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Dhaka café attack: don't blame private education for radicalisation in Bangladesh

  • Written by: M Niaz Asadullah, Professor of Development Economics and Deputy Director of the Centre for Poverty and Development Studies (CPDS), University of Malaya
imageBangladesh’s ruling party ministers say private schools and universities are responsible for the recent surge in terrorism, which includes the attack on a bakery in Dhaka.Suvra Kanti Das/Newzulu

Many experts and development organisations advocate greater provision of fee-charging for-profit schools in developing countries.

According to the...

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Politics podcast: Tom Calma says Nigel Scullion should go

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

The royal commission into the Northern Territory’s youth detention and child protection systems has had a shaky start. The Four Corners program that spurred the federal government into action has also raised questions about its previous knowledge of reports of abuse at the Don Dale detention centre.

Chancellor of the University of Canberra...

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Economists react: RBA cuts rates to 1.5%

  • Written by: Jenni Henderson, Assistant Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered the cash rate to 1.5% in an effort to stimulate growth, boost inflation and encourage a fall in the Australian dollar.

The cut of 25 basis points from 1.75% is the last decision from outgoing RBA Governor Glenn Stevens. In a statement on the rate decision he says:

“Low interest rates have been...

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The great movie scenes: Hitchcock's Vertigo

  • Written by: Bruce Isaacs, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney
imageJames Stewart and Kim Novak in Vertigo (1958).Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions

What makes a film a classic? In a new monthly column, film scholar Bruce Isaacs looks at a single sequence from a classic film and analyses its brilliance.

He starts here with Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) – recently voted the greatest film ever made in a...

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