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Get your cut price copy of Best Australian Essays!

Nicholas Gruen
December 10, 2006December 10, 2006
I think Ken will shortly be posting a review of Best Australian Essays published by Black Inc, but as I'll be leaving Melbourne towards the...
Politics - national Print media

Expert political judgment and the dream team

David Walker
December 10, 2006January 31, 2007
� Mr Rudd by Colin Wicking The media is inevitably full of predictions about the Rudd/Gillard Labour leadership. What follows is the case for flipping...
Economics and public policy Print media

TV proves academics wrong, says Devine

Don Arthur
December 10, 2006December 10, 2006
    Would you vote for this woman?   Or read her column?   Don Arthur did (the latter anyway)  ...     I wonder...
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Hicks: Still there. Still not laughing

Rex Ringschott
December 10, 2006December 10, 2006
Back in 2003, Federal Liberal MP Sophie Panopoulos (now Mirabella) was keen to see that Australian "terrorist" David Hicks "paid for his crimes".    ...

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RSS Bill Mitchell

  • Japan’s new proposed national strategy has to overcome the domination of imported neoliberalism – Part 1 November 28, 2024 bill
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RSS The Conversion (G8 Unis)

  • ‘Everything is Country’: these 4 projects blend First Nations knowledge and science to rewrite our understanding of the past December 1, 2024
    First Nations cultural knowledge has much to share with archaeology, palaeontology and Earth sciences.
    Sally Hurst, Adjunct Fellow - Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University
  • Aussie drag, career vampires and a bloody game of hide and seek: what we’re watching in December December 1, 2024
    Our film and TV experts review a host of new streaming picks, including the final season of acclaimed mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows.
    Stuart Richards, Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
  • ‘Girl’ thrillers have been eclipsed by the antiheroines of sad-girl lit. But character-driven, nail-biting crime is here to stay December 1, 2024
    ‘Girl’ thrillers may be gone … but true psychological thrillers, with their twists tied to deep characterisation, endure. New novels by Paula Hawkins, Jacqueline Bublitz and Inga Simpson pass the test.
    Liz Evans, Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania
  • NZ’s gas shortage was not caused by the offshore exploration ban – but it was still a flawed policy December 1, 2024
    The Emissions Trading Scheme would have been a better tool to reshape the energy market and cut emissions than an outright ban – and most new exploration had largely dried up already.
    David Dempsey, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury
  • ‘I felt lost’: immigrant parents want more support to help their children go to uni December 1, 2024
    New research looks at a school in Sydney’s western suburbs, where high numbers of students come from immigrant families.
    Rayan Merkbawi, Lecturer, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney