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When schmoozing the PM gets you a black eye

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

It was all gain for Scott Morrison when he took a bunch of senior colleagues to Nine’s Monday fundraiser which reaped mega dollars – the exact amount is unclear - for the Liberal party. Maximum productivity for minimum effort.

The pain was worn by Nine and its chief executive Hugh Marks, who faced a backlash from staff at the...

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Journalism is failing climate change

  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Editor & Executive Director, The Conversation
Journalism is failing climate changeCatlin Seaview Survey Underwater Earth

On a sunny day in Sydney last Sunday Tim Flannery, former Australian of the Year, appeared on a panel of international journalists convened to discuss the reporting of climate science. Kerry O’Brien kicked things off by asking about the prognosis. Flannery said he wouldn’t answer until the young...

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on a slowing economy

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

This week’s June quarter national accounts showed weakness in business investment and consumer spending, reflecting an all-round lack of confidence. Still, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg remains optimistic about the economy.

In this episode of Politics with Michelle Grattan, Frydenberg talks about the government’s discussions with the...

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More Articles …

  1. With conventional wisdom, answers to our economic malaise are in short supply
  2. Trump trails leading Democrats by record margins, plus Brexit latest and the LNP leads in Queensland
  3. Tiny specks in space could be the key to finding martian life
  4. Relaxing pharmacy ownership rules could result in more chemist chains and poorer care
  5. Kids learn valuable life skills through rough-and-tumble play with their dads
  6. what exactly do musical conductors do?
  7. Thinking of seeing a psychologist? Here's how to choose the therapy best for you
  8. Indigenous people no longer have the legal right to say no to the Adani mine
  9. Apple iPhones could have been hacked for years – here's what to do about it
  10. Outgoing ASIO head hopes for greater public preparedness to defend Australian sovereignty
  11. Why we've the weakest economy since the global financial crisis, with few clear ways out
  12. Agriculture a likely stumbling block in free trade negotiations between NZ and EU
  13. why are some people affected by sleep paralysis?
  14. where it hit, where it's headed, and why it's so destructive
  15. why are so many musicals adapted from movies?
  16. Health and sustainability market could be worth $25 billion to Australian producers by 2030
  17. Yes, you can hold an Australian passport but not be a citizen – here's how
  18. this sea snake gathers oxygen through its forehead
  19. Nice try Mr Taylor, but Australia's gas exports don't help solve climate change
  20. why your backyard lawn doesn't help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
  21. there's little evidence PFAS exposure harms our health
  22. the year's best photos of landscapes and living things
  23. people in their 90s are Australia's fastest growing senior age group
  24. how new tech could allow effective, sustainable land sharing
  25. After 44 years of deficits, we've a current account surplus. What went so right?
  26. Morrison and Dutton block their ears and grit their teeth over Tamil family
  27. We don't know menopausal hormone therapy causes breast cancer, but the evidence continues to suggest a link
  28. why the New Zealand government needs to act cautiously but quickly
  29. Maxine Peake brings warmth and likeability to raw, bitter pain in a candid tale of IVF failure
  30. 3 ways to help sex offenders safely reintegrate back into the community
  31. In the Democrats' bitter race to find a candidate to beat Trump, might Elizabeth Warren hold the key?
  32. IVF changes babies' genes but these differences disappear by adulthood
  33. it starts out OK, but goes downhill pretty quickly
  34. Not so bad. Most of us who work long hours like the jobs we are in. Those who don't, change jobs quickly
  35. how to love a concrete beast
  36. What it takes to navigate cultural differences in a global business world
  37. Bali's Green School inspires a global renaissance
  38. Victorians who switched energy retailers only save $45 a year – leaving hundreds on the table
  39. The Great Barrier Reef outlook is 'very poor'. We have one last chance to save it
  40. 'Lock-on devices' are a symbol of non-violent protest, but they might soon be banned in Queensland
  41. How clean is your hospital room? To reduce the spread of infections, it could probably be cleaner
  42. Time to make fast fashion a problem for its makers, not charities
  43. Grim fire season looms but many Australians remain unprepared
  44. New research shows vast majority of Hong Kong protesters support more radical tactics
  45. Australia has a paracetamol poisoning problem. This is what we should be doing to reduce harm
  46. Flexible working, the neglected congestion-busting solution for our cities
  47. Young people are quoted in only 1% of news stories that affect them. No wonder so few trust the media
  48. How to get people to eat bugs and drink sewage
  49. Waratah is an icon of the Aussie bush (and very nearly our national emblem)
  50. Graduates beware, don't fall for that unpaid job advert

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