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When whistleblowers are prosecuted, it has a chilling effect on press freedom in Australia

  • Written by: Johan Lidberg, Associate Professor, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University

Fear is a tricky thing. It’s often hard to distinguish between what is real and perceived danger. US President Donald Trump, being more comfortable with autocrats than democratic leaders, is arguably a real danger to the world order.

But a former Australian spook blowing the whistle on our spy agencies eavesdropping on an impoverished...

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Disillusioned voters find it easy to embrace a crossbencher like Rebekha Sharkie

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

More than two decades ago Alexander Downer stood aside as opposition leader for John Howard, paving the way for the 1996 Coalition election win. This week Howard was in Mayo, his former foreign minister’s one-time South Australian seat, campaigning for Downer’s daughter Georgina.

When the Super Saturday byelections were called, the...

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what is parricide and how common is it in Australia?

  • Written by: Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University
what is parricide and how common is it in Australia?Police at the scene in Ellenbrook, Western Australia, where the bodies of a mother and her two children were found. Her 19-year-old son has since been charged with their murder.AAP/Bohdan Warchomij

The recent killing of a young mother and two of her children in Western Australia, allegedly by the woman’s 19-year-old son, has attracted...

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Rising reliance on personal income tax signals need for bolder reforms

  • Written by: Phil Lewis, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has just released a report on trends in Commonwealth taxation receipts. While supporting the expectations of a budget in balance by 2019-20, it exposes worrying trends in the balance of the burden of taxes in Australia. In particular, its analysis of trends in the composition of tax revenue identifies an...

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