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Why do we find it so hard to move on from the 80s?

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imageA scene from Heathers the Musical based on the 1988 film.Kurt Sneddon

Why is it that the current darling of the pop scene, Taylor Swift, called her best-selling album (released in 2014) 1989? It was, granted, the year of her birth - but among her inspirations for it, she cited the 80s pop group Fine Young Cannibals and the teen flicks of John Hughes...

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It's a matter of trust: the policies we need to restore our faith in politics

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imageRetaining the universal 24-hour a week childcare subsidy is one of the measures that would help restore trust in politics.AAP/Lukas Coch

Australia has a trust deficit and it seems to be getting worse. Some early media stories signal that this election is not very welcome, because fewer see the political system as able to fix the problems we are...

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  14. Speaking with: Graeme Orr on the festival of elections
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  16. New name, new look for latest national urban policy, but same old problem
  17. The Meanjin funding cuts: a graceless coup?
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  20. Why public funding of the arts should always be temporary
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  22. Adults can help children cope with death by understanding how they process it
  23. Changing the conversation can lead to a better way on asylum seekers
  24. Indigenous reconciliation in the US shows how sovereignty and constitutional recognition work together
  25. Southern hemisphere joins north in breaching carbon dioxide milestone
  26. Why the Reserve Bank should resist calls to alter its inflation range
  27. Why both Labor and Coalition are wrong about their claims on the economic value of education
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