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Former solicitor-general lashes George Brandis over direction

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Former solicitor-general Gavan Griffith has excoriated Attorney-General George Brandis’ binding direction that all requests to the solicitor-general for legal advice must go through him, declaring it raises “the image of a dog on a lead”.

Griffith says he regards the content and intent of the direction “as effecting the...

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Sugar tax is not nanny state, it's sound public policy

  • Written by Alessandro R Demaio, Global Health Doctor; Co-Founded NCDFREE & festival21; Assoc. Researcher, University of Copenhagen
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Since Mexico introduced a 10 per cent ‘tax’ on sugar sweetened beverages in 2014, global political momentum for this form of fiscal policy has been building. Societal interest and support have also grown.

Taking a lesson from similar efforts to reduce tobacco use, the ‘tax’ sees price as a tool...

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Australia is vulnerable to cyber threats, so what can we do about it?

  • Written by Jill Slay, Director, Australian Centre for Cyber Security, UNSW Australia
imageThe Australian government is vulnerable to cyberattacks, report says.Shutterstock.com

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) 2016 Threat Report, released today, has some concerning details about the state of Australia’s cyber security. The report highlights the ubiquitous nature of cyber crime in Australia, the potential of cyber...

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ARIAs still matter to artists, but what do they say about us?

  • Written by Catherine Strong, Lecturer, Music Industry, RMIT University
imageBest Classical Album winners Flight Facilities, playing at the ARIA award ceremony last year. Tracey Nearmy/AAP

High-profile awards ceremonies are often only as interesting as the controversies they create. The 2016 ARIA Awards has started strongly in this area. Although the main ceremony is still a month away, the Fine Arts and Artisan Awards...

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  1. Why a scorecard of quality in the arts is a very bad idea
  2. If we were like mice we could live to 400 – but we're not, so we don't
  3. Weekly Dose: aspirin, the pain and fever reliever that prevents heart attacks, strokes and maybe cancer
  4. After Trump 2016, will liberals listen? (The passion of Thomas Frank)
  5. Facebook wants to be in your workplace, but you'll probably find trolls there too
  6. UK experience of domestic violence disclosure schemes is a cautionary tale for Australia
  7. New life insurance code riddled with loopholes
  8. Evangelical politics: the rise and fall of Mike Baird
  9. Social media for tracking disease outbreaks – fad or way of the future?
  10. The world's vanishing wild places are vital for saving species
  11. US election: what are super PACs, and what role does money play in the race?
  12. University changes to academic contracts are threatening freedom of speech
  13. Business Briefing: why the future is workless
  14. How migrant workers are critical to the future of Australia's agricultural industry
  15. Speaking with: Alanna Kamp about the erasure of Chinese-Australian women from our history books
  16. Peering into the future: does science require predictions?
  17. What the consistency of your poo says about your health
  18. Kintsugi and the art of ceramic maintenance
  19. Explainer: what is contract theory and why it deserved a Nobel Prize
  20. Samsung pulls the pin on the Galaxy Note 7 but will unlikely suffer permanent damage
  21. Turnbull is trussed up, unable to deliver either marriage plebiscite or parliamentary outcome
  22. Labor maintains 52-48 lead in Newspoll
  23. New South Wales overturns greyhound ban: a win for the industry, but a massive loss for the dogs
  24. Buyouts mean the future of Australian video-on-demand is hard to picture
  25. Let's address the perfect storm of factors leading to obesity in disadvantaged children
  26. Hurricane Matthew is just the latest unnatural disaster to strike Haiti
  27. How we get sucked in by junk food specials in supermarkets
  28. Turnbull dodges on what happens after marriage plebiscite bill is defeated
  29. Australia's car industry ignored the elephant in the room: carbon emissions
  30. With the plebiscite set to be blocked, who will leave a legacy of marriage equality?
  31. Data surveillance is all around us, and it's going to change our behaviour
  32. Healthy guts are swarming with bugs, so what do they do?
  33. Gut feeling: how your microbiota affects your mood, sleep and stress levels
  34. Debate reveals Trump's dated, dangerous masculinity – and how he just doesn't get it
  35. Has social media really shifted the line between personal and private forever?
  36. Worried your emails might be spied on? Here's what you can do
  37. Canada lets the states lead on climate, should Australia do the same?
  38. The new UN deal on aviation emissions leaves much to be desired
  39. Turnbull's misgivings on renewables overlook economic and financial realities
  40. Joe Cinque's Consolation: violence, delusion and the question of guilt
  41. Bill Shorten steps up attack on Donald Trump
  42. Labor caucus set to kill marriage vote
  43. We need to pick up the pace on innovation, says secretary of prime minister's department
  44. The off-topic Conversation #109
  45. Viciousness reaches new lows in the second debate, but it is unlikely to change the race
  46. How retro storytelling can help boost imaginative capacity
  47. Paid domestic violence leave: how do other countries do it?
  48. Trump and Clinton clash in second presidential debate: experts respond
  49. FactCheck Q A: do eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses?
  50. Private equity isn't all bad: how PE funds help companies expand overseas
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