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Don't deride the experts: Universities Australia chair

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

The chair of Universities Australia, Barney Glover, will issue a strong warning against the trend of to deriding experts in our populist, “post-truth” age. He will say the turn in public debate is a challenge for universities.

“In Australia and around the world, we’ve seen the emergence of a creeping cynicism – even...

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Parliamentary inquiry sidesteps making recommendation on 18C

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

Malcolm Turnbull had hoped that throwing the controversial section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act to a parliamentary inquiry would help resolve an issue that has become totemic for conservatives in the increasingly vitriolic culture wars.

As is his luck these days, it has done no such thing. The joint committee on human rights has provided ext...

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Labor leads 55-45 in Newspoll as Turnbull's ratings tank

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

This week’s Newspoll, conducted Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1680, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a 1 point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 37% for Labor (up 1), 34% for the Coalition (down 1), 10% for the Greens (steady) and 10% for One Nation (up 2). It appears that One Nation is now in...

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An adman's perspective on Adman: Warhol Before Pop

  • Written by: David Waller, Senior Lecturer, School of Marketing, University of Technology Sydney
imageAn exhibition installation view of Adman: Warhol Before Pop at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. ll artworks from The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc/ARS

Andy Warhol is one of the most recognisable and influential artists of the 20th century. His images of Campbell Soup cans and...

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  2. Lack of workers with 'soft skills' demands a shift in teaching
  3. Architecture, undistracted
  4. Airport privatisations have put profit before public safety and good planning
  5. Multinational tax dodgers are the real leaners
  6. Delays and confusion cloud roll-out of new cervical cancer screening program
  7. Politics podcast: Ken Coates on the future of higher education
  8. The Oscars celebrated the humble, while avoiding the overtly political
  9. Leaving the past behind: what became of the anal personality?
  10. Nigeria
  11. Philippines
  12. Iraq
  13. Yemen
  14. Turkey
  15. Syria
  16. Saudi Arabia
  17. Sahel region, Africa
  18. South Sudan
  19. Venezuela
  20. Brazil
  21. United States
  22. India
  23. Afghanistan
  24. Pakistan
  25. North Korea
  26. Indonesia
  27. China
  28. War, conflict, economic strife: the world in 2017 is rife with hot spots, but leavened by hope
  29. Ukraine
  30. France
  31. Russia
  32. Germany
  33. We’re not racist, but … Ray Martin, the media and racism’s missing link
  34. Ruling on assisted dying drug Nembutal sets important precedent
  35. Severe heatwaves show the need to adapt livestock management for climate
  36. Younger is not always better when it comes to learning a second language
  37. As the Liberal Party continues to fracture, we may be watching its demise
  38. How racism and a lack of diversity can harm productivity in our workplaces
  39. Nokia's revised 3310 mobile phone is the latest tech to target retro-adopters
  40. How fake drugs end up in our public health system (and how to spot them)
  41. Politically, the government seems on a hiding to nothing in the penalty rates battle
  42. Explainer: what is 'precipitable water', and why does it matter?
  43. The long journey from a refugee camp to an Australian school
  44. How to manage self-motivated, intelligent workers
  45. Preparing elite athletes for transition to life after sport should begin in childhood
  46. Seven steps to help you choose the right home care provider
  47. Trade, security ties and engaging the Indonesian diaspora – what you need to know about Widodo's Australia visit
  48. Australians aren't as Islamophobic as we're led to believe
  49. Ghost ships: why are World War II naval wrecks vanishing in Indonesia?
  50. Trade data shows Australia can get more out of a deal with the EU than the UK

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