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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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