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Coal fires Tony Abbott's pre-Newspoll play

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

One Liberal moderate bluntly characterises the “Monash Forum”, which burst into the energy debate this week, as “the deplorables trying to give themselves a credible front”.

Whatever else it might be, the so-called forum is Tony Abbott’s latest weapon in baiting the Turnbull bear.

Coalition backbenchers who signed the...

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The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony highlighted the chasm between Indigenous representation and reality

  • Written by: Eddie Synot, Academic, Learning Assistance Officer, GUMURRII Student Support Unit, Griffith Law School, Griffith University

The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony sought to present Australian history as a seamless 65,000-year progression into a modern, welcoming nation. But at the same time there was a protest outside the stadium, organised by the Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance against the “Stolenwealth” accumulated violently by the Commonwealth...

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'Super gonorrhoea' raises the stakes in the war against superbugs

  • Written by: Mark Blaskovich, Senior Research Officer, The University of Queensland
'Super gonorrhoea' raises the stakes in the war against superbugsAntibiotic resistance is not new but recent developments increase the urgency for action.Shutterstock

There has been a lot of news over the past few weeks about the rise of superbugs and antibiotic overuse, including a nasty sexually transmitted infection in the United Kingdom. A British man is the first in the world to be diagnosed with a strain...

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Michael Keating on a Fair Share

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Michael Keating on a Fair ShareMarco Verch/shutterstock

With the debate about equality heating up ahead of the federal election, Dr Michael Keating, the former head of three federal government departments, warns that while past economic reforms have served Australia well, there’s a risk some people may be left behind if we don’t “change the debate”.

A new...

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