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The “golden tonsils” of John Laws fall silent, aged 90

By Denis Muller John Laws was one of the most influential, commercially successful yet polarising figures in the history of Australian radio broadcasting. He has died at

Backflip on super tax reform a more realistic outcome

By David Hughes Federal Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers has announced a significant shift in the Commonwealth Government’s approach to the so-called Div 296 tax on

Six trends driving “harmful masculine norms”

By Michael Flood Rigid norms of manhood, based in manly confidence and toughness, emotional stoicism, disdain for femininity, and dog-eat-dog banter, are influential

Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion

By Leonora Risse All those thousands of hours that Australians put towards unpaid household work and care – cooking, cleaning and caring for family members – are an

The form RBA will consider on Melbourne Cup day

By Stella Huangfu Inflation jumped 1.3 percent in the September quarter, above economists’ and the Reserve Bank’s own expectations. That is likely to rule out a cut

Crimefluencers target teen girls in “twisted” gamification

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett addressed the National Press Club in Canberra today (Oct 29). Here is an edited excerpt of her speech: Some of this

5 charts that show the desperate plight of youth

By Intifar Chowdhury Australia is becoming increasingly unequal. The story is unmissably generational: young Australians today face a tougher reality than their parents

Questions raised over BoM’s new website and radar viewer

By Anthony Cornelius I’ve tried very hard not to weigh in on the BoM’s new website rollout, but after the flood of emails and messages from people who were

Timely reminders around legal professional privilege

By Alan Wrigley and Caitlin Miller Some recent court decisions serve as timely reminders of the fundamental principles relating to waiver of legal professional

What will happen to the Louvre jewellery after the heist?

By Andreas Schloenhardt The spectacular heist of jewellery from the Louvre museum in Paris has many people wondering how a theft like this could occur in broad daylight

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