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Seymour Hersh, Reporter

Seymour Hersh, Reporter

Famously, journalism has been called the first draft of history. Equally famously, it has been said that today’s newspaper is tomorrow’s fish ‘n chips wrapping. What about journalism that is less perishable? That is, journalism that tells us what is actually going on in the world, despite the evasions – or worse – of those […]

Northern Australia and Foreign Investment: Challenges and Opportunities

Northern Australia and Foreign Investment: Challenges and Opportunities

By Dr Lyndon Megarrity* On 30 August 2018, the latest in a long line of ‘big picture’ articles about turning Northern Australia into a ‘food bowl to feed Asia’ [1] was run in the Australian. Enthusiastic about the possibility of a series of nation-building dams across the north, the Australian’s editorialist advised that ‘Getting infrastructure […]

The 1936 Trade Diversion Policy – China, the United States and Australia: A Balancing Act in Retrospect

The 1936 Trade Diversion Policy – China, the United States and Australia: A Balancing Act in Retrospect

By Honae Cuffe* Executive Summary For much of the twenty-first century so far, Australian foreign policy has been centred on a hedging of bets, orchestrating a careful balancing act between the US and China and the security and economic interests each embodies. The unfolding US-China economic conflict is the latest development bringing into sharp relief […]

Australia’s NBN: Political ‘Shock and Awe’ or Policy Correction?

Australia’s NBN: Political ‘Shock and Awe’ or Policy Correction?

Dr John Doyle shows how NBN is haunted by the ghost of telecommunications policies past.

Marriage Regulation in Historical Perspective

Marriage Regulation in Historical Perspective

Marriage Regulation in Historical Perspective by Dr Katie Barclay

(Un)covered History: Policy Tensions of Archaeology at Holocaust Sites

(Un)covered History: Policy Tensions of Archaeology at Holocaust Sites

by Celeste Thorn

Australia’s International Cultural Diplomacy

Australia’s International Cultural Diplomacy

by Christiane Keys-Statham,

Past Adoption Practices and the Politics of Apology

Past Adoption Practices and the Politics of Apology

by Christin Quirk

A Dangerous Disease to Catch: Overseas Student Activism in Australia during the 1970s

A Dangerous Disease to Catch: Overseas Student Activism in Australia during the 1970s

by Jon Piccini

Out of Sight, Out of Mind? The Use and Misuse of Groundwater in Perth, Western Australia

Out of Sight, Out of Mind? The Use and Misuse of Groundwater in Perth, Western Australia

by Ruth A Morgan

Sending Our Women to War: The Role of Women in the Australian Army from 2000 to Today

Sending Our Women to War: The Role of Women in the Australian Army from 2000 to Today

by Hannah Evans

University Autonomy and the Public Interest

University Autonomy and the Public Interest

by Hannah Forsyth

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