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19 June 2013 | Not even George Orwell anticipated today's society would be so willing to integrate private information with commerce, writes Peter Marks in The Drum.

17 June 2013 | What we think about media regulation correlates strongly with what we read, write Ken Haley and Andrew Dodd in Inside Story.

16 June 2013 | Political consumerism has become an increasingly significant form of political engagement

16 June 2013 | A new book by Barack Obama’s former “regulatory czar” shows how government can harness the benefits of behavioural economics

14 June 2013 | It’s highly likely that amphibious operations will play a greater role for both Australia and New Zealand as they respond to the US rebalance towards the Asia-Pacific.

12 June 2013 | Tech giants deny involvement in the US government's PRISM program, but their strategies are in perfect sync with those of the NSA, writes David Glance in The Drum.

12 June 2013 | Contrary to what many commentators claim, Australia has the lowest level of middle-class welfare in the developed world

10 June 2013 | There's a fine line between exposing wrong-doings of powerful people, and diminishing their ability to protect us, writes Alan Woodward in The Conversation.

06 June 2013 | The Australian coordinator of a global survey on public attitudes to peace and war reflects on the need for a more sophisticated peace education syllabus.

Tegan Kehoe | Createquity
31 May 2013 | Despite museums’ value as cultural and educational resources, key policymakers view museums as luxuries, a leisure activity for the wealthy.

31 May 2013 | Child sexual abuse is a serious concern for the community and the criminal justice system and is now the subject of three major inquiries in Australia.
Erinn Roos-Brown | ArtsFwd
30 May 2013 | Increasingly, the curatorial role is focused on audience engagement and collaboration, rather than specialized knowledge.

30 May 2013 | The average Australian university is spending nearly A$1 million every year meeting just part of one department’s reporting requirements.

30 May 2013 | While there is a significant effort underway to close the gap in Indigenous disadvantage and life expectancy, in most areas this effort has yet to show real returns on the investments.

29 May 2013 | Europe’s carbon pricing woes cast further doubt on the credibility of Australia’s scheme and on Treasury’s forecasts of the revenue it will reap for the budget


29 May 2013 | In uncertain economic times, South Australia has found a few niches but is looking for more.

Nicola McGarrity, Jessie Blackbourn | Inside Story
29 May 2013 | Two new reports spell out pragmatic and overdue reforms to Australia’s anti-terrorism laws. But does the political will exist to act?

29 May 2013 | Nick Cater’s The Lucky Culture betrays a poor understanding of Australian history and historiography.

27 May 2013 | Self determination for Torres Strait communities has been a long running battle.

27 May 2013 | Both the world's ever-increasing population and the rate of global urbanisation, suggests that suburbia has a very real future.

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