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Cash staff member quits over media tip offs as AWU affair backfires

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The probe into the Australian Workers Union (AWU) A$100,000 donation to GetUp has spectacularly backfired on the government, with a senior staffer of Employment Minister Michaelia Cash forced to quit after tipping off the media about the police raids.

Cash told a Senate committee on Wednesday night her senior media adviser had informed her during...

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China's ambition burns bright – with Xi Jinping firmly in charge

  • Written by: Nick Bisley, Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
imageXi Jinping affirmed that, within a few decades, China would become a prosperous modern socialist society and the world’s most important country.Reuters/Thomas Peter

The most important political event of 2017, the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress, has concluded. And while there was much to digest, one image above all stands out: Xi...

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Hanging out with the boys: how bromance often steals the spotlight in The Bachelorette

  • Written by: Suzie Gibson, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University
imageBachelorette Sophie Monk with this year's contestants.Channel Ten

The celebrated Australian trait of mateship is very much on display in the third season of Channel 10’s The Bachelorette. But this is not always to the benefit of the protoganist, Bachelorette Sophie Monk.

This emphasis on male bonds can be seen in the parting words of two...

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Performance funding is not the way to improve university teaching

  • Written by: Andrew Norton, Program Director, Higher Education, Grattan Institute
imageOne reason universities might not achieve good student outcomes is that they do not spend enough money on teaching.Shutterstock

A week after the Nick Xenophon Team called for a new review of higher education, the Productivity Commission has provided one, of sorts. The report, titled “Shifting the Dial”, covers higher education as well...

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  2. Nothing but truthiness: Adani and Co's post-truth push for the Carmichael mine
  3. Why the ‘Hands Off’ campaign targeting sexual harassment on public transport misses the mark
  4. Zippers make a jump for science and technology
  5. Let's be honest, there's more wrong with the NDIS than just 'teething problems'
  6. 5G will be a convenient but expensive alternative to the NBN
  7. There are serious problems with the concept of 'financial literacy'
  8. Census data shows just how bad we've been at closing inequality gaps
  9. What is behind the rising price of butter?
  10. Soldiers, thieves, Māori warriors: the NZ convicts sent to Australia
  11. We need to address questions of gender in assisted dying
  12. 'Bang, bang, bang!': the shock of a boy playing with a gun on a suburban street
  13. Victoria's plastic bag ban: a good start, but we can do more
  14. What makes a good university? Academics and students have different ideas
  15. Turnbull's government must accept responsibility for delivering an equitable NBN for all Australians
  16. Constantly texting your friends about problems may be increasing your anxiety
  17. Morrison finds his productivity report is useful for Labor too
  18. Five ways to kickstart the economy -- without cutting company taxes
  19. Big bang: Germinal creates a universe out of nothing on stage
  20. Why we should test everyone's genes to predict disease
  21. Why reforming health care is integral for our economy
  22. Speaking with: Bates Gill on Australia's changing relationship with China
  23. Assisted dying is one thing, but governments must ensure palliative care is available to all who need it
  24. Energy prices are high because consumers are paying for useless, profit-boosting infrastructure
  25. Telling Chinese students to conform won't fix cross-cultural issues
  26. Fingerprinting to solve crimes: not as robust as you think
  27. How to teach your kids to think more critically about money
  28. Connecting 'diblings': how the law is failing to keep up with modern families
  29. Guide to the Classics: Virgil’s Aeneid
  30. We are living alone together in today's cities – and that calls for smart and 'bolshie' moves
  31. Rethinking tourism and its contribution to conservation in New Zealand
  32. Senate crossbenchers take the first steps on lobbying reform – now to ensure it succeeds
  33. We Love Arabs: accomplished satire offers food (and hummus) for thought
  34. Health Check: do boys really have a testosterone spurt at age four?
  35. Don't fear robo-justice. Algorithms could help more people access legal advice
  36. Financial literacy is a public policy problem
  37. Like it or not, you're getting the NBN, so what are your rights when buying internet services?
  38. Movember, ice buckets, fun runs and 'dry' months: why philanthropy of the body is all the rage
  39. Autism and the arts: making a space for different minds
  40. What do single, older women want? Their 'own little space' (and garden) to call home, for a start
  41. How doctors are taught to deal with death
  42. I’ve always wondered: why do our computing devices seem to slow down?
  43. I've always wondered: why don't chickens look down when they scratch?
  44. Citizen scientist scuba divers shed light on the impact of warming oceans on marine life
  45. Google’s new Go-playing AI learns fast, and even thrashed its former self
  46. Tree of Codes wields dance, music and art to create new spectacle
  47. Will the National Energy Guarantee hit pause on renewables?
  48. Should central banks have a 'representative of the poor'?
  49. Why marking essays by algorithm risks rewarding the writing of 'bullshit'
  50. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the New Zealand election

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