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Census 2016: what's changed for Indigenous Australians?

  • Written by: Nicholas Biddle, Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
imageAustralia's Indigenous population is growing – rapidly.AAP/Dan Peled

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a complicated history with the Australian census. Until the 1967 referendum, the question about Indigenous status was used mainly to exclude the Indigenous population from official population statistics, as required by the...

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It isn't easy being blue – the cost of colour in fairy wrens

  • Written by: Alexandra McQueen, PhD Candidate in Behavioural Ecology, Monash University
imageNew research shows that fairy-wrens become more cautious as they change colour.Niki Teunissen, Author provided

Male superb fairy-wrens change colour every year, from dull brown to bright blue. But being blue may be risky if you are a tiny bird that is easily spotted by predators.

Published today, our new study found that male fairy-wrens adjust...

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Our pets strengthen neighbourhood ties

  • Written by: Lisa Wood, Associate Professor Centre for Social Impact and School of Population Health, University of Western Australia
imageWhen dog owners meet, it helps build a safe and connected community. Wrote/flickr, CC BY-NC

Talk to any pet owner and you are bound to invoke stories about the joy and companionship of having a pet. But evidence is mounting that the effect of pets extends beyond their owners and can help strengthen the social fabric of local neighbourhoods. Now a...

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Creative country: 98% of Australians engage with the arts

  • Written by: Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), University of Melbourne
imageNearly three-quarters of Australians go to live art events, such as Dark Mofo in Hobart. Stefan Karpiniec/Flickr, CC BY

The arts play a role in the lives of 98% of the Australian population, according to a new survey, Connecting Australians, released by the Australia Council today. That is, the majority of Australians from all walks of life –...

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  1. The world's tropical zone is expanding, and Australia should be worried
  2. Huge restored reef aims to bring South Australia's oysters back from the brink
  3. New research shows there is still a long way to go in providing equality in education
  4. Men are killed at a greater rate than women in Australia – what can we do to reduce their risk?
  5. China bans streaming video as it struggles to keep up with live content
  6. How parenting advice assumes you're white and middle class
  7. Curious Kids: My tooth fell out. Why is it so spiky on the bottom?
  8. Tony Abbott says he'll stay around – because he's needed
  9. Home ownership remains strong in Australia but it masks other problems: Census data
  10. Census 2016 puts on display the increasing diversity in Australians' relationships
  11. Census 2016 shows Australia's changing religious profile, with more 'nones' than Catholics
  12. The ATM celebrates 50 years but we're using it less
  13. Why retirement village contracts need to be regulated like insurance
  14. Explainer: what is tularemia and can I catch it from a possum?
  15. Census 2016 reveals Australia is becoming much more diverse – but can we trust the data?
  16. A map that fills a 500-million year gap in Earth's history
  17. Body mass and evolution: why the body mass index is a limited measure of public health
  18. Why many high-achieving Indigenous students are shunning university
  19. The Conversation launches in Canada
  20. Pharmacists are trusted medical professionals, so they shouldn't sell remedies that lack evidence
  21. Tenants' calls for safe public housing fall on deaf ears
  22. Despite our growing taste for craft brews, smaller beer makers face a huge disadvantage
  23. Data visualisation isn't just for communication, it's also a research tool
  24. Contributions to sea-level rise have increased by half since 1993, largely because of Greenland's ice
  25. Roman gladiators were war prisoners and criminals, not sporting heroes
  26. Pyne's self-indulgence damages Turnbull because it reinforces what Liberal right wing malcontents believe
  27. Why I disagree with Nobel Laureates when it comes to career advice for scientists
  28. Rumours of the death of multinational tax avoidance are greatly exaggerated
  29. Logically, how is it possible to use more resources than Earth can replenish?
  30. The NT 'Intervention' led to some changes in Indigenous health, but the social cost may not have been worth it
  31. Get headaches? Here's five things to eat or avoid
  32. The off-topic Conversation #126
  33. Why we desire partners who have had relationship experience
  34. From Elvis to Cobain, The Sound of Falling Stars revives those dead before their time
  35. How to help kids navigate fake news and misinformation online
  36. Australians want insurance against the burden of old age
  37. Full response from a spokesperson for Christian Porter for a FactCheck on welfare spending and income tax
  38. Bust the regional city myths and look beyond the 'big 5' for a $378b return
  39. Three charts on: cancer rates in Australia, where liver cancer is on the rise while other types fall
  40. FactCheck: was Christian Porter right about welfare spending and income tax?
  41. Why is there so little space for women in jazz music?
  42. Ten years on, it's time we learned the lessons from the failed Northern Territory Intervention
  43. Remote workers would rather be watched than ignored and forgotten
  44. Ken Campbell: the palaeontologist whose name lives on in many fossils
  45. Sludge, snags, and surreal animals: life aboard a voyage to study the abyss
  46. Phone scams cost billions. Why isn't technology being used to stop them?
  47. Australians are increasingly non-partisan: Morrison
  48. Greens senator Rhiannon's behaviour 'perfidious': Brown
  49. Apologies: Your Best Guide on the Internet
  50. David Petraeus on US policy under Donald Trump, the generational war against Islamist terrorism, and dealing with China

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