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Shoving a sock in it is not the answer. Have advertisers called time on Alan Jones?

  • Written by: Amanda Spry, Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University
Shoving a sock in it is not the answer. Have advertisers called time on Alan Jones?More than 50 advertisers have so far withdrawn from Alan Jones’ 2GB radio show, buoyed by social media campaigns naming and shaming those who remain.AAP/Paul Braven, CC BY-ND

When Alan Jones encouraged Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to “shove a sock down” the throat of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, it was...

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G7 throws up plenty of controversy and debate, but little compromise

  • Written by: Susan Harris Rimmer, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
G7 throws up plenty of controversy and debate, but little compromisePrime Minister Scott Morrison met with US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, among others, at the summit in France.AP/EPA/Ian Langsdon

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has had a busy fortnight of international diplomacy. Barely had the dust settled from his performance at the Pacific Island Forum in Tuvalu, than the prime...

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why the Hong Kong government must accept that compromise is the only way forward

  • Written by: Amanda Tattersall, Postdoc in Urban Geography and Research Lead at Sydney Policy Lab. Host of ChangeMakers Podcast., University of Sydney
why the Hong Kong government must accept that compromise is the only way forwardAs the violence continues to escalate in Hong Kong, Chief Executive Carrie Lam hasn't signalled she is willing to seriously negotiate with the protesters.Jerome Favre/AAP

The Hong Kong protest movement is not deescalating – nor will it. Having battled for 12 weeks, this multi-million-person movement has lasted much longer than the...

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Explainer: the ideas of Foucault

  • Written by: Christopher Pollard, Tutor in Philosophy and Sociology, Deakin University
Explainer: the ideas of FoucaultMichel Foucault argued that surveillance, such as CCTV, is used to enforce social norms. From www.shutterstock.com

Michel Foucault was one of the most famous thinkers of the late 20th century, achieving celebrity-like status before his untimely death in 1984.

His academic career culminated in a 1970 appointment as “professor of history of...

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