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Noel Pearson and White Masochism

  • Written by: Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University
imageNoel Pearson

What a pathetic figure Noel Pearson has become. Having cajoled and bullied one government after another into pouring millions into his pet schemes, thereby depriving more worthy Indigenous projects of funds, they have failed, failed and failed again. And so he resorts to type, casting around for someone to blame, venting his seemingly...

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Echo Chamber? What Echo Chamber?

  • Written by: Axel Bruns, Professor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology

The recent emergence and success of political movements that appear to be immune to any factual evidence that contradicts their claims – from climate change denialists through Brexiteers to the ‘alt-right’, neo-fascist groups supporting Donald Trump – has reinvigorated claims that social media spaces constitute so-called...

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There's hope for Tasmania in the post-mining boom era

  • Written by: Mala Raghavan, Lecturer of Economics, University of Tasmania

States like Tasmania have benefited from the end of the mining boom says Christopher Kent, speaking for the last time as the RBA Chief Economist. Lower interest rates have boosted the housing markets, and a lower Australian dollar has made agriculture and services more competitive in these states.

But the news isn’t all rosy. Deloitte Access...

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Schoolies risking health with alcohol and energy drink mix: report

  • Written by: Jocelyn Wright, Editorial Intern, The Conversation
imageNew research has found a link between drinking alcohol mixed with energy drinks and risk-taking behaviour. AdamChandler/Flickr, CC BY

Young people are fuelling big nights out by drinking alcohol mixed with energy drinks to help them party through the night, according to a new Victorian government report.

The VicHealth report found that people who...

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