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Politics podcast: John Hewson on the budget climate

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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John Hewson, a former Liberal leader and chair in the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Australian National University, describes the uncertain economic climate into which Treasurer Scott Morrison will deliver next week’s budget.

“I think it’s an occupational hazard for treasurers that they’re always...

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Disappearing act: take two for the Moon and Regulus

  • Written by: Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria
imageA composition, a landscape, the universe. Chechi Peinado/flicr, CC BY-NC-ND

On Thursday evening, May 4, we’ll get our second chance to see the Moon pass directly in front of the bright star Regulus. From across Australia, the star will appear to blink out of view before emerging from behind the Moon about an hour later.

There was a Lunar...

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UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk

  • Written by: Julie Posetti, Journalism lecturer, University of Wollongong
imagePress freedom is being undermined by the global trend towards mass surveillance and data retention.www.shutterstock.com

The ability of journalists to report without fear is under threat from mass surveillance and data retention.

Released this week, my UNESCO report Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age shows that laws protecting...

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