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ABC inquiry finds board knew of trouble between Milne and Guthrie, but did nothing

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne

The ABC board comes out badly from the report of the Senate inquiry into political interference in the ABC, which culminated last September in the sacking of the managing director, Michelle Guthrie, and the resignation of the chair, Justin Milne.

Referring to the long leap to this crisis, the committee says:

This catalogue of events may give rise...

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Government gives Newstart recipients energy payment to smooth passage of legislation

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The government has extended the energy payment to people on Newstart – after excluding them only days ago.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the decision was made at a meeting on Tuesday night of Scott Morrison, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and himself. He indicated it was about smoothing the passage of the measure through the parliament.

Ther...

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Voluntary assisted dying will soon be legal in Victoria, and this is what you need to know

  • Written by: Courtney Hempton, PhD Candidate, Monash University
Voluntary assisted dying will soon be legal in Victoria, and this is what you need to knowVictoria will be the first state in Australia to legalise voluntary assisted dying.From shutterstock.com

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) comes into effect on June 19, making Victoria the first state in Australia to allow “voluntary assisted dying”.

The legislation was passed in November 2017 following the recommendations of a...

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don't blame online for killing discount department stores

  • Written by: Gary Mortimer, Associate Professor in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology

After weeks of speculation, Woolworths has confirmed it will close 30 of its Big W stores in Australia, as well as two distribution centres. This represents about 16% of its 183-strong network.

The obvious culprit, and the one identified by many analysts, is online shopping.

As one industry analyst explained: “The physical department store...

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  2. Were you paying attention on budget night? Test yourself with this quiz
  3. Is bottom-pinching still 'indecent' by today's community standards?
  4. The first known case of eggs plus live birth from one pregnancy in a tiny lizard
  5. Going to the naturopath or a yoga class? Your private health won't cover it
  6. How Leonardo da Vinci made a living from killing machines
  7. Total transport spending is about par for the course, but the pattern is unusual
  8. Banning 'tiny vehicles' would deny us smarter ways to get around our cities
  9. women don't get a fair go in sports administration
  10. Budget 2019 has little new for schools and even less for early childhood: education experts respond
  11. Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on budget strategy and numbers
  12. Budget 2019 boosts aged care and mental health, and modernises Medicare: health experts respond
  13. Congestion-busting infrastructure plays catch-up on long-neglected needs
  14. Michelle Grattan, Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on the election-eve budget chock full of sweeteners
  15. Budget 2019 at a glance
  16. budget tax-upmanship as we head towards polling day
  17. Frydenberg’s budget looks toward zero net debt, but should this be our aim?
  18. Tax giveaways in Frydenberg’s 'back in the black' budget
  19. It’s the budget cash splash that reaches back in time
  20. Iron ore dollars repurposed to keep the economy afloat in Budget 2019
  21. The 39 endangered species in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and other Australian cities
  22. Zuckerberg's 'new rules' for the internet must move from words to actions
  23. The importance of sports in recovery from trauma: lessons from and for Christchurch
  24. Livestreaming terror is abhorrent – but is more rushed legislation the answer?
  25. The National is a time capsule of new Australian art in uncertain times
  26. Many professions have codes of ethics
  27. Married at First Sight - a 'social experiment' all but guaranteeing relationship failure
  28. a decent menu, but missing the main course
  29. in Denmark it is a term of affection
  30. Don't worry, a school library with fewer books and more technology is good for today's students
  31. Government's population plan is more about maximising 'win-wins' than cutting numbers
  32. TikTok is popular, but Chinese apps still have a lot to learn about global markets
  33. Labor's plan for transport emissions is long on ambition but short on details
  34. Erdogan tried to make local Turkish elections about national security, but it didn't work
  35. Mega study confirms pregnant women can reduce risk of stillbirth by sleeping on their side
  36. India destroys its own satellite with a test missile, still says space is for peace
  37. what should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?
  38. How to get ready as the US-China trade war spills over to other countries
  39. was he an environmentalist ahead of his time?
  40. Migrants want to live in the big cities, just like the rest of us
  41. Who do Chinese-Australian voters trust for their political news on WeChat?
  42. why do we have fingernails and toenails?
  43. How DNA ancestry testing can change our ideas of who we are
  44. Bleaching has struck the southernmost coral reef in the world
  45. It's time to lift the restrictions on medical abortion in Australia
  46. Expect a budget that breaks the intergenerational bargain, like the one before it, and before that
  47. the rise and fall of the bad-tempered tabloids
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