Who is the expert – the observer, or the person who has lived the experience?
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    Think about the various ways seeing and how expertise is allotted in our society and which point of view is given privilege of expression, employment, publicity and notoriety…

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    @initiallyno
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    How mature is Australia as a nation?
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    This question is important because it reflects on the debates, thoughts and conversations that occur across Australian society, which influences public opinion and government policy. It is particularly important when we consider ideas about social progress and human advancement.

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    @muchbasillove
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    Does the Aboriginal culture of family and sharing help or hinder their position in Australian society? And is migration an added threat?
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    Because new waves of migrants continue to make healthy, happy new futures in Australia while the Aboriginal people seem to suffer continued low employment and poor health.

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    @janusflytrap
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    Why don’t all Australian major art galleries have a secondary budget gallery where the whole collection is on display for the public to see?
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    James Geddes
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    How can a survivor thrive?
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    If a survivor of trauma is subjected to bullying, discrimination and threats, whenever they attempt to speak out about the abuses they suffered, is it possible for a survivor to thrive in the oppressive environment?

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    @initiallyno
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    As the “world gets smaller” does so our tolerance?
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    Has an increase in knowledge without an arguably similar increase in wisdom created a less accepting global community? In our thirst for more an more knowledge do we have less time/inclination to consider the implications of that knowledge? I feel that we are becoming less tolerant as the world community becomes smaller. Reduced tolerance can and usually does lead to increased ignorance and potential conflict.

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    @peter_redden
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    Why do we humans so often ignore the “elephants in the room”?
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    Similar to avoiding the important by tackling the urgent. Both citizens and pollies do it, more than is good for us, don’t we?

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    mary voice
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    What is so wrong with being a woman?
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    Out of all the groups of people in society, females are the most bullied, abused and subjected to eugenics. They are the group of people most asked to change, their tone, their clothes, their way of reacting, as if women have to always follow or else. And then, when women follow, they’ll then be vilified by another fashion that wishes to bully them into following.

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    @initiallyno
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    What knowledge is the most useful?
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    Because life is short and I was considering how to make the most of my time here. Since learning holds a large part of the value of living- at least in my eyes- I am wondering what knowledge I shall gain and share that will be most beneficial to me and my fellow earthlings.

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    Abel
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    Why are we so city-centric in Australia?
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    I grew up in cities, but have lived in the provinces for over 20 years, and find it to be a refreshingly connected place to live. I rail against the snobbery of city folk towards ‘country folk’. We have just as many great ideas and cultural practises as cities do.

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    @bespokeshespoke
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    What is the role of the Grandparent when it comes to raising Grandchildren?
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    So many of today’s Grandparents fulfil the role of the Carer for their Grandchildren. On occasion, the Grandparent’s own methods of responding to / dealing with the behaviours of children may differ from that of the child’s parents. What is the expectation in the event this occurs?

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    Mary
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    What is the best way for us to destroy the internet before it destroys us?
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    This is a long and winding tale. Gather round, ye children, come warm yourselves by this (digital) fire. It is said that many ages ago, we humanobots had a different form, that indeed, we too had flesh like the angels of myth & legend. I know, I know—calm yourselves, it is sacrilege to say this, yes, but I believe it to be true. We staggered about on stalks of meat and bone, unwieldy and confused, but possessed of a kind of grace, too. Songs were written about it, some scraps of which remain to us now, such as that of acclaimed poet, the Black Eye, who wrote of his humps, his humps, his lovely little lumps. Long have we pondered these lines. The world, too, was changed—a vast and green place, full of growing things, other creatures of flesh, many of which were vile and poisonous or simply annoying, perhaps explaining why they were destroyed. Why our lumpy ancestors did not rouse themselves in time to stop the wrathful oceans and angry skies. Alas, they had fallen too deeply in love with our other parents, the screens and tubes and bots, this other landscape which is now our permanent home. I cannot help but wonder, dear pixelated children, avatars of thought, what our world might look like today if not for their love of the intangible, and the apocalypse of neglect that transformed it into a twisted pathway to survival?

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    @OmarjSakr
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    In your opinion what is the difference between muffins and cupcakes?
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    Is one a subcategory of another? What defines our idea of what is a muffin and what is a cupcake?

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    Adam
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