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ABC Board Chair over-reaches in a bid to appease hostile government

  • Written by: Andrew Linden, Sessional Lecturer, PhD (Management) Candidate, School of Management, RMIT University

Update: Justin Milne has now resigned as chair of the ABC board.


Reports of the contents of leaked emails written by ABC Board Chair Justin Milne provide a powerful insight into how governments of the day can exert influence over what parliament had intended to be an independent agency.

The emails have emerged in the wake of the ABC board’s...

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Why a separate holiday for Indigenous Australians misses the point

  • Written by: Dominic O'Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
Why a separate holiday for Indigenous Australians misses the pointInvasion Day protests have been growing in size and number across the country in recent years.Glenn Hunt/AAP

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has floated the idea of a new national holiday to recognise the achievements of Indigenous Australians. The proposal is a pre-emptive strike against what he called the “indulgent self-loathing” of...

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Why AFL commentary works the same way as Iron Age epic poetry

  • Written by: Erin Sebo, Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Flinders University
Erin Sabo reads from the epic poem Beowulf in Old English. Erin Sabo257 KB(download)

The clip above is English, more or less, as it was for the first half millennium of its existence. Although it sounds alien, the basic vocabulary is familiar. Except for the odd rune, like “þ” (which equals “th”), to...

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Full response from Pauline Hanson for a FactCheck on English language proficiency in Australia

  • Written by: Lucinda Beaman, FactCheck Editor

In a Senate speech, Pauline Hanson said “a growing number of people in Australia cannot speak English well or at all, over a million people”.

In response to The Conversation’s request for sources and comment for inclusion in this FactCheck, an advisor to Senator Hanson sent the following:

Full response from Pauline Hanson for a FactCheck on English language proficiency in AustraliaTable provided by the office of Senator...

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  4. Growers are in a jam now, but strawberry sabotage may well end up helping the industry
  5. Unexpected find from a neutron star forces a rethink on radio jets
  6. Government sets up inquiry into embattled ABC chairman's email
  7. Brendan O'Connor on Labor's industrial relations agenda
  8. There is nothing sacrosanct about corporate culture; we can and must regulate it
  9. Clementine Ford reveals the fragility behind 'toxic masculinity' in Boys Will Be Boys
  10. why priests should be made to report child abuse revealed in confession
  11. Why malnutrition is an issue for more than half of patients in intensive care
  12. how to comfort a child whose sibling has died
  13. Guardian dogs, fencing, and 'fladry' protect livestock from carnivores
  14. One reason people install smart home tech is to show off to their friends
  15. Accurate. Objective. Transparent. Australians identify what they want in trustworthy media
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  17. The risks of a new Cold War between the US and China are real: here's why
  18. Study of 1.6 million grades shows little gender difference in maths and science at school
  19. New colour change wristbands help you balance too much sun vs not enough – no matter your skin tone
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  24. Battle won. Our budget woes are behind us
  25. Antarctica's 'moss forests' are drying and dying
  26. Labor drops in Newspoll but still has large lead; NSW ReachTEL poll tied 50-50
  27. Budget deficit comes in at $10.1 billion, in boost for early return to surplus
  28. Economic growth and 'Trump-proofing' – why the latest inter-Korea summit matters
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  30. Aged care failures show how little we value older people – and those who care for them
  31. An open letter on rental housing reform
  32. Despite her good intentions, Michelle Guthrie was never the right fit for the ABC
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  36. Automated vehicles may encourage a new breed of distracted drivers
  37. Privatising WestConnex is the biggest waste of public funds for corporate gain in Australian history
  38. ABC boss Michelle Guthrie sacked, but the board won’t say why
  39. Why the increased penalties for strawberry sabotage will do little to prevent the crime
  40. It's better light, not worse behaviour, that explains crimes on a full moon
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