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Grattan on Friday: Discovery of the cabinet leaker would present bigger problem than the leak

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

What on earth was Julie Bishop thinking when she declared she’d support a “formal investigation” into this week’s damaging cabinet leak?

Bishop was defending herself as the questions swirled about who might be the leaker, saying it wasn’t her. But to have one of the most senior ministers – she’s deputy...

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Foreign Policy White Paper finally acknowledges world power is shifting

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
imageChina's rise in power has changed Australia's foreign policy outlook.Reuters/pool

Australia’s Foreign Policy White Paper released today cannot be accused of understatement.

Navigating the decade ahead will be hard, because as China’s power grows, our region is changing in ways without precedent in Australia’s modern history.

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Australia's Foreign Policy White Paper offers more wishful thinking than concrete ideas

  • Written by: Susan Harris Rimmer, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
imagePrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop launch the long-awaited foreign policy white paper.AAP/Lukas Coch

A white paper has many purposes and audiences. There are, for example, the other government departments, ministers, opposition, internal staff that have to breach the silos and understand the Grand Vision.

The 2017 Forei...

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Experiments in robotics could help Amazon beat Australia's slow delivery problem

  • Written by: Kate Letheren, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
imageAustralia Post is trialling an autonomous delivery robot. (Supplied: Australia Post)

Amazon’s launch in Australia today is likely to put fresh scrutiny on the speed of Australia Post’s own deliveries. To that end, Australia Post is trialling the use of robots to deliver parcels more promptly.

Research finds that consumer trust in a...

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  2. Australia is hedging its bets on China with the latest Foreign Policy White Paper
  3. Muriel's Wedding: the Musical is a deeply satisfying tribute to Australia's most-loved dag
  4. With a few smart moves, we can relieve the pressure on gas
  5. Blood on the stage: Let the Right One In is a vampire love story for our times
  6. The six-month amendment could defeat the purpose of Victoria's assisted dying bill
  7. Why we need to end impunity for sexual violence in armed conflict
  8. Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia', to spend life in prison for genocide and war crimes
  9. The off-topic Conversation #142
  10. Voters see through Turnbull, but cool on Shorten: Queensland research
  11. City-wide trial shows how road use charges can reduce traffic jams
  12. Our obsession with infant growth charts may be fuelling childhood obesity
  13. New research suggests common herbicides are linked to antibiotic resistance
  14. If Beazley had become prime minister instead of Rudd, might we have had more stable government?
  15. Standardised tests limit students with disability
  16. Guide to the Classics: Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars explores vice and virtue in ancient Rome
  17. Public investment in electricity generation – a hot-button issue in Queensland?
  18. Citizenship crisis claims Nick Xenophon Team's Kakoschke-Moore
  19. Why good design alone won't attract millennials to your company
  20. Protecting religious freedoms is a matter of balance, says head of Turnbull's inquiry
  21. FactCheck: does the Safe Schools program contain 'highly explicit material'?
  22. Which square is bigger? Honeybees see visual illusions like humans do
  23. Infographic: here's exactly what Adani's Carmichael mine means for Queensland
  24. Curious Kids: Why are fern leaves shaped the way they are, and are all ferns identical?
  25. Why scientific monitoring of the effects of industry on our priceless WA rock art is inadequate
  26. Young Australians will wear the costs of Turnbull's middle income tax cut
  27. Foreign ownership of housing – how do Australia and New Zealand compare?
  28. We're drafting a legal guide to war in space. Hopefully we'll never need to use it
  29. Standardised tests are culturally biased against rural students
  30. Will microdermabrasion or skin needling give me better skin?
  31. Do we need a new offence to protect victims of family violence from psychological harm?
  32. Turnbull wants to take middle income earners' income tax both up and down
  33. Research Check: will a coffee a day really keep heart attacks at bay?
  34. What's Australia made of? Geologically, it depends on the state you're in
  35. The concept of 'western civilisation' is past its use-by date in university humanities departments
  36. New Zealand experience shows same-sex marriage could provide huge economic boost for Australia
  37. 'Finkel's new energy report' isn't new and it isn't by Finkel
  38. Facts sink glib housing supply mantra – the focus must be on affordable rental
  39. English test for international students isn't new, just more standardised
  40. There's some evidence lithium protects from dementia, but not enough to put it in drinking water
  41. What is the impact of 'impact investing'?
  42. Income tax relief on Turnbull's agenda
  43. When you're on the defensive, stepping backwards can send a bad signal
  44. Coming soon to a highway near you: truck platooning
  45. The future of plastics: reusing the bad and encouraging the good
  46. Del Kathryn Barton explores powerful female sexuality but reproduces the male gaze
  47. Explainer: how is the price of medicine decided in Australia?
  48. Jelena Dokic's story of abuse shows links between elite sport and child labour
  49. Universities need to rethink policy on student-staff relationships
  50. Why New Zealand can't outsource employment policy to its central bank

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