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To Elle and Back: Reviewing the reviewers

  • Written by: Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University
imageHuppert as Michelle in Elle

How are we to understand the rapturous reception leading film critics have given to Paul Verhoeven’s “rape comedy” Elle? The bad boy director, they tell us, “dares us to judge”, “explodes conventions”, “pushes buttons” and “subverts myths”. The judgement,...

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What sort of Reserve Bank governor will Philip Lowe be?

  • Written by: Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University

Glenn Stevens’ ten year stewardship of the Reserve Bank of Australia has been characterised by remarkable challenges. Yet, if the Australian economy has shown considerable resilience over this troubled decade, particularly during the global financial crisis, part of the credit certainly goes to the RBA.

When Stevens' deputy, Philip Lowe...

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Major parties are behind the times – and strangely silent – on social policy

  • Written by: Eva Cox, Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
imageMany Australians who rely on welfare support have been let down by the major parties.Shutterstock

As we enter the business end of the election campaign, with pre-polling underway, there is a profound lack of any social welfare policies on offer from either major party. The Greens have now put up proposals, mainly to raise the levels of some of the...

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The growing cost of internships could add to inequality

  • Written by: Paula McDonald, Professor of Work and Organisation, ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology

In today’s hyper competitive job market, internships are becoming a must-have on almost every job applicant’s CV. But when should a worker be paid for an internship, and is the rise of unpaid internships simply broadening the gap between those who can afford to work for free and those who can’t? We explore these and other issues...

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  1. A fanfare of failures: why celebrate Florence Foster Jenkins and Eddie the Eagle?
  2. Science or snake oil: is Garcinia cambogia the magic weight-loss pill it's hyped up to be?
  3. Catholic church starts small but is clearly thinking big on fossil fuel divestment
  4. UFOs, climate change and missing airliners: how to separate fact from fiction
  5. Shorten seeks to keep alive hope of a Labor win
  6. Bill Shorten's campaign pitch: don't risk Medicare under the Liberals
  7. On track for the Rio Olympics? IAAF ban means Russian athletes may not compete
  8. In the world's biggest city, the past offers lessons for surviving the future
  9. Shorten plays Facebook game, telling people to hit Like
  10. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, May 2016
  11. A new normal, as Basslink finally resumes
  12. Cattle 'sledgehammering' in Vietnam raises yet more questions over live export
  13. From the Queen of Sheba to Jeffrey Smart: how art shaped Bruce Beresford
  14. The problem with reinforced concrete
  15. Spiny crayfish and their flatworm friends: an ancient partnership revealed
  16. Uncapping of university places achieved what it set out to do. So why is it dubbed a policy failure?
  17. Vital Signs: an election in Australia, a key poll in the UK, all lead to uncertainty
  18. Both parties to launch in western Sydney, the symbolic heartland of uncommitted but powerful voters
  19. Coffee won't give you cancer, unless it's very very hot, then it might
  20. Did snakes evolve from ancient sea serpents?
  21. Brexit: lessons and implications for Australia
  22. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the slow campaign
  23. Uncapping of university places has not failed disadvantaged students
  24. Budget transparency missing from the West's plan for Iraq
  25. State of the states: how local politics in the Northern Territory could muddy the federal vote
  26. 700,000 Palmer United Party votes up for grabs: who'll win them this time?
  27. How the Property Council is shaping the debate around negative gearing, taxes
  28. What evidence is there that internships secure employment?
  29. State of the states: why Labor's fortunes are on the rise in Western Australia
  30. Friday essay: The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam
  31. Personalised medicine has obvious benefits but has anyone thought about the issues?
  32. Infographic: The state of coal
  33. Will climate and emissions targets really curb China’s coal consumption? Only time will tell
  34. Apple iOS 10 v Google Android: which is leading the way?
  35. Grattan on Friday: If Labor loses, what happens to Bill Shorten?
  36. Protections for Australian cattle found wanting – yet again
  37. Just the facts, ma'am: a guide to The Conversation's FactCheck process
  38. From tomboys and butch dykes to anything goes: how women's image has evolved on the footy field
  39. Is this injectable tanning drug safe to use?
  40. Survey: more Australians want climate action now than before the carbon tax
  41. Is Labor’s plan to create ten Institutes of Higher Education a good idea?
  42. State of the states: a handful of votes could decide Tasmania's Liberal-held seats
  43. Nice guys finish first: empathetic boys attract more close female friends
  44. Why are we still scared of seeing two men kissing?
  45. Digital disruption: STEM graduates and more regulation not the answer
  46. Victoria's renewables target joins an impressive shift towards clean energy
  47. Second detection heralds the era of gravitational wave astronomy
  48. Fattened pigs, dog whistles and dead cats: the menagerie of a Lynton Crosby campaign
  49. Poor ReachTEL for Labor, but Essential better
  50. Meg Ryan's face and the historical battleground of ageing

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