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It's good the government will report GDP per capita, but it shouldn't stop there

  • Written by: Ross Guest, Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
imageDavid Leyonhjelm negotiated for the numbers in the budget to be reported in per capita terms.AAP/Mick Tsikas

The government’s horse trading over legislation with the senate will have a profound effect on the way the government reports economic data.

Part of the government’s agreement with Senator Leyonhjelm to support the reinstatement...

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Why the world needs superheroes

  • Written by: Liam Burke, Senior Media Studies Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology

Superheroes were born in the United States in the late 1930s as a four-colour rebuttal to the misery of the Depression and the rise of fascism in Europe. Today, superheroes are no longer confined to America, or even the comic book page. From Marvel movies to convention cosplay, superheroes have never enjoyed greater visibility.

Earlier this year,...

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Hope, certainty and trust: issues abound in US refugee resettlement deal

  • Written by: Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
imageMany people detained on Nauru and Manus Island have suffered excruciating despair and hopelessness.AAP/Mick Tsikas

This week, Sky News Australia aired a report from Nauru – having been given rare access to the island nation – on the Australia-US deal to resettle refugees detained there and on Manus Island.

The reporter, Laura Jayes, had...

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  12. Shame as a political weapon: Donald Trump and the US presidential election
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  23. Full response from a spokesperson for Barnaby Joyce
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