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Banking Royal Commission’s damning report: ‘Things are so bad that new laws might not help’

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Banking Royal Commission's damning report: 'Things are so bad that new laws might not help' Peter Martin, The Conversation Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has identified “greed” as the key reason banks and other financial institutions repeatedly broke the law, along with an inability to manage, and repeated decisions by the Securities...
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With Justin Milne gone, how does the ABC go about restoring its crucial independence?

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Andrew Dodd, University of Melbourne The ABC’s former chairman, Justin Milne, has propelled himself from obscurity to infamy in just four days. Along the way, he has ended the tenure of the ABC’s first female managing director, prompted two federal inquiries, revealed the dysfunctional relationship between the national broadcaster’s board...
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Government sets up inquiry into embattled ABC chairman’s email

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Government sets up inquiry into embattled ABC chairman's email Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The government has ordered an investigation into ABC chairman Justin Milne’s reported email that urged then managing director Michelle Guthrie to “get rid of” a senior journalist who had angered the Turnbull government. With the ABC in crisis...
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A Parliamentary Democracy for Everybody

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Forget what politicians say. What truly matters is what they do. And what they do is vote, to write our laws which affect us all. A Parliamentary Democracy for Everybody In Australia, every 3 years or so, we all head to polling places across the country to elect individuals to represent us in...
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Malcolm Fraser’s political manifesto would make good reading for the Morrison government

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Members of the Liberal Party’s latter-day “broad church” could do worse than secure copies of these Malcolm Fraser’s manifesto for a new political party. AAP/ Luis Enrique Ascui Tony Walker, La Trobe University Malcolm Fraser died on March 20, 2015, just a little more than three years ago. One can only speculate...
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Scott Morrison is the new Prime Minister after Peter Dutton’s giant miscalculation

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Scott Morrison is the new Prime Minister after Peter Dutton’s giant miscalculation Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Scott Morrison is Australia’s new prime minister, beating Peter Dutton by 45-40 votes after a week in which the government imploded and the Liberal party tore itself apart. The third contender, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop,...
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A shocker performance, even by coup standards

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View from The Hill: A shocker performance, even by coup standards Scott Morrison is sworn in as the 30th prime minister of Australia by Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove. AAP/Lukas Coch Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra When they turn nasty, politicians can be an extraordinarily ugly lot. This week, the Liberals looked hideous –...
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Senior ministers deal death blow to Malcolm Turnbull’s prime ministership

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Senior ministers deal death blow to Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership Michaelia Cash and Mathias Cormann have delivered the death blow to the prime ministership of Malcolm Turnbull. AAP/Sam Mooy Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Malcolm Turnbull has been delivered a political death blow, with the resignation of three senior cabinet ministers – Mathias...
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How to move energy policy models beyond bias and vested interests

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How to move energy policy models beyond bias and vested interests How to move energy policy models beyond bias and vested interests Modelling should be a chance to test your assumptions, not just confirm them. Shutterstock Shirin Malekpour, Monash University and Enayat A. Moallemi, UNSW The Turnbull government’s flagship energy plan, the National Energy Guarantee,...
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FactCheck: GetUp! on the impact of US corporate tax cuts on wages

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Economic modelling produced by Victoria University’s Centre of Policy Studies (and of which I was an author) finds that despite stimulating growth in pre-tax real wages, a company tax cut would cause a fall in the average incomes of the Australian population. FactCheck: GetUp! on the impact of US corporate...
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