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Editor's note
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Was ABC Chairman Justin Milne right to involve himself in management decisions of the ABC such as whether to “get rid of” its chief economics correspondent Emma Alberici? This morning ahead of what will be a bureaucratic and quite likely a parliamentary inquiry into that question, governance expert Andrew Linden provides some answers. He says corporate boards are normally responsible for the decisions made by their employees and so are not
only entitled, but required to involve themselves in the affairs of the corporation. But the ABC Act makes that difficult, giving quasi independence to a managing director who might have a different mandate to the other directors.
And when Prime Minister Scott Morrison floated the idea of an alternative holiday to recognise the achievements of Indigenous Australians this week, he reignited debate over an issue that’s roiled the country for years – the celebration of Australia Day on January 26. As Dominic O’Sullivan writes, establishing an alternative Indigenous holiday doesn’t address the fundamental arguments against celebrating nationhood on a day that causes offence
to some citizens. What the country really needs, he argues, is greater awareness of the lasting impacts of colonisation on Indigenous peoples and real progress on reconciliation.
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Peter Martin
Editor, Business and Economy
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Top story
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ABC staff call for chairman Justin Milne to step aside at a meeting on Wednesday.
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Andrew Linden, RMIT University
Flaws in the ABC Act set up conflict and allow the government to pressure it.
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Invasion Day protests have been growing in size and number across the country in recent years.
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Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
An alternative holiday for Indigenous people doesn’t address the arguments against celebrating nationhood on a day that causes offence to some citizens.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The ABC affair – which began with the sacking of Guthrie - spun out of control on Wednesday, following the leaking to Fairfax Media of a highly damaging email, showing Milne's editorial interference.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
O'Connor says Labor remains totally opposed to the government's Ensuring Integrity legislation, which the Coalition wants to resurrect. "I can't see this bill in any way being salvageable."
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Hadeel Al-Alosi, Western Sydney University
One of the most controversial recommendations from the Royal Commission is that child abuse disclosed in confession should be mandatorily reported. But the matter is more complex than it might appear.
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Sacha Molitorisz, University of Technology Sydney
New research suggests that when it comes to the media, Australians prize traditional news values more than the accessibility and 'friend'-like nature of social media sharing.
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Arts + Culture
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Erin Sebo, Flinders University; Patrick Allington, Flinders University
Like epic poets, AFL commentators improvise in short phrases, not sentences, because it creates vivid images of fast action.
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Michelle Smith, Monash University
Ford works toward dismantling the idea that feminism is harming men. Instead, she proposes that a patriarchal society can be as harmful and destructive for individual men as it can be for women.
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FactCheck
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Ingrid Piller, Macquarie University
Senator Pauline Hanson raised concerns about immigration and social cohesion, saying 'more than a million people' in Australia 'cannot speak English well or at all'. Let's look at the numbers.
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Cities
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Emma Power, Western Sydney University
Proposed changes to NSW rental tenancy law are an improvement, but do not end the excessive rent increases and "no grounds" evictions that put renters – and older women in particular – at risk.
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Environment + Energy
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John Woinarski, Charles Darwin University; Chris Dickman, University of Sydney; Richard Kingsford, UNSW; Sarah Legge, Australian National University
Australian wildlife can generally cope with drought, but they're not prepared for the combination of people, introduced animals, and no water.
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Lily van Eeden, University of Sydney; Adrian Treves, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Euan Ritchie, Deakin University
All three of the methods found to be most effective at protecting livestock do not involve killing carnivores.
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Business + Economy
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Gary Mortimer, Queensland University of Technology; Louise Grimmer, University of Tasmania
History shows the targets of product tampering bounce back, often with sales stronger than before.
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David Wishart, La Trobe University; Dr Ann Wardrop, La Trobe University
It is a furphy that regulation for good corporate culture is impossible. It is done in the Netherlands and it is already under way in Australia, albeit in an unacknowledged, and limited, form.
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Science + Technology
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James Miller-Jones, Curtin University
Astronomers found something not predicted by current theory when they took a closer look at the emissions from a neutron star with a very strong magnetic field.
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Jenny Kennedy, RMIT University; Larissa Nicholls, RMIT University; Paula Arcari; Yolande Strengers, RMIT University
While networked entertainment systems, automated security, mood lights and voice-controlled thermostats make homes more secure and productive, they're also just good fun.
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Health + Medicine
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Lynsey Sutton, Victoria University of Wellington; Rebecca Jarden, University of Melbourne
Research shows that more than half of patients in intensive care don't get enough nutrition.
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Zoë Krupka, La Trobe University
It's important to make genuine room for children in discussions about death, ritual planning and meaning-making.
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Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra
Some family members of aged care residents have resorted to hidden cameras to detect abuse and protect loved ones. But it's legally murky and erodes the privacy of the resident, staff and visitors.
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