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In Iris, Fiona Kelly McGregor recreates the criminal underworld of the Depression era
It’s spring 1932 and Sydney is in the grip of the Great Depression. In the narrow terrace-lined streets and back lanes of inner Sydney,...
Nov 18, 2022


Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë and the truth about the ‘real-life Heathcliff’
When Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, outraged Victorian critics deemed it savage,...
Nov 18, 2022


Women get fewer chances to speak on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC
An analysis of hundreds of thousands of interactions on cable news programs shows that women interrupt more often than men – and it may...
Nov 4, 2022


Why the job you apply for may not be the job you get
When most people apply for jobs, they expect the job description on postings to match the job that will be filled. However, our recently...
Nov 4, 2022


AI can produce prize-winning art, but it still can’t compete with human creativity
People consider creativity to be inherently human. However, artificial intelligence (AI) has reached the stage where it can be creative...
Nov 4, 2022


Journalists must be protected in police investigations
Australia is now 39th in Reporters Sans Frontiers’ World Press Freedom Index, a staggering decline of 20 places since 2018. This reflects...
Oct 29, 2022


The economic and cultural value of Australia’s book industry deserves more support
The Australian book industry has operated for more than a century. It has matured into a mid-level English language market, smaller than...
Oct 29, 2022


The women’s budget is headed in the right direction
The Labor federal government promised it would make women central to its first budget. The inclusion of an evidence-based women’s budget...
Oct 29, 2022


Is the metaverse really the future of work?
According to Mark Zuckerberg, the “metaverse” – which the Meta founder describes as “an embodied internet, where instead of just viewing...
Oct 29, 2022


Why The Onion’s defence of satire should be heard by the Supreme Court
If you’ve read, watched and enjoyed the work of America’s best-known satirical publication The Onion, you might be surprised by how...
Oct 21, 2022
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