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26 May
Law & Politics

Changing the optics of politics

  • 26/05/2022
  • By author-avatar Noel Turnbull
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Almost everyone will have ideas on what should be the priorities for the incoming Albanese government. While the manifesto was polic...

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24 May
Law & Politics

Liberal Party: Following the Christian right into electoral wilderness

  • 24/05/2022
  • By author-avatar Si Gladman
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Christian right lobby groups now have the Liberal Party they want – a lot more conservative and no doubt a lot more favourable to their...

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04 May
Law & Politics

Trapped in a cycle of distrust

  • 05/05/2022
  • By author-avatar Emma Quilty
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Australia and the rest of the world have had a couple of very rough years. Throughout the pandemic and its attendant restrictions, vacc...

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27 Apr
Law & Politics

The death of traditional journalism

  • 27/04/2022
  • By author-avatar David James
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Journalism is a humble activity, or at least it should be. To be a reporter in a newsroom is to be continually confronted with severe o...

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22 Apr
Law & Politics

Why you need to watch out for strategic lies in the federal election

  • 22/04/2022
  • By author-avatar Caroline Fisher
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During the federal election, politicians of all persuasions will use a range of campaigning and spin tactics. But there is a difference...

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20 Apr
Law & Politics

The election is a race – it’s a horse race

  • 20/04/2022
  • By author-avatar Trevor Bell
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Adam Bandt’s appearance at the National Press Club may well be remembered in Australian political folklore for the response to that ‘co...

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14 Apr
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Political advertising in Australia: Few restrictions, no spending limit, and almost no oversight

  • 14/04/2022
  • By author-avatar Anika Stobart
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So the federal election is on. Billboards are suddenly plastered with party slogans, campaign ads are all around us, and our social med...

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09 Apr
Law & Politics

A review: The struggle for India’s soul

  • 10/04/2022
  • By author-avatar Reg Naulty
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What precipitated Shashi Tharoor’s new book, The Struggle for India’s Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy, is the path taken by...

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06 Apr
Law & Politics

Both facts and fake news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine are spread on social media

  • 07/04/2022
  • By author-avatar Richard Lachman
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As the story goes, in the 1780s, a former lover of the Empress of Russia wanted to impress her with his efforts to build empire in what...

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25 Mar
Law & Politics

What social science is telling us about polarisation (Part 2)

  • 25/03/2022
  • By author-avatar Noel Turnbull
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This article is published in two parts. You can read Part 1 here. Despite George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language, there h...

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