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Rhetoric: what was all the talk about?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageAristotle s definition of rhetoric in one founding text in the rhetorical tradition

A little case of 1616 repeatin’

A concerned friend recently told me of an article he had read in the good press suggesting that Shakespeare was no longer relevant today.

I had to agree with the good press.

To the extent that the young clearly no longer desire...

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ASIC finally pulls the BBSW trigger on ANZ

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Almost three years after the hares were set running on the Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (BBSW) scandal by the US regulator the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CTFC), ASIC has finally taken out its gun and aimed it at one of those pesky rabbits – ANZ Bank.

And it’s a blunderbuss, rather than a rifle.

In a civil case in the...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Tony Abbott's policy interventions

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

It has been a week of political contests, both within party lines and across them. University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan take a look at the bitter rivalry between Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott, and the contrasting performances of Treasurer Scott Morrison and his shadow counterpart Chris...

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