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Critics of Modi's first year forget the legacy he faced

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imageSome have accused Narendra Modi of leading a 'directionless' government, but his focus has been on tackling some of India's biggest pain points.Harish Tyagi/EPA/AAP

One of the major criticisms of Modi’s first year in government has been that the economy under Modi is directionless. This is understandable since it’s difficult to put the...

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Commercial current affairs and the case of Cardinal Pell

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image60 Minutes/Nine Network/YouTube

An early finding of the ARC-funded research I and my QUT colleagues are doing on the Australian political media is the gradual withdrawal of free-to-air commercial TV from the current affairs space. If I may paraphrase an old Soviet joke – there’s as much current affairs in A Current Affair as there is...

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Grattan on Friday: Pugilist Abbott spins for fights

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imagePrime Minister Tony Abbott's default political position is confrontation.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Liberal backbencher Craig Laundy, who won the marginal Sydney seat of Reid from Labor in 2013, this week started making videos that he’s promoting as “spin-free”.

Laundy, a former hotelier used to plain speaking, is one of a rare backbench...

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The Terminator as boss: why mass sackings don't work

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imageIt will take more than a major round of redundancies to save Malaysia Airlines.Fazray Ismail/EPA/AAP

Malaysia Airlines recently appointed a new CEO, Christoph Mueller, to turn around its failing fortunes. After the dual tragedies of 2014, and even before, the organisation has been struggling. Its traumatised employees have had much to deal with,...

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