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Unrepentant Hanson hopes burqa stunt will create debate

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageSenators were shocked when Pauline Hanson appeared in the chamber shrouded in the voluminous black garment.Lukas Coch/AAP

Pauline Hanson’s stunt of wearing a burqa into the Senate on Thursday drew a swingeing attack from Attorney-General George Brandis, amid widespread condemnation.

But an unrepentant Hanson – who admitted her action,...

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Father and son: Saturn and Jupiter in the northern sky

  • Written by: Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria
imageFather and son, together the magnificent gas giants contain 90% of the mass of all objects orbiting the Sun.Anthony Starks/flickr, CC BY-NC

Look towards north after sunset and the two gas giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, can be seen among the stars.

Jupiter is named for the Roman king of the gods and its great size allows it to shine with a...

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Speaking with: Nicole Gurran on Airbnb and its impact on cities

  • Written by: Dallas Rogers, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney

Airbnb has turned sharing our homes and living spaces with strangers from a fringe idea into a multi-million dollar business. It’s changed the way many of us travel.

But its growth has turned many suburbs and apartment buildings that are zoned for residential use into hotels, with temporary residents who have no long-term investment in the...

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What businesses can do to stamp out slavery in their supply chains

  • Written by: Julia Benkert, Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
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Until quite recently, businesses didn’t have a reason to dig deeper than assessing the price and appearance of the products shipped to their warehouses. But the reality of buyer-driven global supply chains means their decisions on price and the suppliers they select dictate conditions for workers across their entire supply chain.

My research w...

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  2. From Charlottesville to Nazi Germany, sometimes monuments have to fall
  3. Of renewables, Robocops and risky business
  4. High Court challenge to offshore immigration detention power fails
  5. Five commonly over-diagnosed conditions and what we can do about them
  6. Mythbusting Ancient Rome -- did all roads actually lead there?
  7. Grooming the globe: denying fairness, complexity and humanity
  8. Cars, bicycles and the fatal myth of equal reciprocity
  9. When it comes to same-sex marriage, not all views deserve respect
  10. Artificial vision: what people with bionic eyes see
  11. Australia emits mercury at double the global average
  12. When artists get involved in research, science benefits
  13. A new approach to culture
  14. Health Check: do joint and muscle aches get worse in the cold?
  15. The Buy Queensland strategy breaks international trade deals
  16. Is The Bachelor anti-feminist, or is conventional heterosexual romance the real problem?
  17. Melbourne shows up Sydney in funding the most disadvantaged suburbs
  18. Bored reading science? Let's change how scientists write
  19. Curious Kids: Why don't the planets closest to the Sun melt or burn up?
  20. To the High Court we go: six MPs under clouds in decisions that could undermine the government
  21. Here's how many people get infections in Australian hospitals every year
  22. The hollow promise of construction-led jobs and growth
  23. For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research
  24. Costly signals needed to deliver inconvenient truth
  25. Climate change is a financial risk, according to a lawsuit against the CBA
  26. ABC targeted in government deal with Pauline Hanson
  27. No, it wasn't a conspiracy that caused Barnaby's problem – it was himself
  28. Cyberspace aggression adds to North Korea's threat to global security
  29. A fragmented streaming video market is good for everyone but the consumer
  30. No, combination vaccines don't overwhelm kids' immune systems
  31. On brand: how Australia's apartment frenzy echoes the 1870s cattle boom
  32. Royal commission provides a vital blueprint for justice for sex abuse victims – now it's time to act
  33. Book review: The New Puberty
  34. What the baby bonus boost looks like across ten years
  35. What Malcolm Turnbull might have learned from Alfred Deakin
  36. What causes depression? What we know, don’t know and suspect
  37. The inequality you can't change that lasts a lifetime
  38. The truth about inconvenient truths: 'big issue' documentaries don't always change our behaviour
  39. The science of being 'nice': how politeness is different from compassion
  40. Pace of renewable energy shift leaves city planners struggling to keep up
  41. 'Smart home' gadgets promise to cut power bills but many lie idle – or can even boost energy use
  42. New Zealand claims Barnaby Joyce as one of its own, in new dramatic citizenship turmoil
  43. Our lifestyle, not our innovation, attracts US investment to Australia
  44. Is liking something on Facebook 'protected political speech'? It depends
  45. Poo transplants beyond the yuck factor: what works, what doesn't and what we still don't know
  46. FactCheck Q A: is coal still cheaper than renewables as an energy source?
  47. The Madhouse Effect: this is how climate denial in Australia and the US compares
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