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As an historic nuclear weapons treaty is reached, G20 leaders miss the mark on North Korea

  • Written by: Joseph Camilleri, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
imageIn North Korea’s eyes, its nuclear program is the only guarantee of regime survival.Reuters/KCNA

Over the weekend, more than 120 countries adopted a treaty at a UN conference that prohibits the production, stockpiling, use or threatened use of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. Australia was a notable absentee. So were the...

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Four of the most lethal infectious diseases of our time and how we're overcoming them

  • Written by: David Griffin, Advanced Trainee, Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
imageSpanish flu killed more people than the Great War that preceded it. And tuberculosis even more than that. from www.shutterstock.com.au

This is the first article in a four part series looking at how infectious diseases have influenced our culture and evolution, and how we, in turn, have influenced them.

In 2013, the World Health Organisation declared...

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Market-driven compaction is no way to build an ecocity

  • Written by: Brendan Gleeson, Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
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This is the first of a series of articles to coincide with the 2017 World Ecocity Summit in Melbourne.

As Melbourne hosts the Ecocity World Summit this week, we might ponder the progress of Australia, a “nation of cities”, toward achieving sustainable urbanism.

Australian metropolitan planning has long subscribed to what urban geographer...

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Three reasons the government promotes home ownership for older Australians

  • Written by: Emma Power, Senior Research Fellow, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
imageAustralian governments of all persuasions have shared three common beliefs about the economic value of home ownership in later life.shutterstock

Government strategies to manage population ageing largely assume that older Australians are home owners. There is often an implied association between home ownership and ageing well: that is, older...

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  1. We know innovation is key – but there's little agreement on exactly what it is
  2. Without better regulation, the global market for breast milk will exploit mothers
  3. Campaigns urging us to 'care more' about food waste miss the point
  4. As the world embraces space, the 50 year old Outer Space Treaty needs adaptation
  5. Where Australia's great theatre artists trod the boards: 50 years of Melbourne's La Mama theatre
  6. The Gateway Bug: a documentary about the future of food
  7. When Trump met Putin, and how the Russian won the day
  8. The Great Barrier Reef isn't listed as 'in danger' – but it's still in big trouble
  9. Renewed commitment to multilateralism required to deal with forced human displacement
  10. The G20's new guidelines will help investors tackle climate change
  11. Explainer: is a High Court challenge about to bring down the Turnbull government?
  12. Private clinics' peddling of unproven stem cell treatments is unsafe and unethical
  13. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on infighting in the Liberal Party
  14. It's not the science of tax, and five other things you should know about taxonomy
  15. Impending traffic chaos? Beware the problematic West Gate Tunnel forecasts
  16. Book review: The Death of Expertise
  17. Electronic games: how much is too much for kids?
  18. Vital Signs: the RBA was right to keep rates on hold
  19. A new approach to emissions trading in a post-Paris climate
  20. Forget cash: geocaching shows there are other ways to create value online
  21. Friday essay: double standards and derision – tracing our attitudes to older women and beauty
  22. Migrants are healthier than the average Australian, so they can't be a burden on the health system
  23. A busy week on the dark web highlight darknet markets' increasing role in crime
  24. Grattan on Friday: Everything's going Bill Shorten's way
  25. Labor motion on Palestinian recognition could put the Jewish vote in play at the next election
  26. Australia's dry June is a sign of what's to come
  27. Why the climate is more sensitive to carbon dioxide than weather records suggest
  28. Explainer: what is ballistic missile defence – and would it stop a missile from North Korea?
  29. Speaking with: Professor Peter Koopman on CRISPR and the power of genome editing
  30. Vivacious and unapologetic, The Rover's 17th-century feminism is painfully pertinent
  31. The G20’s economic leadership deficit
  32. Wayne Rooney for Everton
  33. What income inequality looks like across Australia
  34. Don't worry about the huge Antarctic iceberg – worry about the glaciers behind it
  35. How Angela Merkel has become – and remains – one of the world's most successful political leaders
  36. The Australian palaeodiet: which native animals should we eat?
  37. Satellites reveal melting of rocks under volcanic zone, deep in Earth's mantle
  38. Brisbane's Cross River Rail will feed the centre at the expense of people in the suburbs
  39. The great movie scenes: Steven Spielberg's Jaws
  40. Viewpoints: should euthanasia be available for people with existential suffering?
  41. After the Medicare breach, we should be cautious about moving our health records online
  42. E-cigarettes are some young people's training wheels for smoking. Here's the evidence
  43. Leaky Liberals spill the beans again
  44. Axing the Walkley for international reporting: another nail in the coffin
  45. Suburbs 'swamped' by Asians and Muslims? The data show a different story
  46. Three charts on: the changing face of Australian union members
  47. The West's hyperbole on North Korea will only fuel Kim Jong-un's propaganda
  48. Doctors and nurses can't always tell if someone's drunk or on drugs, and misdiagnosis can be dangerous
  49. Spider-Man: Homecoming spins a web of fact and fantasy
  50. Curious Kids: why do some people find some foods yummy but others find the same foods yucky?

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