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Twenty years after the handover, Hong Kong proves itself a headache for China

  • Written by: Nick Bisley, Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
imageThe CCP seems intent on bringing Hong Kong into line.Shutterstock

Hong Kong had suffered “more than a century of vicissitudes”. So declared Jiang Zemin on July 1, 1997, at the return of the colony to “the motherland”. Twenty years on from the handover of the British Crown colony, the people of Hong Kong are increasingly...

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Turnbull's Trump riff won't please The Donald but it could be a hit at home

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageMalcolm Turnbull's Midwinter Ball speech parodying Donald Trump has received international attention.Lukas Coch/AAP

We can presume that even without the assistance of Nine’s Laurie Oakes, Washington officialdom would have heard soon enough about Malcolm Turnbull’s riff on Donald Trump at Wednesday’s Midwinter Ball.

After all, among...

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Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they're made out to be. Here's why

  • Written by: Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
imageThe potential to harm local birdlife is often used to oppose wind farm development. But research into how birds die shows wind farms should be the least of our concerns.from www.shutterstock.com

People who oppose wind farms often claim wind turbine blades kill large numbers of birds, often referring to them as “bird choppers”. And...

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  4. As Trump ups the ante, executive powers should worry Australians too
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  6. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Finkel feedback
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  10. Friday essay: the wonder of Joyce's Ulysses
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  12. Goodbye to the Gatwick, and to so much of the old St Kilda
  13. The new space race: why we need a human mission to Mars
  14. Volcanoes under the ice: melting Antarctic ice could fight climate change
  15. The new data retention law seriously invades our privacy – and it's time we took action
  16. Grattan on Friday: The Finkel plan will test Malcolm Turnbull's ability to deliver significant reform
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  18. How popular culture gets Australian spy work wrong
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  20. Ten Network has a hard road back to viability
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  24. Emily Bell: Journalism in the age of Trump and the real-time social web
  25. Elder abuse report ignores impact on people's health
  26. The problems with asking banks to police financial abuse
  27. Explainer: what is public interest journalism?
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  39. When is 'not a backdoor' just a backdoor? Australia's struggle with encryption
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