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Every critic counts: why Fairfax must keep its arts journalists

  • Written by: Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University

Anyone who has crossed a suspension bridge will have contemplated the intricately woven wires that hold it up. Each individual strand is slender, the weight it carries on its own not critical. Yet cut enough of them and the bridge collapses. It is their combined application that makes them effective.

So it is with culture. What bounds its diverse...

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Why media reform in Australia has been so hard to achieve

  • Written by: Tim Dwyer, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
imageMitch Fifield recently announced the Turnbull government would once again attempt to tackle media reform.AAP/Mick Tsikas

From the mid-20th century, there has been substantial international support for plurality of media ownership. Policies designed to limit the number of media outlets owned or controlled by one proprietor have been seen as a...

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La théologie a-t-elle sa place à l’université ?

  • Written by: Antoine Arjakovsky, Historien, Co-directeur du département «Politique et Religions», Collège des Bernardins
imageLa Bible.Visualhunt.com , CC BY

Depuis la Révolution française, il existe en France une sorte de consensus au sein des élites dirigeantes pour considérer la conviction religieuse comme appartenant au domaine de l’opinion, et non pas à celui de la rationalité.

Une place à part dans...

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Shorten fights on fairness in budget reply, but will it be enough?

  • Written by: Natalie Mast, Associate Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics, University of Western Australia
imageBill Shorten used his budget-in-reply speech to appeal to middle Australia.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is under real pressure for the first time since the 2016 election, as the government attempts to wedge Labor with a circuit-breaker budget.

Shorten used his budget-in-reply speech to appeal to middle Australia, putting forward an...

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  1. Friday essay: smile and stay thin – life as a 60s air hostess
  2. Not a lizard nor a dinosaur, tuatara is the sole survivor of a once-widespread reptile group
  3. Found: 'lost' forests covering an area two-thirds the size of Australia
  4. Assessment design won’t stop cheating, but our relationships with students might
  5. There's a strong link between anxiety and depression, and sleep problems, and it goes both ways
  6. Budget 2017 charts new social and affordable housing agenda
  7. Grattan on Friday: With Malcolm Turnbull in pursuit, Bill Shorten decides to run faster
  8. Labor to oppose Medicare levy for lower and middle earners
  9. Vale Mark Colvin: eternal optimist and journalistic force of nature
  10. Budget 2017: welfare changes stigmatise recipients and are sitting on shaky ground
  11. Mental health funding in the 2017 budget is too little, unfair and lacks a coherent strategy
  12. The 2017 budget has axed research to help Australia adapt to climate change
  13. Aussies don't always copy the US - unlike Americans, our self-esteem has stayed the same since the 70s
  14. Budget 2017: a glimmer of support for innovation and advanced manufacturing
  15. Budget 2017: lack of competition is why government is moving so hard against the banks
  16. Speaking with: Mia Woodruff about using 3D printing to replace body parts
  17. Survival of the fittest? Perhaps not if you're a Tasmanian devil
  18. The off-topic Conversation #122
  19. Explainer: how the brain changes when we learn to read
  20. Humane and intimate, how the Red Cross helped families trace the fates of WW2 soldiers
  21. How our gut bacteria affect cancer risk and response to treatment
  22. Budget needs a sharper policy scalpel to help first home buyers
  23. Islam and feminism are not mutually exclusive, and faith can be an important liberator
  24. Why data-driven science is more than just a buzzword
  25. Sustainable shopping: with the right tools, you can find an eco-friendly car
  26. Banks may squeal about new tax but they are outgunned
  27. Politics podcast: Mathias Cormann and Anna Bligh on the new bank tax
  28. Senate inquiry told zero tax or royalties paid on Australia's biggest new gas projects
  29. 'Short-sighted' budget means universities can't deliver their full economic benefit
  30. Budget bank levy: too big to fail, not too big to take a hit
  31. From breaking glass to chest bursting, the scientists' review of Alien: Covenant
  32. Australian media at a crossroads amid threats to diversity and survival
  33. Terror, Muslims, and a culture of fear: challenging the media messages
  34. Is this the budget that forgot renters?
  35. Explainer: what is cancer radiotherapy and why do we need proton beam therapy?
  36. Bond aggregator helps build a more virtuous circle of housing investment
  37. Evidence of ancient life in hot springs on Earth could point to fossil life on Mars
  38. Have the arts come out of the cold or is it another sleight of hand?
  39. Curious Kids: What plants could grow in the Goldilocks zone of space?
  40. Decoding the music masterpieces: Brahms's Piano Quartet in G minor
  41. To get the 'good debt' tick, infrastructure needs to be fit for the future
  42. Prescribing generic drugs will reduce patient confusion and medication errors
  43. Budget 2017: Medicare levy rise finances NDIS and banks hit for budget repair
  44. Budget 2017: government goes hard on gas and hydro in bid for energy security
  45. Budget's 'good debt' conversion underpins $70b-plus infrastructure program: experts respond
  46. Budget 2017 sees Medicare rebate freeze slowly lifted and more funding for the NDIS: experts respond
  47. Federal Budget 2017: what's changing in education?
  48. Budget 2017-18 brings welfare crackdown and increased defence and security funding: experts respond
  49. Treasurer Scott Morrison’s 2017-18 budget speech, annotated by experts
  50. The art of the leak: how the budget is strategically doled out for maximum effect

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