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Chinese-Australia relations may not be 'toxic', but they do need to keep warming up

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University

When former Trade Minister Andrew Robb took to the ABC’s AM program to sound off about a “toxic” relationship between Australia and China, he exposed a rippling debate about how to manage an increasingly comlex foreign and security policy challenge.

Long gone are the days of the John Howard formula that Australia did not have to...

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How can we make families safer? Get men to change their violent behaviour

  • Written by: Kelsey Hegarty, Professor of Family Violence Prevention, Royal Women's Hospital and the Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne
How can we make families safer? Get men to change their violent behaviourSome men don't realise their abusive behaviour constitutes domestic violence. This needs to change.Africa Studio/Shutterstock

Domestic violence creates an unhealthy and toxic family environment that devastates the lives of all members of the family.

Domestic violence not only causes physical injury, it can also contribute to a range of mental health...

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ALP urges Fair Work Commission to give "substantial" minimum wage increase

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

The Labor opposition has called for a “substantial” increase in the minimum wage, in a submission lodged with the Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review.

But the ALP has not put a figure on the amount it believes would be appropriate.

With Bill Shorten making wages one of the centrepieces of his election pitch, the submission...

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why is Australian satire so rarely risky?

  • Written by: Alex Cothren, PhD Candidate, Flinders University
why is Australian satire so rarely risky?Charlie Pickering may be a witty and intelligent young man, but he’s too reassuring a presence compared to surveyors of the edge of chaos.ABC

About a year ago, a Daily Telegraph journalist rang one of us (let’s call him Robert for convenience). She was writing a story about how political correctness was killing comedy and wanted an...

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