It all started fifty years ago this week when a couple of uni students who simply wanted to shake things up launched an audacious and highly influential magazine called OZ. The magazine was a sensation from the first day it hit the streets. 6,000 copies were sold by lunchtime and over the next 10 years...

It’s called grey literature because it’s typically unregulated and beyond the scrutiny and control of the peer reviewed journals or public service processes. But is grey literature credible? Does it genuinely add to our store of knowledge? and how much of this digital scholarship will become digital dust? Websites by their very nature tend to...

The collapse in economic growth following the Global Financial Crisis has led to millions losing their jobs, their homes and, for some, their prospects for the future. While economists and politicians argue over how to return to sustained growth, Richard Heinberg says they are missing the point. Our obsession with economic growth is the problem...

Social media, like Twitter and the blogosphere, is influencing Australian politics and political journalism Social media, like Twitter and the blogosphere, is influencing Australian politics. Witness the controversy which recently engulfed the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who was called upon to clarify her role in setting up a union fund, later misused, when she was...

What does it take to make good policy decisions in a world where attention spans are dwindling and political populism is on the rise? The Australian Opposition is pushing for a resolution of border protection, and the rise of foreign ownership of local land has got farmers worried. Are these legitimate problems or are they...