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Cheerleaders of the press don't win elections like they used to

  • Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
imageIs Rupert Murdoch's influence on the Australian political landscape what it used to be?AAP/Paul Miller

The Murdoch press played its self-assigned role of shamelessly cheerleading for the conservatives in the election. But is Rupert’s influence quite what it used to be?

To answer that, we need to disentangle two threads that in the past have...

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There's still much to learn by visiting the giant planet Jupiter

  • Written by Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer, Postdoctoral Fellow, Astrophysics Researcher, UNSW Australia
imageAn artist's impression of Juno above Jupiter's pole.NASA/JPL-Caltech

After a five-year journey, NASA’s Juno spacecraft this week reached Jupiter and was successfully inserted into its orbit.

This is only the second spacecraft after the Galileo mission in 1995 to enter into orbit around the planet, the largest in our solar system.

Over the next...

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Understanding the NDIS: many eligible people with disabilities are likely to miss out

  • Written by Karen R Fisher, Professor, UNSW Australia
imageHomeless people are more likely to miss out on NDIS support.Derek Midgley/Flickr, CC BY

On July 1 2016, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) moved from a trial phase to a full national roll-out. In this series on Understanding the NDIS, we explore how the scheme works, why Australia needs it, and the issues to be addressed before...

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Understanding the NDIS: will parents of newly diagnosed children with disability be left in the dark?

  • Written by Alison M Marchbank, Honarary Fellow; Early Childhood Education., Charles Darwin University
imageThe NDIS poses many more challenges to parents with children newly diagnosed with developmental delay.from shutterstock.com

On July 1 2016, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) moved from a trial phase to a full national roll-out. In this series on Understanding the NDIS, we explore how the scheme works, why Australia needs it, and the...

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  1. Co-living is demolishing the line between work and life
  2. Why Australians should care about the South Pole
  3. Bloody good TV: how Rake changed Australian television
  4. Barnaby Joyce gives some protection on Turnbull's vulnerable right flank
  5. Queensland postal votes could give Coalition majority government
  6. The lessons to be learned now the ABC's pulled its 'inaccurate' Wi-Fried program
  7. Weekly Dose: ice and speed, the drugs that kept soldiers awake and a president young
  8. Workers are taking on more risk in the gig economy
  9. Renewable jet fuel could be growing on Australia's iconic gum trees
  10. Why drug-detection dogs are sniffing up the wrong tree
  11. Explainer: why stock market panic can signal a good time to buy
  12. Facing bumps, but on the right track: Indonesia's democratic progress
  13. Understanding the NDIS: a history of disability welfare from 'deserving poor' to consumers in control
  14. Understanding the NDIS: how does the scheme work and am I eligible for funding?
  15. Defiant Hanson will test a Coalition government
  16. Business Briefing: are Hanson, NXT and the Nationals bad for business?
  17. Research fraud: the temptation to lie – and the challenges of regulation
  18. Christos Tsiolkas, the 'blasphemous' artist and Barracuda
  19. If machines can beat us at games, does it make them more intelligent than us?
  20. Koalas are feeling the heat, and we need to make some tough choices to save our furry friends
  21. Turnbull remains less than pitch-perfect
  22. By Jupiter, what we know of the gas giant so far
  23. We must convince people we believe in Medicare: Turnbull
  24. From scolds to talking underwater : Policing women's voices
  25. Are shipping containers really the answer for affordable housing? Time for a reality check
  26. Labor's 'Mediscare' campaign capitalised on Coalition history of hostility towards Medicare
  27. Politics podcast: James Pearson on the knife-edge result and business confidence
  28. How Uber opens cities only to close them
  29. In a world of low rates, what else can the RBA and central banks do?
  30. In rare cases, a dog's lick can carry more than just love
  31. Caught short: we need to talk about public toilets
  32. Companies may be misleading investors by not openly assessing the true value of assets
  33. Playing politics with your future: what a hung parliament could mean for super
  34. Maggie's Plan: screwball comedy meets witty academic satire
  35. A guide to the nanotechnology used in the average home
  36. Too much salt and sugar and not enough exercise – why Australians' health is lagging
  37. Finally, a proven way to keep great white sharks at arm's length
  38. Despite experts' fears, Australia should be moving to electronic online voting
  39. This parliament – hung or unhung – will bring us another continuous election campaign
  40. 'Mediscare' campaign shows the power of negative advertising
  41. FactCheck Q A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence?
  42. We can't save all wildlife, so conservation laws need to change
  43. Why dick doodles on the ballot paper are their own election statement
  44. Health Check: what are the risks of drinking before you know you're pregnant?
  45. Volkswagen’s record settlement payout: treating the symptom not the disease
  46. The off-topic Conversation #100
  47. A new era may be dawning again for radical right populists in Austria and Europe
  48. Even if he keeps the top job, Malcolm Turnbull's troubles have only just begun
  49. Lessons for the post-EU British film industry from the collapse of the Soviet Union
  50. How ants walk backwards carrying a heavy load and still find home
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