Rodney Tiffen is an

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emeritus professor of

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in the Department of Government and International Relations at the

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. Tiffen was educated at

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, and is considered a specialist in

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. Tiffen has authored 39 books, Tiffen also co-authored a popular reference book, ''How Australia Compares'',Tiffen RE and Gittins R 2004 ''How Australia Compares'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge/Melbourne. with

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, a journalist from the

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Selected works

*Tiffen, R. (1990). ''News and Power.'' North Sydney, Australia: Allen and Unwin. *Tiffen, R. (2001). ''Diplomatic Deceits''. Government, Media and East Timor. Sydney: University of New South Wales (UNSW) Press. *Tiffen, R., Gittins, R. (2004). ''How Australia Compares''. Australia: Cambridge University Press. *Tiffen, R. (2017) ''Disposable leaders''. New South Press

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