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The hashtag conundrum: how should journalists negotiate public and private on social media?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageTwitter campaigns like #letthemstay pose difficult questions for journalists reporting on the issue.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

Journalistic objectivity has come under the spotlight as debate rages over a recent High Court decision that ruled that offshore processing of asylum seekers is legal.

This is no doubt an emotionally charged debate, and the way...

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Untangling the debate on bracket creep, corporate tax rates and negative gearing

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Much of the current tax debate is mangled by poor analysis and misconceptions. Let’s consider three topics: “bracket creep”; corporate tax rates; and negative gearing.

The fact that inflation, more precisely wages growth, pushes individuals into higher marginal tax brackets has been advanced as the rationale for a variety of tax...

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Timeline: the history of gravity

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
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Our understanding of gravity has gone through a few permutations, from Newton’s equations through to Einstein’s general relativity. With today’s discovery of gravitational waves, we look back on how our grasp of gravity has evolved over the centuries.


1687: Newtonian gravity

Isaac Newton...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Nationals' leadership change

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

In the wake of a leadership change in the National Party, a question hangs over how Barnaby Joyce will handle the added responsibilities of being deputy prime minister.

University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan examine what Joyce describes as the coming “business partnership” between...

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