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Abdel-Magied Anzac row is a storm over not much

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageIt is important to remember Yassmin Abdel-Magied's comment was not made when she was actually presenting on the ABC.http://www.yassminam.com/

There are two issues in the latest episode of the culture wars, sparked by the Anzac Day Facebook comment by controversial young Muslim activist and part-time ABC presenter Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

One is what...

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The schoolgirls of Charles Blackman – haunting works from a politically innocent age

  • Written by: Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
imagePart of Charles Blackman's The Exchange, 1952, oil on plywood on composition board 91.7 x 91.7 cm National Gallery of Victoria © Charles Blackman

Charles Blackman first came to prominence in the early 1950s when he exhibited his schoolgirl series of paintings and drawings in Melbourne. Although subsequently his Alice in Wonderland series...

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Explainer: what is reflation and is Australia experiencing it?

  • Written by: Lee Smales, Associate Professor, Finance, Curtin Graduate School of Business, Curtin University
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Since the 2007 global financial crisis, policy makers have been fighting deflationary (falling prices) and disinflationary (prices rising at slow rate) pressures. But the global economy finally appears to be entering reflation – a period of higher prices together with stronger growth.

This is good news for households, businesses and...

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Politics podcast: Peter Jennings on North Korea's aggression

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

As North Korea continues to antagonise the US and its allies, the prospect of war hangs in the air. But Peter Jennings, executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, says he doesn’t think we’ll see armed conflict with North Korea any time this year.

“I think the US has now resolved that it’s going to...

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