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Young Australians are engaged in political issues, but unsure how democracy works

  • Written by: Zareh Ghazarian, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
imageResearch shows young people are passionate about issues like marriage equality, but many do not understand how governments are formed and prime ministers elected.Shutterstock

The importance of Australians having the knowledge and skills to participate as active citizens is always a prominent issue. But in the past few months, it has been at the...

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'Bones' McGhie, a cigarette and nostalgia for a greater game

  • Written by: Clare Wright, Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University
imageRobbie 'Bones' McGhie after playing in the 1973 Grand Final, in which his team, Richmond, won. Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive

My first love was Australian Rules football. Or more precisely, my first love was an Aussie Rules footballer. Ross Glendinning, Number 4 for the North Melbourne Kangaroos.

I tasted the first crazy elation of love when...

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We may survive the Anthropocene, but need to avoid a radioactive 'Plutocene'

  • Written by: Andrew Glikson, Earth and paleo-climate scientist, Australian National University
imageA nuclear blast and runaway climate change could propel us into the Plutocene.mwreck/Shutterstock.com

On January 27, 2017, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the arms of its doomsday clock to 2.5 minutes to midnight – the closest it has been since 1953. Meanwhile, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels now hover above 400 parts per million...

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What economics has to say about same-sex marriage

  • Written by: Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University

Love and companionship make most people happy and generally represent two of the key reasons why couples marry.

In the economists’ view, love and companionship are a particular type of commodity: they cannot be purchased or traded on a market, but they can be produced by a household to generate happiness for its members.

There are potentially...

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  3. Politics podcast: Rob Sitch on Utopia and political satire
  4. Giant marsupials once migrated across an Australian Ice Age landscape
  5. New Zealand's first-past-the-post 'hangover' could limit coalition options
  6. Does opera deserve its privileged status within arts funding?
  7. Trust Me, I'm An Expert: a new podcast from The Conversation
  8. Riverfire, sonic awe and the pornography of war
  9. We're investing heavily in urban greening, so how are our cities doing?
  10. Renewables will be cheaper than coal in the future. Here are the numbers
  11. Six common questions about eating carbs during pregnancy answered
  12. Curious Kids: How do we get allergic to food?
  13. Kia ora: how Māori borrowings shape New Zealand English
  14. Parents of teenage daughters more likely to divorce: study
  15. To avoid crisis, the gas market needs a steady steer, not an emergency swerve
  16. When a 'good death' was often painful: euthanasia through the ages
  17. How the government and One Nation may use media reforms to clip the ABC's wings
  18. Mounting housing stress underscores need for expert council to guide wayward policymaking
  19. Bad teeth? Here's when you can and can't blame your parents
  20. Turnbull loses 20th successive Newspoll, 54-46, but Yes to SSM support falls
  21. Yes case's SMS campaign was not invasive
  22. Sex and spirit: the many faces of ecstasy
  23. Don't be distracted by an SMS in the same-sex marriage survey debate
  24. Why US sports stars are taking a knee against Trump
  25. The rise of the corporate campus
  26. UK gene editing breakthrough could land an Aussie in jail for 15 years: here's why our laws need to catch up
  27. ATM fees may be gone but what will replace them?
  28. Collecting satellite data Australia wants: a new direction for Earth observation
  29. Cassie Sainsbury's trial by media
  30. How TV weather presenters can improve public understanding of climate change
  31. The insufferable film mother! revives tired hysterical stereotypes
  32. Cognitive ability plays a role in attitudes to equal rights for same-sex couples
  33. Baffled by baseload? Dumbfounded by dispatchables? Here's a glossary of the energy debate
  34. The economic reasons why Australia needs a stronger space industry
  35. Privatised land title offices can harness new technologies to provide a better service
  36. When life is coming to a close: three common myths about dying
  37. Waiting: rediscovering boredom in the age of the smartphone
  38. Mind-reading technology should not be used to solve crime
  39. Tax base eroded by backdoor deregulation of Australia's labour market and jump in foreign contract workers
  40. New law finally gives voice to the Yarra River's traditional owners
  41. Big gas shortage looming, but government stays hand on export controls
  42. Yes, Australia will have a space agency. What does this mean? Experts respond
  43. Introverts think they won't like being leaders but they are capable
  44. Courageous quests: Keats, art and refugees
  45. In historic cases, punishment alone is not always the best response to violent crime
  46. No, depression won't literally break your heart (but have a heart check anyway)
  47. Not taking the piss: why it’s important to examine how we teach and test physics to reduce gender bias
  48. Attitudes to same-sex marriage have many psychological roots, and they can change
  49. Taking sides: sport organisations and the same-sex debate
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