Time to Reboot : Feminism in the Algorithm Age by Carla Wilshire
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Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Technology is radically transforming society. From social media to artificial intelligence, our world is now governed by algorithms, powerful tools that not only predict human behaviour but affect how we look at each other, and ourselves. At the same time, we are seeing hard-fought-for women’s rights be ...Show more
Towards Reproductive Justice by Ronli Sifris
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Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that overturned Roe v Wade, declaring that the American Constitution did not protect the right to abortion. Several US states immediately banned abortion, while others were quick to enact restrictive regulation. This decision sent shoc ...Show more
Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego
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Category: Current Affairs
In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing and daily racism faced by First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Rather than offer yet another account of 'the Aboriginal problem', she theorises a strategy for living in a social world that has only ...Show more
Stories That Want To Be Told: The Long Lede Anthology by Judith Neilson Institute
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Category: Current Affairs
Passion pieces from the next generation of Australian longform journalists. Nine Australian writers, mentored by nine experienced Australian journalists, developed stories that they knew needed to be shared. With direction from Amanda Hooton of GW, Claire Keenan explores Catholicism in rural Australia, ...Show more
20 Riot Cops to Nick 2 Chickens Climate Activists Reveal True Stories by Pete Barker
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Category: Current Affairs
2023: A Year of Consequence by The Conversation; Justin Bergman (Editor)
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Category: Current Affairs
"This was a year of consequential decisions - not just for Australia, but the world. In Australia, the year was dominated by a historic referendum on the Voice to Parliament, transforming its military to respond to the shifting security challenges in the region and how the government help everyday Austr ...Show more
Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History by Ben Mezrich
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Category: Current Affairs
Gripping and darkly comic, Breaking Twitter takes readers inside the battle between one of the most intriguing, polarizing, influential men of our time – Elon Musk – and the company that owns our world’s best hope for a shared global conversation. From employee accounts within Twitter headquarters to t ...Show more
Climate Politics in Oceania: Renewing Australia-Pacific Relations in a Warming World by Susan Harris Rimmer; Caitlin Byrne; Wesley Morgan
$40.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Australia's ambitions for global climate policy leadership have been seriously undermined in recent years, its reputation reduced by political inertia, policy blind spots and diplomatic isolation. At the same time, Pacific Island nations have gained global traction, their leaders recognising the influen ...Show more
Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth by Tom Burgis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
"It was easy for Vladimir Putin. He could erase the past by hurling secret files into his KGB station’s furnace at the end of the Cold War. In the era of globalised corruption he has since helped to create, destroying the past is not so simple. Every bribe, every kickback to a crony, every transfer of d ...Show more
Kin: Family in the 21st century by Marina Kamenev
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Category: Current Affairs
Written by journalist Marina Kamenev, Kin: Family in the 21st century is an incisive and powerful look at how families are created today, and how they might be created in the future. Here’s an exercise: take a piece of paper. Grab a pen, pencil, crayon — any drawing utensil within reach. Now, draw a ty ...Show more
The Consultancy Conundrum: The Hollowing Out of the Public Sector by Andrew Jaspan, Lachlan Guselli
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Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In mid-2023, Australia was rocked by a scandal surrounding the local affiliate of business management consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers. The crisis raised serious concerns about the role of consultancy and audit firms within our public service, and caused governments to re-evaluate their relationships ...Show more
The Furies: Three Women and Their Violent Fight for Justice by Elizabeth Flock
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Category: Current Affairs
A stunning narrative investigation into three real-life women who used violence to fight back against their oppressors The Furies tells the stories of three unforgettable women who chose to use lethal force to gain power, safety, and freedom when the institutions meant to protect them - government, pol ...Show more