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'Our man elsewhere': Alan Moorehead in war and peace

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageJournalists Alexander Clifford of the Daily Mail and Alan Moorehead of the Daily Express in the North African desert, 1942.Imperial War Museum, via Wikimedia Commons.

Alan Moorehead was once one of the most famous Australians alive. A celebrated correspondent during World War Two, his bestselling popular histories ranged in subject matter from...

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Shorten targets principals in offensive against Turnbull on government schools

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on Wednesday will launch a campaign to exploit Malcolm Turnbull’s suggestion that it would be logical for state governments to take over full funding responsibility for government schools.

Shorten is writing to every public school principal, a petition will be circulated, and material is to be distributed to...

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Four-year federal terms are too hard, but what about making the three-year term fixed?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Can anyone remember when federal politics wasn’t in campaign mode? Politicians, encouraged by the media, have given up the distinction between election season and governing season.

The continuous campaign has become destructive for policymaking, probably unhelpful for economic confidence, and drives the already cynical public to distraction....

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  5. Cyber justice: how technology is supporting victim-survivors of rape
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