Justin Wolfers is professor of economics and public policy from the University of Michigan and a visiting professor at the University of NSW.

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1968: The lecture that coined the term ‘the great Australian silence’, in reference to the treatment of Indigenous ...

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Sinéad Stubbins is a Naarm-based writer, editor and cultural critic. She is the author of In My Defence, I Have No Defence and Stinkbug. Her work appears in print, online and on TV.