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October 1, 2021

3 reasons people with power are more likely to make bad decisions

Daniel de Zilva, Macquarie University

Feeling powerful makes us more prone to overvaluing our own perspective, dismissing the expertise of others, and failing to recognise limitations.

Australia’s major newspapers still seem to prefer male columnists. Paul Miller/AAP

November 17, 2016

Yes, you’re entitled to your opinion – but it helps if you’re a man

Danielle Wood, Grattan Institute

Why are the opinion pages of Australia’s media pages less diverse than even ASX 200 boards?

Fairfax Media has confirmed 25 staff from its business media unit will be made redundant as Fairfax moves toward further integrating its metropolitan mastheads. AAP/Dean Lewins

October 1, 2013

Fairfax staff cuts will worsen decline in corporate investigations

Andrea Carson, The University of Melbourne

Yesterday’s announcement of another 45 jobs to go at Australia’s second largest newspaper proprietor Fairfax Media is yet another marker in the decline of Australia’s print media news sector. In an email…

Boards will need to be ‘six-capital literate’ in order to assess performance, identify risks and develop strategy. Shutterstock

June 20, 2013

Integrated reporting to walk more than the bottom line

Carol A Adams, Monash University

Paul Druckman, the CEO of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), recently led the coalition’s global charge on corporate reporting changes to Australia, where he bolstered support and talked…

Big Business - like Big Government and Big Unions - should be held to account fearlessly by our media. But all too often the media pick sides.

April 15, 2013

Paddy Manning got it right, Australian business media is failing its customers

Sinclair Davidson, RMIT University

Last week business journalist Paddy Manning abruptly left Fairfax Media after criticising his employer in public, and in a rival publication. His departure is not surprising – but there is much more to…

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