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Senate to inquire into Nauru and Manus Island

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

The Senate has set up an inquiry into the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru and Manus Island, to report by late March next year.

The inquiry, supported by Labor, Greens and several crossbenchers (the three from the Nick Xenophon Team, Derryn Hinch, and Jacqui Lambie) was carried 35-27 and will be done by the Senate’s legal and...

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On the life of an adjective

  • Written by: Kevin Brophy, Professor of Creative writing, University of Melbourne

Adjectives have always been out there, mobs of them pressing on the outside walls, their faces against the windows, their shoulders at the doors. They just want to be inside close to all the nouns that have gathered indoors over the years.

imageAdjectives can spur furious debate: people can perceive this dress as white and gold or blue and black.Tumblr

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Fifteen years on from 9/11, we calculated the true cost to business

  • Written by: Gabriele Suder, Principal Fellow, Faculty of Business & Economics/Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne

The costs of global terrorism on business go beyond the destruction caused in the attacks, to impact the value of brands and supply chains for products, new research shows. It can also give a competitive edge to some companies while destroying others.

In the 15 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, terrorism and its tragic consequences...

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When political self-interest decides donations rules, what chance reform in the public interest?

  • Written by: Colleen Lewis, Adjunct Professor, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University
imageMalcolm Turnbull has suggested the political donations issue is complex.EPA/Made Nagi

Amid debate over Labor senator Sam Dastyari accepting A$1,600 from a Chinese company to cover a travel bill, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten last week put forward some proposals to reform Australia’s federal political donations regime.

This was an attempt by...

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