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No legal doubt over decisions Joyce and Nash take: Brandis

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
image''I do not think there is a problem and I don't think there's any doubt'', Attorney-General George Brandis said.AAP/Mick Tsiakis

Attorney-General George Brandis has insisted there will be no legal doubt over decisions taken by Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Minister for Regional Development Fiona Nash while the High Court determines their...

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National poll vs sample survey: how to know what we really think on marriage equality

  • Written by: Louise Ryan, Distinguished Professor of Statistics, University of Technology Sydney

The plan to use the Australian Bureau of Statistics to conduct the federal government’s postal plebiscite on marriage reform raises an interesting question: wouldn’t it be easier, and just as accurate, to ask the ABS to poll a representative sample of the Australian population rather than everyone?

Given that the vote is voluntary and...

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Tech companies can distinguish between free speech and hate speech if they want to

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageFreedom or Hate Speech?wk1003mike/shutterstock

In the wake of violence in the US town of Charlottesville, the tech industry has started removing access to some of their services from groups associated with the far-right and those espousing racial intolerance.

Apple has disabled Apple Pay from sites selling clothing, stickers and other merchandise...

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Striking in al-Ándalus: why Islamic State attacked Spain

  • Written by: Ben Rich, Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, Curtin University
imageSpain plays a relatively inconsequential role in the fight against Islamic State.Reuters/Sergio Perez

Despite its (relatively) low body count and primitive execution, Thursday’s terrorist attack in Barcelona shocked many local and international onlookers. The Islamic State (IS) group was quick to claim responsibility for the attack, in which...

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  2. From the edge of the Solar System, Voyager probes are still talking to Australia after 40 years
  3. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's dual citizenship issues
  4. This may not be the 'biggest flu season on record', but it is a big one – here are some possible reasons
  5. If High Court decides against ministers with dual citizenship, could their decisions in office be challenged?
  6. Controlled experiments won't tell us which Indigenous health programs are working
  7. Barcelona attack: a long war against Islamic terrorism is our reality
  8. For sniffing out crime and missing persons, science backs blood-detection dogs
  9. Finding balance on marriage equality debate a particular challenge for the media
  10. Friday essay: Joan of Arc, our one true superhero
  11. Lessons from Adelaide in how a smart city can work to benefit everyone
  12. Walking the fine line between healthy weight advice and fat shaming
  13. Vital Signs: RBA rates decision stuck between jobs growth and household debt
  14. Noise from offshore oil and gas surveys can affect whales up to 3km away
  15. Grattan on Friday: Malcolm Turnbull's government has finally defied fiction
  16. New shock rocks government: Nationals' deputy Fiona Nash a dual British citizen
  17. Unrepentant Hanson hopes burqa stunt will create debate
  18. Father and son: Saturn and Jupiter in the northern sky
  19. Speaking with: Nicole Gurran on Airbnb and its impact on cities
  20. What businesses can do to stamp out slavery in their supply chains
  21. We all need to forget, even robots
  22. From Charlottesville to Nazi Germany, sometimes monuments have to fall
  23. Of renewables, Robocops and risky business
  24. High Court challenge to offshore immigration detention power fails
  25. Five commonly over-diagnosed conditions and what we can do about them
  26. Mythbusting Ancient Rome -- did all roads actually lead there?
  27. Grooming the globe: denying fairness, complexity and humanity
  28. Cars, bicycles and the fatal myth of equal reciprocity
  29. When it comes to same-sex marriage, not all views deserve respect
  30. Artificial vision: what people with bionic eyes see
  31. Australia emits mercury at double the global average
  32. When artists get involved in research, science benefits
  33. A new approach to culture
  34. Health Check: do joint and muscle aches get worse in the cold?
  35. The Buy Queensland strategy breaks international trade deals
  36. Is The Bachelor anti-feminist, or is conventional heterosexual romance the real problem?
  37. Melbourne shows up Sydney in funding the most disadvantaged suburbs
  38. Bored reading science? Let's change how scientists write
  39. Curious Kids: Why don't the planets closest to the Sun melt or burn up?
  40. To the High Court we go: six MPs under clouds in decisions that could undermine the government
  41. Here's how many people get infections in Australian hospitals every year
  42. The hollow promise of construction-led jobs and growth
  43. For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research
  44. Costly signals needed to deliver inconvenient truth
  45. Climate change is a financial risk, according to a lawsuit against the CBA
  46. ABC targeted in government deal with Pauline Hanson
  47. No, it wasn't a conspiracy that caused Barnaby's problem – it was himself
  48. Cyberspace aggression adds to North Korea's threat to global security
  49. A fragmented streaming video market is good for everyone but the consumer
  50. No, combination vaccines don't overwhelm kids' immune systems

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