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Politics podcast: Matt Canavan on Adani

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageMick Tsikas/AAP

The Coalition has backed the Adani Carmichael coal mine but there’s debate about assistance for the project, and argument about the jobs it would create in the region.

Resources Minister Matt Canavan argues there’s a role for the government to invest in large-scale infrastructure. He tells The Conversation this mine is...

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Explainer: how proceeds-of-crime law works in Australia

  • Written by: Nicholas Cowdery, Visiting Professorial Fellow, UNSW
imageConvicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is surrounded by Indonesian police on her way to being deported from Bali back to Australia.AAP/EPA

The nine legal jurisdictions of Australia have a patchwork of laws directed at depriving criminals of the profits of their crimes. There are many similarities between jurisdictions, but the laws are by no means...

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Indonesian Muslim women engage with feminism

  • Written by: Dina Afrianty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
imageTheology students sit an exam at the Islamic University in Jakarta.Photo by Idris Thaha, Author provided

Can a Muslim be a feminist? Many Muslim women and men have fought for liberation, justice and freedom, but some still question if feminism and Islam are aligned.

The practice of Muslim women wearing headscarves is often taken as a sign that they...

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Speaking with: Tony Kevin on his return to Moscow and the new Cold War with Russia

  • Written by: William Isdale, Research Assistant, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

Tony Kevin first went to the Soviet Union in 1969. He was 25 years old and working in the Australian Embassy in Moscow at the peak of the Cold War. Embassy staff were told to be aware that every discussion was probably being recorded, and that they should avoid any interactions with locals.

Forty-eight years later he returned to Russia and found a...

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  2. Not all students with a disability need funding
  3. Taking Asia’s temperature at Shangri-La
  4. Family break-up raises homelessness risk, and critical period is longer for boys
  5. After-hours GP home visits strain the budget (and don't help emergency departments)
  6. Three charts on: Australia's changing drug and alcohol habits
  7. The world's coral reefs are in trouble, but don't give up on them yet
  8. Global stocktake shows the 43 greenhouse gases driving global warming
  9. The best way to support writers is to feed them new ideas
  10. Regional universities have a pivotal role to play in Australia's City Deals
  11. Fancy government financing could still cost the taxpayer
  12. From botnet to malware: a guide to decoding cybersecurity buzzwords
  13. Liberal MP confronts Turnbull over aged care decisions
  14. Companies should take charge of the potential toxins in common products
  15. Juno mission unveils Jupiter’s complex interior, weather and magnetism
  16. After Uluru, we must focus on a treaty ahead of constitutional recognition
  17. No rest over Easter as the barrage of news continues on Twitter
  18. It's happening again ... our love affair with TV reboots
  19. Twitter's plan to help young people not get too overwhelmed by bad news doesn't go far enough
  20. Research shows if you improve the air quality at work, you improve productivity
  21. Curious Kids: Why do adults think video games are bad?
  22. Sydneysiders blame foreign investors for high housing prices – survey
  23. The government should pick towns, not industries, to fund
  24. Christianity does not play a significant role in Australian politics, but cultural conservatism does
  25. The science of taste, or why you choose fries over broccoli
  26. How we can help refugee kids to thrive in Australia
  27. The US quitting the Paris climate agreement will only make things worse
  28. Tax take shrinks as online accommodation agents rake it in
  29. GetUp raises nearly $200,000 in crowdfunding to campaign against Peter Dutton
  30. Newspoll steady at 53-47 to Labor. Plus UK and French elections
  31. When it comes to ransomware, it's sometimes best to pay up
  32. Review: Wonder Woman reinvigorates tired superhero conventions
  33. Trump demands a post-post-truth response
  34. Around the world, environmental laws are under attack in all sorts of ways
  35. Turnbull should deliver Gonski schools plan faster: Grattan Institute
  36. Improving Australia’s health requires better use of patient information
  37. Australia's videogames are inventive, acclaimed and world-class, so where's the government support?
  38. Fifty years on from the 1967 referendum, it's time to tell the truth about race
  39. Why the seemingly tidy, leaked proposal for hospital funding may be a problem policy
  40. Confused about changes to school funding? Here's what you need to know
  41. The government will likely get more from the bank levy than Labor or the big four think
  42. Should we negotiate with terrorist hostage takers?
  43. The truth about the Amazons - the real Wonder Women
  44. How old is too old for cholesterol lowering medications?
  45. Why Gold Coast light rail was worth it (it's about more than patronage)
  46. Melting ice and satellites: how to measure the Earth's 'wiggle'
  47. Apple working on AI chip for mobile devices bringing them a new level of intelligence
  48. Why the KPIs on university engagement need more thought
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