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Bowen fires back in economy debate

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Bowen fires back in economy debateChris Bowen will deliver his first economic speech of the year.

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen will pitch to workers’ discontents when he declares in his first economic speech of the year that they are being denied “a fair go”.

“Under the Liberals, the economy is not working for working people,” Bowen will say,...

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McGowan remains tight-lipped about refugee legislation despite removal of children

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

The government has finalised the removal of the last children from Nauru, as it battles to head off a parliamentary defeat on legislation to facilitate medical transfers from offshore.

Scott Morrison and Immigration Minister David Coleman said on Sunday: “There are now only four asylum seeker children on Nauru and they have all been approved...

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Behrouz Boochani's literary prize cements his status as an Australian writer

  • Written by: Keyvan Allahyari, PhD candidate in English, University of Melbourne

When the author Richard Flanagan described Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker currently held on Manus Island, as “a great Australian writer”, he turned tired cliché into a pointed question: what makes an “Australian” writer?

Behrouz Boochani's literary prize cements his status as an Australian writerNo Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani.Pan Macmillan

Flanagan was...

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Tasmania’s gambling election shows Australia needs tougher rules on money in politics

  • Written by: Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute

Today’s Commonwealth donations data release is a stark reminder of the deep flaws in our political donations system.

Contributions to political parties are revealed up to 19 months after the event, and sometimes not at all.

With most states now operating far more transparent regimes, the only conceivable explanation for the current...

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