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Morrison's VET reforms offer the same old promises, with no more money

  • Written by: Patrick Locke, Research Associate, LCT Centre for Knowledge-Building, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney
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Prime Scott Morrison last week outlined a plan to create jobs and revitalise the economy post COVID-19. Part of this so-called Jobmaker plan includes an overhaul of the “bewildering”, “unresponsive” and “fundamentally flawed” skills sector.

Morrison’s reforms are based on Steven Joyce’s...

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Reports of 'revenge porn' skyrocketed during lockdown, we must stop blaming victims for it

  • Written by: Anastasia Powell, Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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As we have been cooped up at home during coronavirus lockdown, reports of image-based abuse have skyrocketed.

According to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, it received more than 1,000 reports of image-based abuse between March and May 2020. This represents a 210% increase on the average weekly number of reports they...

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40 years of Laibach – is this Slovenian avant-garde band the most controversial in rock history?

  • Written by: Andrew Dawson, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, University of Melbourne
40 years of Laibach – is this Slovenian avant-garde band the most controversial in rock history?Laibach/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

June, 1980, Laibach was formed. Soon, they became the musical wing of the Slovenian arts collective Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK), or New Slovenian Art. Comprising visual artists, theatre companies and a unit dedicated to social theory, NSK was concerned with exploring the relationships between art and politics.

Lai...

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