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  • Schapelle Corby

    nm wrap

    23 May 2012

    The Trade-Off Behind Corby's Release

    Bob Carr says there was no 'deal' but Indonesian authorities are certainly expecting something in return for the early release of Schapelle Corby. Why then have the Australians on death-row been left out?

  • Thomson Alone

    federal politics

    22 May 2012

    Is This The Future Of Oz Politics?

    The Thomson scandal is now such a mess it can only be solved by the courts. But our vicious parliament has trashed the presumption of innocence in a race to the bottom, writes Ben Eltham

  • 2ser

    independent media

    22 May 2012

    2SER Takes The Axe To Current Affairs

    Management at Sydney community radio station 2ser plan to sack its only paid news and current affairs staffer. The move is short-sighted and undermines the station's role as a training ground for professional journalists, writes Shant Fabricatorian

  • Moncef Marzouki

    tunisia

    22 May 2012

    Don't Offend Islam In Post-Spring Tunisia

    While Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki hangs out on Google+, reporters are being tried under his predecessor's restrictive press code. Bill Code speaks to local journalists about the rise of a new 'morals police'

  • Wayne Swan

    economics

    21 May 2012

    Slicing The GST Pie

    State government coffers are squeezed by the Commonwealth on one hand and their responsibilities to constituents on the other. For the states to be effective we need a new fiscal deal, writes Ian McAuley

  • Noni Hazelhurst

    theatre

    21 May 2012

    Climate Heresy Not Just An Act

    The MTC's latest play about a scientist who unravels the global warming 'hoax' has polarised critics. The Heretic is propaganda first - but it also proves scepticism has well and truly entered the mainstream, writes Adam Brereton

  • Flash Mob

    syria

    21 May 2012

    Silence Is Betrayal For Syrians

    On Saturday young Muslim activists staged a flash mob protest against the Syrian regime at Sydney's Darling Harbour. Watch a video of the powerful silent action here

  • John Reynolds

    matilda snapshots

    18 May 2012

    The Men Behind The Boom

    Matilda Snapshots is our new series of unvarnished accounts of Australian working life. In this first installment, not everything goes to plan when Troy Henderson visits an Illawarra coal miner

  • Shawn Richards

    superannuation

    17 May 2012

    How To Throw Away Your Life Savings

    An inquiry into the collapse of dodgy investment firm Trio Capital has found a history of mismanagement, deception and highly lucrative fraud. Is self-managed super a ticking time bomb, asks Ben Eltham

  • Golden Dawn

    extremism

    17 May 2012

    Lessons From Europe's Racist Right

    There are striking similarities between Anders Breivik's manifesto and the rhetoric of Europe's newly popular far right politicians. How long before 'anti-Islamisation' takes off here, asks Mike Carey