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Dylan is a musician, who has been well recognised in his field. Simon Murphy/Flickr

In honouring Dylan, the Nobel Prize judges have made a category error

Were there really no poets or novelists or essayists - no people who have spent their lives in the field of literature - considered Nobel-worthy? This nostalgic decision is discourteous to writers.
The virulence of some of the contemporary sexism against female politicians reflects the unrestraint that characterises the social media age. David Foote/AUSPIC

Grattan on Friday: Sometimes, sexism gets the reward it deserves

Four years after her famous ‘misogyny speech’ attacking Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard reflected this week on her experience as a woman at the top.
Bill Shorten says Donald Trump is ‘entirely unsuitable to be leader of the free world’. Mick Tsikas/AAP

Bill Shorten steps up attack on Donald Trump

On Tuesday, Bill Shorten is set to declare Donald Trump ‘entirely unsuitable to be leader of the free world’.
Mark Dreyfus says the government’s exposure draft is not justifiable. Mick Tsikas/AAP

Labor caucus set to kill marriage vote

The government late Monday night released its draft legislation for implementing a successful same-sex marriage plebiscite – the day before Labor is set to torpedo the February 11 popular vote.
A magical dreamscape: Knighton Wood, Epping Forest, London. Still taken from the Imaginative Storytelling Experiences Documentary

How retro storytelling can help boost imaginative capacity

The 1980s cult show Fat Tulip’s Garden fuelled the creativity of its young viewers. But in a digital age, are children less exposed to this kind of absurdist, performative storytelling?
Education Minister Simon Birmingham is leading a redesign of the vocational education loans scheme. Mick Tsikas/AAP

Government knocks out 478 courses from loans under VET crackdown

Diplomas of circus arts, fraud control, explosive ordinance manufacture, and sound and vibration therapy are among 478 courses that will be excluded from government funding.
Gina Rinehart is very close to Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, who has been a critic of the Chinese push for Australian land. Paul Millar/AAP Image

Morrison to rule on Hancock-Chinese bid for Kidman cattle empire

Gina Rinehart has partnered with a Chinese company to buy the giant Kidman pastoral empire, after two previous bids by Chinese buyers were rejected by the federal government.
Simon Birmingham said all private education institutions would have to apply to be eligible for the new program. Lukas Coch/AAP

New VET loan scheme to exclude shonky providers

A crackdown on the widely rorted vocational education and training student loan program aims to reduce outstanding HELP debt.

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