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Why the end of auto manufacturing won't be as apocalyptic as previous mass layoffs

  • Written by Darryn Snell, Associate professor, RMIT University

With the last Holden car plant set to close on Friday, there seems to beagreement that the future for auto workers is, at best, dim. After all, a study of a Mitsubishi plant that closed in 2004-05 found only 34% of workers had a full-time job a year later.

While it’s true that many auto workers could have trouble finding full-time jobs in the...

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In Trump we trust: why continual disasters fail to shake the president's loyalists

  • Written by Kumuda Simpson, Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
imageDonald Trump's overall approval ratings are low, but among his base they remain relatively strong.Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Who are the people who make up US President Donald Trump’s base? They are the loyalists who not only supported and voted for him, but also seem impervious to his more outrageous scandals. It’s those who continue to...

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We all have to die of something, so why bother being healthy?

  • Written by Alessandro R Demaio, Australian Medical Doctor; Fellow in Global Health & NCDs, University of Copenhagen
imageWe all have to die of something, so why can't I die by delicious donuts?from www.shutterstock.com

It’s 6:45 on a cold and rainy Tuesday morning. The alarm blares. As you begin to wake and wonder how it could possibly be morning already, your good intentions dawn on you. It’s run morning – and it’s the last thing you want to...

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Three strategies to help students navigate dodgy online content

  • Written by Kim Wilson, Lecturer in History Education, Macquarie University
imageReaders should cast a more critical eye over information they use from the web, to make sure the knowledge built from it is trustworthy and accurate.Shutterstock

A recent Stanford University Report revealed that students’ abilities to distinguish between questionable and valid online content needed work.

In one example cited in the report,...

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  1. City-by-city analysis shows our capitals aren’t liveable for many residents
  2. Decoding the music masterpieces: Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances
  3. At last, we've found gravitational waves from a collapsing pair of neutron stars
  4. After the alert: radio 'eyes' hunt the source of the gravitational waves
  5. We beat a cyber attack to see the 'kilonova' glow from a collapsing pair of neutron stars
  6. Subsidies for renewables will go under Malcolm Turnbull's power plan
  7. Middle-income earners probably won't be paying as much tax as the government expects
  8. Good data/bad data: ethically designed databases can help police without reducing privacy
  9. Is it too cheap to visit the 'priceless' Great Barrier Reef?
  10. We just Black matter: Australia's indifference to Aboriginal lives and land
  11. Taking the pulse of a city: Melbourne's Vital Signs
  12. Health Check: why are some people afraid of heights?
  13. Here’s how Australia can act to target racist behaviour online
  14. Filters: a cigarette engineering hoax that harms both smokers and the environment
  15. How marketers use algorithms to (try to) read your mind
  16. Expect a shakeup of China’s military elite at the 19th Party Congress
  17. How Melbourne's west was greened
  18. Noble horses and 'black monsters': the politics of colonial compassion
  19. More sightings of an endangered species don't always mean it's recovering
  20. Translation technology is useful, but should not replace learning languages
  21. Turnbull's ratings fall in another bad Newspoll
  22. Power bills can fall – but the main attention must be on affordability: ACCC
  23. Why Trump's decertification of the Iran nuclear deal may prove a costly mistake
  24. NSW ReachTEL: Coalition leads 52-48 as One Nation slumps. Xenophon tied or ahead in SA's Hartley
  25. Shorten promises $1 billion fund to finance manufacturing enterprises
  26. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government reneging on a clean energy target
  27. #LstTxt Tstmnt: an unsent text message can count as a will, in the right circumstances
  28. Research suggests Tony Abbott's climate views are welcome in the Hunter Valley
  29. As the Clean Energy Target fizzles, what might replace it?
  30. Changes to lure young people into private health insurance won't slow increase in premiums
  31. What the Harvey Weinstein case tells us about sexual assault disclosure
  32. Satellites are giving us a commanding view of Earth's carbon cycle
  33. A matter of trust: the checks and balances schools must have to ensure fair funding for disability
  34. Psychology holds key to getting people out before disaster strikes
  35. Friday essay: the cultural meanings of wild horses
  36. Three areas to reform federal-state financial relations
  37. Vital Signs: the spooky mortgage risk signs our bankers are ignoring
  38. How the Liberals can fix their gender problem
  39. Don't ignore the mobility scooter. It may just be the future of transport
  40. My child has glue ear – what do I do?
  41. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull close to finalising energy package but can he sell it?
  42. This is what our cities need to do to be truly liveable for all
  43. Democratising super would bring more independent voices to the negotiating table
  44. Looking into their computer-generated eyes: dating in virtual reality
  45. Black Lives Matter is a revolutionary peace movement
  46. I've always wondered: why your nose runs when it's cold
  47. Video explainer: at China's 19th National Party Congress, Xi's vision and legacy are at stake
  48. Weighing up lab-grown steak: the problems with eating meat are not Silicon Valley's to solve
  49. Health Check: does drinking alcohol kill the germs it comes into contact with?
  50. Picturing the unimaginable: a new look at the wreck of the Batavia

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