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Real judgment of social media ban is years away

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Michelle Grattan

Xmas cracker or consumer trap? Traders on notice

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Andrew Leigh

What Netflix's Warner Bros deal means for cinema

What Netflix's Warner Bros deal means for cinema

The world’s dominant streaming service, Netflix, has announced its planned acquisition of Warner Bros with a deal valued at US$82.7 billion...

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Liam Burke

War with China lurks beneath AUKUS, US talks

War with China lurks beneath AUKUS, US talks

When US officials gathered in Washington this week for the 40th annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations ( AUSMIN ), the message...

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Julia Norman

Welfare isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control

Welfare isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control

The problem with having pattern recognition is that you can always see the fires before they start. Governments are a bit like that, too.  It’s not...

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Amy Remeikis

Rates decision is an insult to working Australians

Rates decision is an insult to working Australians

As the business suits gathered at the Reserve Bank of Australia this week to decide keep rates on hold, their predictable message was an insult to...

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Steve Murphy

World is closely watching Australia’s social media ban

World is closely watching Australia’s social media ban

After months of anticipation and debate, Australia’s social media ban is now in force. Young Australians under 16 must now come to grips with the...

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Lisa M. Given

Australia's lessons from New York's past

Australia's lessons from New York's past

One of my great intellectual joys is reading biographies. I am currently working my way through Pulitzer Prize-winning works. The last one I...

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Liberals twist comments on public spending

Liberals twist comments on public spending

Last week the Liberal Party shamefully misquoted the head of the Reserve Bank in a weak attempt to justify its criticism of government spending....

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Greg Jericho

What our under-16s social media ban really means

What our under-16s social media ban really means

Young people in Australia are on the verge of a profound shift in their digital lives.  The social media age ban has been held up as a simple fix...

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Daniel Angus