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radio-shock-jockettes...Male-dominated talkback radio schedules and Q&A panels aren't outliers in an otherwise gender-equal world - they're representative of how women are routinely sidelined in Australian society, writes Clementine Ford.
only those facts, that we and the State have determined it is safe for you to know...
from world leader to unhappy agecanonix...A French court has ordered a news website to withdraw recordings an adviser secretly took of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy during his 2012 election campaign.
people will believe the worst...
spot the aggressor .....When it gets complicated and confusing, when you’re overwhelmed with too much information, changing daily; too many explanations, some contradictory … try putting it into some kind of context by stepping back and looking at the larger, long-term picture.
incognito barnaby enters into a debate about classy tool-bags at the "elitist" RN...A talkback caller to the ABC's Radio National station who discussed class systems in Australia, and described himself as "Barnaby in New South Wales", has turned out to be Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce.
art in australia...The purpose of art is complex... Some people think it's to put pretty pictures on walls... or to glorify Stalin or the Duke of Wellington in oil... Being an artist is a job using representative skills and value judgement of interpretation. Many skills are often needed to be good. Some of the value judgements may be right or wrong, deliberate or accidental. But a lot of art is designed to challenge long established perceived ideas, including the self-worth of itself.
compare the pair, after major charges in his red notice were dropped...
Significant communication problems within domestic spy agency ASIO led to an alleged Egyptian terrorist being cleared for community detention, a report has found.
foreign affairs .....
the adult in charge .....
The Forgotten Memorial(Published in full, the poem I wrote for that Petition last week) As World War Two came to an end, those who'd lost Loved One and Friend Petitioned Woodville Council that they set aside land A place In Living Memory, the love for their Dead for all to see
of teaching history, religion, hot sauce and hamster wheels...The Institute of Public Affairs, which is closely linked to the Liberal party, has voiced its opposition to the entire concept of a national curriculum, saying the process was vulnerable to politicisation.
malcolm media landscape...Communications minister Malcolm Turnbull says there is a strong argument to change cross-media ownership rules due to the rise of the internet. The Government is considering changes to the laws, which currently prevent common ownership of radio, television stations and newspapers in the same market.
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