Real journalists report the news, they don’t make it.
Apr 21, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
At QUTs Digital Media Research Centre we are about to complete ARC-funded research on the state of the Australian political news media. A key finding of the work has been the nearly complete withdrawal of commercial...
The real cost of Telstra's backflip on marriage equality
Apr 21, 2016 06:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Many major companies supporting marriage equality recently have been under pressure as the Catholic Church requested them to retreat from this campaign. Last week, Telstra appeared to fold to this pressure by retreating...
Government backflip on ASIC could be too little too late
Apr 21, 2016 06:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In announcing new money for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Treasurer and the Minister responsible Kelly ODwyer executed a synchronised back flip with tuck, declaring that The broad reform...
How to pick Australia's health and medical research priorities
Apr 21, 2016 06:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Earlier this month, Health Minister Sussan Ley announced the board of the Australian Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). It is led by Professor Ian Frazer, one of Australias most innovative and successful researchers who...
Building cool cities for a hot future
Apr 21, 2016 06:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Another hot and humid day in Sydney tomorrow with a maximum of 32 degrees in the city and 38 in the western suburbs. How many times have we heard that on TV or radio weather reports? But what would you think about...
It is a great deal easier to eviscerate an arts sector than it is to build one up
Apr 21, 2016 06:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
In Adelaide on Tuesday, a hundred-plus arts practitioners of different backgrounds rallied on the steps of Parliament House to protest one thing they all have in common: poor future prospects. In the lead up to the...
Stronger role for ombudsman is the key to protecting bank customers
Apr 21, 2016 06:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The federal government responded to calls for a banking royal commission with a raft of changes to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) but for consumers, who bore the brunt of the recent financial...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight