While the world looks on in admiration at our economy's relative strength – the first country to need to raise interest rates – there's a valuable lesson it can learn from our success: sensibly done, government regulation of the financial markets can work a treat.

OLD, stressed and overworked — experts say Australia's academics are headed for a crisis.

CONSERVATIVE historian Keith Windschuttle - who has previously derided left-wing academics for sloppy fact-checking and fabrication - has been caught in a hoax involving fake CSIRO research, genetic modification and a non-existent biotechnologist.

CONSERVATIVE historian Keith Windschuttle - who has previously derided left-wing academics for sloppy fact-checking and fabrication - has been caught in a hoax involving fake CSIRO research, genetic modification and a non-existent biotechnologist.

Nigel Freitas raises a valid concern that there is a lack of conservative thinking in academia ("Academic freedom: exit, far left", October 21). However, he unfairly targets left-leaning academics as the cause.