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What is behind the rising price of butter?

  • Written by Brigit Busicchia, PhD Candidate, Political Economy, Macquarie University
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Have you noticed that some of Australia’s favourite baked goods, such as croissants and buttery biscuits, have been creeping up in price? This becomes less surprising when one considers that globally, the price of butter has risen by around 60% over the past year.

In Australia, just as milk producers keep expressing concerns about...

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Soldiers, thieves, Māori warriors: the NZ convicts sent to Australia

  • Written by Kristyn Harman, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Tasmania
imageDetail from a coloured lithograph depicting Port Arthur penal station in 1843. State Library of New South Wales.

Soon after it became a British colony, New Zealand began shipping the worst of its offenders across the Tasman Sea. Between 1843 and 1853, an eclectic mix of more than 110 soldiers, sailors, Māori, civilians and convict absconders...

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We need to address questions of gender in assisted dying

  • Written by Rachael Wong, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia
imageWomen may be more likely than men to choose assisted dying.Shutterstock

One of the principal motivations behind current efforts to legalise assisted suicide in Victoria and New South Wales (and most jurisdictions) is patient autonomy. However, research suggests “gendered risks” may thwart women’s autonomy in end-of-life decisions,...

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'Bang, bang, bang!': the shock of a boy playing with a gun on a suburban street

  • Written by Emily Gallagher, PhD Candidate, School of History, Australian National University
imageTwo young boys in helmets, playing soldiers with toy guns (1908-1928). State Library of South Australia (B 28519/136), Author provided

I was driving down a main street in Canberra’s north a few weeks ago when a young boy fired a few shots at me from the back of his father’s bike. I didn’t see the gun at first. It was black and...

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  1. Victoria's plastic bag ban: a good start, but we can do more
  2. What makes a good university? Academics and students have different ideas
  3. Turnbull's government must accept responsibility for delivering an equitable NBN for all Australians
  4. Constantly texting your friends about problems may be increasing your anxiety
  5. Morrison finds his productivity report is useful for Labor too
  6. Five ways to kickstart the economy -- without cutting company taxes
  7. Big bang: Germinal creates a universe out of nothing on stage
  8. Why we should test everyone's genes to predict disease
  9. Why reforming health care is integral for our economy
  10. Speaking with: Bates Gill on Australia's changing relationship with China
  11. Assisted dying is one thing, but governments must ensure palliative care is available to all who need it
  12. Energy prices are high because consumers are paying for useless, profit-boosting infrastructure
  13. Telling Chinese students to conform won't fix cross-cultural issues
  14. Fingerprinting to solve crimes: not as robust as you think
  15. How to teach your kids to think more critically about money
  16. Connecting 'diblings': how the law is failing to keep up with modern families
  17. Guide to the Classics: Virgil’s Aeneid
  18. We are living alone together in today's cities – and that calls for smart and 'bolshie' moves
  19. Rethinking tourism and its contribution to conservation in New Zealand
  20. Senate crossbenchers take the first steps on lobbying reform – now to ensure it succeeds
  21. We Love Arabs: accomplished satire offers food (and hummus) for thought
  22. Health Check: do boys really have a testosterone spurt at age four?
  23. Don't fear robo-justice. Algorithms could help more people access legal advice
  24. Financial literacy is a public policy problem
  25. Like it or not, you're getting the NBN, so what are your rights when buying internet services?
  26. Movember, ice buckets, fun runs and 'dry' months: why philanthropy of the body is all the rage
  27. Autism and the arts: making a space for different minds
  28. What do single, older women want? Their 'own little space' (and garden) to call home, for a start
  29. How doctors are taught to deal with death
  30. I’ve always wondered: why do our computing devices seem to slow down?
  31. I've always wondered: why don't chickens look down when they scratch?
  32. Citizen scientist scuba divers shed light on the impact of warming oceans on marine life
  33. Google’s new Go-playing AI learns fast, and even thrashed its former self
  34. Tree of Codes wields dance, music and art to create new spectacle
  35. Will the National Energy Guarantee hit pause on renewables?
  36. Should central banks have a 'representative of the poor'?
  37. Why marking essays by algorithm risks rewarding the writing of 'bullshit'
  38. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the New Zealand election
  39. Dying a good death: what we need from drugs that are meant to end life
  40. When bacteria tell a story: tracing Indigenous Australian ochre sources via microbial 'fingerprinting'
  41. Victorian courts should expand their supervision of family violence offenders
  42. Thor: Ragnarok, a joyous, trashy, retro-nostalgic comedy, is the best of the Marvel films
  43. Debt agreements and how to avoid unnecessary debt traps
  44. Your body's cells use and resist force, and they move. It's mechanobiology
  45. 'Identity politics' have not taken over university history courses
  46. Australia's high rates of bladder cancer deaths show why blood in urine should always be investigated
  47. Swift parrots need protection from sugar gliders, but that's not enough
  48. Bringing back an old idea for smart cities – playing on the street
  49. Vital Signs: economics can't explain why unemployment and inflation are both low
  50. New report shows compelling reasons to decriminalise sex work

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