Finally, after multiple hurdles and hiccups, Tony Abbott has repealed the carbon tax. He has landed the pledge he took to two elections, delivered the policy reversal that has been most identified with…
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State school graduates do better at university than private school graduates with the same end-of-school tertiary entrance score. That’s the clear finding in a number of Australian studies since the 1980s…
The Senate has disallowed an Abbott government regulation relating to the visas required for foreigners employed on offshore oil and gas projects, leaving many workers in limbo. Assistant Immigration Minister…
Treasurer Joe Hockey, just back from holidays, seems to be suffering from a nasty bout of tin ear. With the Senate in logjam, querulous and with many budget measures still to be debated or even introduced…
The 2014 federal budget was informed by the need to think long term and was accompanied by austerity rhetoric. Regardless of where you stand on the merit of austerity policy in affecting economic recovery…
The government has grabbed an unlikely victory to preserve its changes to Labor’s Future of Financial Advice legislation, after a last-minute deal with Clive Palmer. Just over a week after Palmer insisted…
Controversial Liberal senator Cory Bernardi will challenge the power of executive government and its desire to dictate to its senators in a provocative speech this week. Bernardi, a South Australian who…
It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry every time (predominantly monolingual) politicians and policy makers lament the fact that we don’t have enough students in schools studying foreign languages…
Even before the Senate has finally voted to repeal the carbon tax, the debate has moved to a new stage in which the government’s claims will be tested against what Julia Gillard would have called the “lived…
This has been a remarkable World Cup for those interested in the analysis of performance. There has been an enormous growth in the data available in football since the last World Cup in South Africa. The…
Liberal Democrats’ senator David Leyonhjelm has threatened to trade his vote on temporary protection visas or other legislation to force the Liberals to allow a conscience vote on gay marriage. In the…
Google, Canon and other information technology corporations last week announced they’re banding together in an attempt to fix an allegedly broken patent system and squash the wave of patent trolls and…
The government has adjusted, in consultation with PUP, Clive Palmer’s amendment to the carbon tax repeal legislation as it tries again to expedite terminating the tax. The amendment, to ensure power companies…
Next week could be very character forming for Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, one of the government’s high flyers. The Senate is set to vote on his regulations to change Labor’s Future of Financial Advice…
After four weeks, we’re finally at the pointy end of the 2014 World Cup. Germany and Argentina meet in the final in the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro this weekend. Germany is riding high after thrashing…
University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Research Frances Shannon and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including the government’s difficulty repealling the carbon…
The first sitting week of the new Senate has been a humbling experience for a government often too cocky for its own good. After fighting desperately to have the carbon tax scrapped by Thursday, a last-minute…
Later this year, we expect to see draft recommendations from a parliamentary committee on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian constitution and ensuring there is…
The eccentricities of the Senate permitting, the government will finally get its legislation repealing the carbon tax through Parliament on Thursday. In an attempt at control, it tried to hassle the Senate…
Match 61 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the semi-final between Brazil and Germany, was a record-breaker. It was Germany, not Brazil, creating the records after a 7-1 victory at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo…
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Assistant Professor in Finance and Financial Planning, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor Sport Management and Sport Integrity Lead, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education and Community, University of Canberra
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Editor of the feminist academic blog BroadAgenda at the Faculty of Business, Government and Law at University of Canberra., University of Canberra
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Executive Dean (interim) Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
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John Goss is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Honours Graduate Student, University of Canberra
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PhD Candidate, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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PhD Candidiate (Cognitive Neuroscience), Department of Psychology, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow in Sport, University of Canberra
