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Ita Buttrose's appointment as new ABC chair a promising step in the right direction

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
Ita Buttrose's appointment as new ABC chair a promising step in the right directionIt is hoped new ABC chair Ita Buttrose will bring "a touch of healing" to the public broadcaster.AAP/Dan Himbrechts

In appointing Ita Buttrose to chair the ABC, the Morrison government might just have got it right, having got it so hopelessly wrong last time.

Buttrose comes with what might be called three big negative advantages:

  • she is not a former...

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Hsieh Hsüeh-hung, communist champion of Taiwanese self-determination

  • Written by: Antonia Finnane, Professor (honorary), University of Melbourne
Hsieh Hsüeh-hung, communist champion of Taiwanese self-determinationHsieh Hsüeh-hung and her partner in life and politics Yang K'o-huang in Beijing, 1949. Wikimedia Commons

In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages.

Every so often a woman takes up arms to lead a spirited struggle against invaders and occupiers of her homeland. Such women usually wind up dead at an early age, but they...

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Seven ways the government can make Australians safer – without compromising online privacy

  • Written by: Damien Manuel, Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI), Deakin University
Seven ways the government can make Australians safer – without compromising online privacyWe need a cyber safety equivalent to the Slip! Slop! Slap! campaign to nudge behavioural change in the community.Shutterstock

This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here.

Wh...

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Mary, Queen of Scots is newly relevant in the age of #MeToo

  • Written by: Rosalind Smith, Professor and Acting PVC Research and Innovation, University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle
Mary, Queen of Scots is newly relevant in the age of #MeTooSaoirse Ronan as Mary Stuart in Josie Rourke's 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots.Liam Daniel/Focus Features

The dramatic life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots is a hot topic in popular culture. Josie Rourke’s 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots has reached wide audiences, while the Sydney Theatre Company play Mary Stuart is playing to packed houses....

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  4. People and issues outside our big cities are diverse, but these priorities stand out
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  6. Royal commission on the abuse of disabled people to be announced soon
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  19. After Pell, the Catholic Church must undergo genuine reform
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