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Friday, May 12, 2023

Good morning ,

Went to the Mauritshuis yesterday and saw some simply gorgeous Dutch old masters, including the famous Girl with a Pearl Earring:

.. and some of its imitations:

Lead stories

Chris Bonnor (who was a guest speaker at one of the RSA's webinars) muses about whether new NSW education minister can rein in the education bureacrats in her state. I would like to know if she can rein in the religious czars ...

Crikey reports that "Australia’s far-right and conspiracy communities are spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and hate speech in opposition to the Voice to Parliament.." Huh. Why am I not surprised.

A retired UK medico, now campaigner for 'bodily autonomy', speaks at the Worldwide Day for Genital Autonomy in Cologne, Germany. Why Cologne? Because in 2012, a local court held that the non-therapeutic circumcision of boys constituted grievous bodil harm and was illegal under German law.

Other stories of interest

Feed me: 4 ways to take control of social media algorithms and get the content you actually want

Australia's treasurer nails wellbeing colours to the mast: Good government measures what matters

State governments forced to indemnify church bodies for child abuse due to insurance 'market failure'

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