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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Joe Hockey's waning popularity

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University of Canberra Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Nicholas Klomp and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including former treasurer Peter Costello’s criticism of Treasurer Joe Hockey’s handling of tax reform, the Prime Minister’s promise to get taxes down and the first COAG meeting for 2015.

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Shift to online music underscores power of a handful of tech giants

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imageThey came in like a wrecking ball... online firms like YouTube, Spotify and Apple have fundamentally changed the way we consume. But whose rights are protected?AAP Image/Julian Smith

Digital music downloads and online streaming sales have now overtaken sales of CDs and records for the first time, underscoring just how fundamentally the internet has...

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  2. Challenger debate shows Cameron should be afraid — but not as afraid as Nick Clegg
  3. Making films is never easy but we can fix the local industry
  4. China's growing labour movement offers hope for workers globally
  5. Explainer: COAG and the 'GST carve-up'
  6. East-West Link shows miserable failure of planning process
  7. Making schools safer and more welcoming for LGBTQI students
  8. Dr Karl didn't breach ethics, but now he should spruik the science
  9. Adoption has a role in child protection but it's no panacea
  10. True Detective, Breaking Bad – the simple truth about complexity
  11. Fortescue's roster changes signal waning of the cashed-up FIFO era
  12. Investor rights to sue governments pose real dangers
  13. High youth unemployment can't be blamed on wages
  14. Getting in early to avoid gender stereotyping careers
  15. The alpine grazing debate was never about science
  16. Government inquiry takes aim at green charities that 'get political'
  17. A prescription for better health: exercise after prostate cancer
  18. Good news: fatal shootings are now less common in Australia, NZ, Canada and even the US
  19. Measuring the value of science: it's not always about the money
  20. Flashbulb memories – why do we remember learning about dramatic events so vividly?
  21. Manifesto Check: on immigration, UKIP offers only confusion
  22. Manifesto Check: UKIP’s sums add up but should be treated with caution
  23. Should professions like pilots have less medical privacy?
  24. Q A: what is being done to stem migrant crossings in the Mediterranean?
  25. Fact check: has arts funding been decimated or protected?
  26. Manifesto Check: Lib Dems commit to skills, but some policies miss the mark
  27. Manifesto Check: Greens go big on environment but what’s the political end game?
  28. The rather large cost UKIP forgot to mention in its manifesto
  29. UKIP manifesto a bid for credibility after disappointing campaign kick off
  30. What Helen Zille's departure means for South Africa's main opposition party
  31. Manifesto Check: Liberal Democrats' mental health policy leaves out the detail
  32. International community must not ignore the plight of 'Mandela of the Maldives'
  33. AMA's 'bleak' outlook for hospitals strengthens premiers' case on funding
  34. Manifesto Check: Greens put ideology over evidence on education
  35. Human and technical ingenuity will be required to defeat shape-shifting malware
  36. Manifesto Check: Tories promise more of the same on energy and the environment
  37. Teletubbies galore: do we need remakes of classic children's TV?
  38. Boycott makes Sudan election result a foregone conclusion (which it was in any case)
  39. Manifesto Check: Conservatives convince on cutting the deficit but the price may be growth
  40. Focusing on education is a dangerous strategy for the Liberal Democrats
  41. Manifesto Check: Conservatives fudge the numbers on apprenticeships
  42. Shipping oil by rail is booming. Technology can make it safer
  43. Poor doors highlight social costs of growing up in the shadow of wealth
  44. Chromosome errors cause many pregnancies to end before they are even detected
  45. Corporate hostility to 'religious freedom' laws shows vital role of business pushing social issues
  46. Another standardized test -- this one called PARCC! But, here's what's different
  47. A new civil rights movement may emerge in the wake of police shootings
  48. Tories offer the dream of home ownership – but do Britons want it any more?
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