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Trumping musical misappropriation

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imageRepublican frontrunner Donald Trump on the campaign trail.Reuters

American presidential candidate, billionaire and television personality Donald Trump made headlines (yet again) yesterday, this time for playing the 1987 REM hit It’s the End of The World as We Know It at a political rally in Washington DC.

REM lead singer Michael Stipe’s r...

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Are we all shills for Big Tobacco?

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On September 9, the Financial Review carried a lead story about how Sydney University, fresh from efforts to significantly reduce fossil fuels within its $1.4b portfolio, was now investing in British American Tobacco, beer giant SAB Miller and FEMSA, a big Mexican Coca-Cola and Powerade bottler.

Earlier this year, in response to the...

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Ignored by the government, shrunk by resignations – where now for Australia's Climate Change Authority?

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imageBernie Fraser, Greg Hunt and Clive Palmer announce the Climate Change Authority's emissions trading review last year, after Palmer prevented the authority being abolished.AAP/Alan Porritt

Bernie Fraser’s resignation as chairman of Australia’s Climate Change Authority has left many wondering what is left of it and what its future might...

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