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  Tuesday 28 August 2018 by Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

  Chief Editor: Dear readers, OPMG is changing

  Dear readers, Olbrycht-Palmer Media Group is approaching its one year anniversary, and to mark the occasion we’re making some changes. As of Saturday 1 September 2018, the Olbrycht-Palmer Media Group publication will be rebranded as OPMagazine. When OPMG was launched nearly one year ago, I didn’t know where it would lead. The fundamental idea was to create a truly independent news organisation which cut through the noise and commentary of the 24/7 news cycle, and ... ► Read more

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  Wednesday 11 July 2018 by Sam Elliott and Matilda Elliott

  Our safety is not your choice

  We often walk home in the very early hours of the morning as a pair. On one particular walk home we were being yelled at by two adult men. They had gotten off the train like we had and were both much larger than the two of us. They were jeering and commenting on our appearances, and how exciting it was that we are identical twins. Of course we couldn’t ignore them, but we couldn’t ... ► Read more

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  Monday 11 June 2018 by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer

  Meet Adam. He’s challenging Florida’s bump fire stock ban.

  In response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018 and the Las Vegas shooting in October 2017, lawmakers in Florida enacted a raft of new laws aimed at reducing gun violence in schools. Included among these new laws is a purported ban on “bump fire stocks”, to which many individuals and organisations in Florida have reacted negatively. One such individual is Adam Roberts, a native of Florida. Adam has decided to personally ... ► Read more

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  Tuesday 1 May 2018 by Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

  Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel Peace Prize

  Last Friday, the world witnessed a truly historic moment — the meeting of the leaders of North and South Korea. As Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in shook hands and crossed the border together, smiles ablaze, I think everyone watching understood that this meeting signalled a new era; possibly an era of lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula. From the threat of nuclear war to talking about building a brighter future together, many, including myself, were stunned ... ► Read more

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  Friday 20 April 2018 by Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer, Brendan Raymond and Yiannis Chambers

  OPMG Collective: the Ruddock Review and religious freedoms

  The Religious Freedom Review, an expert panel to inquire into the protection of religious freedom in Australia, was announced on 22 November 2017.  The expert panel, with Philip Ruddock as its chair, is due to hand down its report on 18 May 2018. In the wake of the same-sex marriage debate, the findings of the review promise to be controversial, and to re-ignite the debate on the role of religion in society. For OPMG’s second ... ► Read more

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