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Rift between NZ government and aid agency over naming of nurse captured by ISIS

  • Written by: Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
Rift between NZ government and aid agency over naming of nurse captured by ISISThe ICRC may have decided to release the name of a New Zealand nurse captured in Syria because ISIS has been defeated in its strongholds.Ahmed Mardnli/EPA, CC BY-ND

Last week’s revelation that a New Zealand nurse has been captured by Islamic State and detained in Syria for almost six years has caused tensions for the New Zealand government.

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Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the 'disappointing' banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers

  • Written by: Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne

Today on Media Files, it’s journalism versus the big banks. We’re hearing from Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission.

Adele Ferguson is a reporter with the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age and a columnist for the Australian Financial Review. Over many years,...

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Sri Lanka has a history of conflict, but the recent attacks appear different

  • Written by: Damien Kingsbury, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University

Sri Lanka has long been subject to extremist violence. Easter Sunday’s coordinated bomb blasts, which killed almost 300 and injured hundreds more, are the latest in a long history of ethno-religious tragedies.

While no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, 24 people have been arrested. Three police were killed in their capture.

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The budget's dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you're not meant to know about

  • Written by: Steven Hamilton, Assistant professor, George Washington University
The budget's dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you're not meant to know aboutThe wheels of the economy will grind more slowly because of undeclared tax rate hikes in the budget.Shutterstock

As I mentioned a few days ago, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison recycled three pretty big tax ideas in the 2019 budget, each one originally from the 2018 budget but supercharged, and in one case doubled.

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