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Film Thor promises an Australian jobs bonanza, but don't believe the hype

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imageDirector Ridley Scott was beamed via TV into last week's press conference.AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Flanked by a smiling telecast of actor Chris “Thor” Hemsworth and director Ridley Scott, foreign minister Julie Bishop and arts minister Mitch Fifield last week announced some blockbuster news for the Australian film industry.

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Politics podcast: John Blaxland on his new book, The Official History of ASIO

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imageAuthor and academic John Blaxland.Supplied

Michelle Grattan discusses the newly released book The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO 1963-1975 with its author, John Blaxland. Among several controversies, they review the evidence supporting conspiracy theories surrounding the dismissal of the Whitlam government and the fractious...

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