Well-off investors with multiple properties own a majority of rental homes. They have no excuse not to do the right thing by their tenants.
The aftershocks of last week’s political earthquake continue to be felt, not least by Scott Morrison. The new prime minister, who represented the least bad option for just over half the party room, has not escaped the bitter recriminations of the botched coup launched by home affairs minister Peter Dutton.
The long read: Coronavirus has hit few sectors harder than air travel, wiping out tens of thousands of jobs and uncountable billions in revenue. While most fleets were grounded, the industry was forced to reimagine its future
The Institute of Public Affairs is the voice of freedom in our country, so its latest annual report says. Over and over again, the word is repeated, like a mantra – freedom. On one particularly busy page, it appears 16 times. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association. Freedom to own private property. Freedom that is the legacy of Western civilisation. Freedom that is under threat from overbearing government. Freedom that can only flourish when humans “have the dignity to make their own decisions”.
Elizabeth Anderson thinks we’ve misunderstood the basis of a free and fair society.
Have a break. With the help of some of your best bureaucrats, I've got it from here.
Valery Kovalevskiy tried to raise more than $5m on the blockchain market by issuing ‘aqua tokens’ that offered return based on fish price
Thomas Mayo says the opposition leader’s public statements at odds with views expressed to the working group at Thursday meeting
While a lot of our focus is placed on getting women back to work, new research shows perhaps the answer to boosting our workforce is a little closer to home.
Investigative journalism outlets around the world face increasing strain from strategic, billionaire-backed lawsuits.
How Spanish-language radio has influenced American and Latino discourse on key current affairs issues such as citizenship and immigration. Winner, Book of the Year presented by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Honorable Mention for the 2015 Latino Studies Best Book presented by the Latin American Studies Association The last two decades have produced continued Latino population growth, and marked shifts in both communications and immigration policy. Since the 1990s, Spanish- language radio has dethroned English-language radio stations in major cities across the United States, taking over the number one spot in Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, and New York City. Investigating the cultural and political history of U.S. Spanish-language broadcasts throughout the twentieth century, Sounds of Belonging reveals how these changes have helped Spanish-language radio secure its dominance in the major U.S. radio markets. Bringing together theories on the immigration experience with sound and radio studies, Dolores Inés Casillas documents how Latinos form listening relationships with Spanish-language radio programming. Using a vast array of sources, from print culture and industry journals to sound archives of radio programming, she reflects on institutional growth, the evolution of programming genres, and reception by the radio industry and listeners to map the trajectory of Spanish-language radio, from its grassroots origins to the current corporate-sponsored business it has become. Casillas focuses on Latinos’ use of Spanish-language radio to help navigate their immigrant experiences with U.S. institutions, for example in broadcasting discussions about immigration policies while providing anonymity for a legally vulnerable listenership. Sounds of Belonging proposes that debates of citizenship are not always formal personal appeals but a collective experience heard loudly through broadcast radio. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780814770245 Media Type: Paperback(New Edition) Publisher: New York University Press Publication Date: 10-17-2014 Pages: 224 Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) Series: Critical Cultural Communication #33About the Author Dolores Inés Casillas is Associate Professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies and Director of the Chicano Studies Institute (CSI) at the Universityof California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Sounds of Belonging: U.S. Spanish-language Radio and Public Advocacy (2014), which won Book of the Year from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education and was Honorable Mention/Best Latino Studies Book, from the Latin American Studies Association. She is co-editor of the Companion to Latina/o Media Studies (2016) and co-editor Feeling It: Language, Race and Affect in Latinx Youth Learning (2018).Table of Contents Table of Contents Contents Acknowledgments ix A Note on Language xiii Introduction: Public Advocacy on U.S. Spanish-Language 1 Radio 1. Acoustic Allies: Early Latin-Themed and Spanish-Language 21 Radio Broadcasts, 1920s–1940s 2. Mixed Signals: Developing Bilingual Chicano Radio, 51 1960s–1980s 3. Sounds of Surveillance: U.S. Spanish-Language Radio Patrols 83 La Migra 4. Pun Intended: Listening to Gendered Politics on Morning 101 Radio Shows 5. Desperately Seeking Dinero: Calculating Language and Race 127 within Radio Ratings Afterword 147 Notes 153 Bibliography 183 Index 207 About the Author 221
The Stage Three tax cuts are going to come up every time the government can’t afford to pay for something
Women were pivotal in shaping the outcome of the election and the new government. But will their issues slip down the priority list?
The same-sex marriage plebiscite is the least suicidal politically for the Prime Minister.
The early suffragists would be rolling in their graves to know that women joining the ranks of parliamentarians barely changed their male colleagues’ outlook and demeanour at all.
The long read: When Abu Ali joined Isis, he thought he had nothing left to lose. Once he had crossed the border into Syria, he quickly realised it was the last place he wanted to be. By Robert F Worth
The fundraising ad uses an image featuring Russian MiG-29s and at least one soldier with an AK-74, experts say
Despite arriving sans corporate sponsorship this year, the Midwinter Ball remains a symbol of the cosy relationship between politicians and the press gallery
PM Morrison has taken charge of a rabble
Despite the ideological thrust of Dan Tehan’s funding proposals, universities might now have an incentive to boost humanities enrolments
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We, in feminist land, like very much to encourage folks (particularly media-type folks, as they have a pretty significant role in framing discourse) to use correct language. Or, at very least, language that describes something real. In my last post, for example, I talked about the fact that many mainstream news sources reported on the…
Scott Morrison's budget hangs on an unjustified assumption of strength in the world and national economies.
The ugly story of Scott Morrison’s preselection has finally come back to bite him
The long read: The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story
In urging the former NSW premier to stand, the PM attacked Icac to serve his immediate political interests. It was insidious
Nearly half of the men surveyed say their rights are being eroded by the focus on gender equality.
Never thought Mark Latham could be bested, but here we are.
Four years ago the Coalition made the most important budget promise of all.
Chancellor Gareth Evans reveals more detail about the failed multi-million dollar deal with the Howard-headed centre to create a degree in Western Civilisation.
It’s amazing how things stop becoming a priority when the likelihood of them occurring diminishes
How does welfare quarantining feel to the people on the receiving end?
A vegan diet can be hard to adopt, even if you’re convinced it’s the right thing to do. An investigation of three options
The elite college admissions scandal in the US is a reminder that wealth, not talent, is what determines the opportunities you have in life
The movie is more than a metaphor for climate change. It is a metaphor for where 40 years of neoliberal economic policies have left us.
Delivering a surplus requires one thing: luck. Now we’ve run out of it, it’s time for the Morrison government to loosen the purse strings
Why did South America’s most fantastic museum only attract 150,000 visitors a year? The government has neglected Brazil’s history, says the country’s biggest novelist, but so have the people
The long read: Sweden’s literary elite has been thrown into disarray by allegations of sexual harassment and corruption
White-hot, palpable fury has spanned the political divide.
New documentary in the style of 2019’s The Final Quarter examines the sexism faced by Australia’s first female prime minister
The horror of the last weeks and months are a compressed version of the last 30 years in bushfire and climate politics.
From empty words to dangerous policies, there’s good reason to dismiss Morrison’s “apology” to victims of parliament’s toxic culture
Mathias Cormann’s taxpayer-funded job application is a nose-pincher
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Flood-affected communities cannot understand why in Australia today it took so long for help to arrive.
NSW ICAC's report into a $100,000 donation by Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo lays bare the venality of the NSW Labor Party -- but also how poor federal laws help those seeking to wield influence.
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In its bid to address its recent communication failure with a public statement, the Bureau only dug itself a deeper hole.
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