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Now Malcolm Turnbull is the sniper at the window

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

There’s a nice story about Arthur Fadden - the Country Party leader who became PM in the 1941 hung parliament amid conservative leadership turmoil - deciding not to move into the Lodge after a colleague told him he’d “scarcely have enough time to wear a track from the backdoor to the shithouse before you’ll be out”.

Th...

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What does the future newsroom look like?

  • Written by: Andrea Carson, Incoming Associate Professor at LaTrobe University. Former Lecturer, Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences; Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
What does the future newsroom look like?Alan Soon of Splice Media is promising a million dollars to give to start-ups to transform media in Asia.Shutterstock

Today on Media Files, a podcast about the major themes and issues in the media, we’re looking at the future newsroom.

We often hear about the doom and gloom of established media companies as they shed staff and revenues, but...

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Anne Summers on #MeToo and women in politics

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Anne Summers on #MeToo and women in politics

Anne Summers, who has worn many hats during her career - journalist, editor, activist, senior public servant, and prime ministerial advisor - is concerned about the slow progress in Australia in addressing sexual harassment and assault.

“I don’t know what it is that is holding [MeToo] back here,” Summers tells The Conversation....

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Earth’s wilderness is vanishing, and just a handful of nations can save it

  • Written by: James Allan, Postdoctoral research fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
Earth’s wilderness is vanishing, and just a handful of nations can save itBrazil, home to the Amazon, is one of just five 'mega-wilderness' countries.CIFOR, Author provided

Just 20 countries are home to 94% of the world’s remaining wilderness, excluding the high seas and Antarctica, according to our new global wilderness map, published today in Nature.

A century ago, wilderness extended over most of the planet....

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