Conservative think-tank The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) wants Tony Abbott to take inspiration from Gough Whitlam and vigorously implement its radical 75 point free-market agenda

A new study claims the net cost of staging the Australian Grand Prix last year, even after taking account of wider economic benefits, was a whopping $60 million

Universities like to promote new research by their academics in the popular media, but don’t do nearly enough to make the research itself accessible for timely analysis by those outside the academy

Some Coroners make recommendations with wide-ranging implications, often based on just one or a handful of very specific cases. They should increase their policy skills or be a little more modest about their abilities

Fairfax isn’t introducing its new compact newspaper format until 4 March, but its increasing use of “bait selling” shows it’s already got the tabloid mentality bedded down

A “top-ten” list of those articles published on The Urbanist that attracted the largest numbers of readers over the course of the last year

What if Woody Allen made his famous movie in Melbourne 2012 instead of Manhattan 1979?

It’s a multi-cultural city, but Melbourne’s media still doesn’t seem completely at home with the idea of foreigners, especially Asian ones

The Fairfax press published an article this weekend showing the linkages between company directors who sit on the boards of S&P/ASX 200 companies. Its illustrated by a pretty infographic that unfortunately doesn’t  do a very good job of informing. In fact it illustrates some of the pitfalls with the booming infographic design industry (see the first [...]

In the space of a fortnight, the Brits showed they’re getting to be remarkably good at sport. They collected 65 medals and came third in the medal standings. A fantastic performance – GB is looking like the New Australia! But what did Team GB do over the same fortnight with its traditional and formidable strength [...]