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'He' vs 'she' in Australian media coverage: what the language of news tells us about gender imbalance

  • Written by: Annabelle Lukin, Associate professor, Macquarie University

In the dying days of Australia’s first female prime ministership, then PM Julia Gillard struck out against the “blue tie brigade”. If Tony Abbott was elected, she argued, women would be “once again banished from the centre of Australia’s political life”.

News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt called her a “sexist...

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Politics podcast: John Blaxland on The Secret Cold War - The Official History of ASIO

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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In the third volume of The Official History of ASIO series, historians Dr John Blaxland and Dr Rhys Crawley examine the organisation’s role in the years leading to the end of the Cold War.

Blaxland tells Michelle Grattan that this is a story about looking at Australia in the ‘70s and '80s “through the glasses of an...

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Piketty challenges us to consider if we need to rein in wealth inequality

  • Written by: Frank Stilwell, Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney

French economist Thomas Piketty, currently in Australia, is known for his focus in on the inequality of wealth. His book on the topic has sold two and a half million copies worldwide, which is quite amazing for a book full of economic statistics and graphs.

Piketty concludes, optimistically, by saying that we don’t have to accept the...

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  8. Change Agents: Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway on Australia's most radical reform of local government
  9. Paid parental leave plan ignores economics of well-functioning families
  10. Blockchain: reinventing the squeaky wheel
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  12. Role of Solicitor-General has been damaged and the government must work to fix it
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  14. Reducing food waste could put birds and animals at risk
  15. Challenging the ‘birthright lottery’ can provide a better way to view refugees
  16. The election of Hillary Clinton promises a more dangerous world
  17. Asian home buyers less likely to default on their mortgage: study
  18. There’s no ‘Mars curse’ – it's just very hard to land there
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  23. Solicitor-General resigns – with a parting broadside at Brandis
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  29. History of Russian populism provides important lessons for today
  30. Spectacular cost blowouts show need to keep governments honest on transport
  31. Does CCTV footage help or hinder the reduction of violence against women?
  32. Buggered if I know where I am: the stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names
  33. The gas industry needs a carbon price to compete with coal
  34. What we know about perineal tearing, and how to reduce it during childbirth
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  36. Morrison targets state planning regulations as problem for housing affordability
  37. Turnbull beats Abbott with promise of party reform but what can he deliver?
  38. Is someone really trying to find out if they can destroy the internet?
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  40. Australia is at risk of losing migrants who are vital to the health of our economy
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  44. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the political gun debate
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