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Privatising WestConnex is the biggest waste of public funds for corporate gain in Australian history

  • Written by: Christopher Standen, Transport Analyst, University of Sydney
Privatising WestConnex is the biggest waste of public funds for corporate gain in Australian historyGladys Berejiklian's government will pay for much of WestConnex construction, give away other toll roads, guarantee annual toll increases and force motorists to use the toll road.AAP Image/Joel Carrett

The NSW government has confirmed it will sell 51% of WestConnex — the nation’s biggest road infrastructure project — to a...

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ABC boss Michelle Guthrie sacked, but the board won’t say why

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

The major question following the sacking of ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie is why? Why did the ABC board move so decisively and why now?

Was it just about tension between her and the corporation chair, Justin Milne, or was it about strategic direction for the national broadcaster?

In this special edition of Media Files, Monash...

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Why the increased penalties for strawberry sabotage will do little to prevent the crime

  • Written by: Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
Why the increased penalties for strawberry sabotage will do little to prevent the crimePrime Minister Scott Morrison and Attorney-General Christian Porter announced that sabotaging food will now attract a penalty of up to 15 years' imprisonment.AAP/Lukas Coch

The fruit contamination crisis has delivered a devastating blow to the growers of Australia. The crisis is now so big it seems to have reached New Zealand as well.

Producers and...

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It's better light, not worse behaviour, that explains crimes on a full moon

  • Written by: Wayne Petherick, Associate professor of criminology, Bond University
It's better light, not worse behaviour, that explains crimes on a full moonWhen people know it's a full moon, they tend to use it to explain all sorts of human behaviour. Todd Diemer/Unsplash, CC BY

It’s a full Moon on September 25.

If past months have been anything to go by, this will be accompanied by a round of public chat about how this affects human behaviour – claims of more hospital admissions and...

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