Friday essay: Jon Faine on why our social cohesion should not be taken for granted Jon Faine, The University of Melbourne Thu 30 October 2025 at 12:10 pm GMT-7 15 min read ...

The known-new contract is a process we can follow in writing to improve cohesion at both the sentence and paragraph level. Logical relationships between ideas are created by first introducing what is ...

Friday Essay: Jon Faine On Why Our Social Cohesion Should Not Be Taken For Granted. Social cohesion is in decline. This has become a common refrain, along with despair about a crisis in our democracy.