illiteracy

This is the generation who couldn’t wait to take the knee over the death of George Floyd, but whose response to the barbaric slaughter of hundreds of people their own age is to say “Free Palestine”.

Gemma Tognini

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. SEPTEMBER 13, 2023: Kylea Tink holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Swamped by a king tide of moral equivalence

Hamas’s murderous maniacs didn’t accidentally slaughter 1400 Israel civilians. Those actions and their unequivocal condemnation is in fact the least complicated thing around.

Gemma Tognini

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SDEROT, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 11: Israel's Iron Dome defense system intercepts rockets fired from Gaza on October 11, 2023 in Sderot, Israel. Israel has sealed off Gaza and conducted airstrikes on Palestinian territory after Hamas attack killed hundreds and took nearly 100 hostages. On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza by land, sea, and air, killing over 700 people and wounding more than 2000. Israeli soldiers and civilians have also been taken hostage by Hamas and moved into Gaza. The attack prompted a declaration of war by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and ongoing retaliatory strikes by Israel on Gaza killing hundreds. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Bloodstained Sderot reminds: no excuses for silence

We’ve been here before with the Nazis, but modern media means this time it’s plain to see.

Gemma Tognini

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, OCTOBER 3, 2023. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan visits Nightingale Skye House apartments in Brunswick. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

Is it a woman’s job to clean up the mess left behind by men?

Why do women say yes to a promotion, when that promotion involves a mop and bucket to deal with actions of the bloke who went before them?

Gemma Tognini

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Creative illustration of schoolboy thinks about life

Boys lost amid changing goalposts on journey to manhood

Too masculine? Not masculine enough? Young men increasingly have no idea how they fit in.

Gemma Tognini

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EMBARGO FOR TWAM 08 30 JUNE 2023. FEE MAY APPLY. Bob Brown in the Denison forest, TAS. Photo: Matthew Newton/Supplied

There’s nothing green about wind farms

Labor and the Greens, once defenders of Australia’s environment under Bob Brown and his cohort, are facilitating unparalleled damage via an obsession with ideology over facts.

Gemma Tognini

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The false gift of giving women a corporate golden ticket

I sacked Kate 20 years ago, so when she told me she was now a CEO, I was taken aback. It made me wonder what women have lost in this age of the easy runway.

Gemma Tognini

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The ‘oddball’ rescue dog and the broken soul he rescued

Buster offered unconditional love and loyalty; his death leaves emptiness and visceral grief.

Gemma Tognini

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Peace and joy after enduring the nearly unendurable

A question has consumed my thinking: can you use your loss well? According to my friend who lost her little girl just shy of her first birthday, it comes down to choice.

Gemma Tognini

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