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Friday essay: the feminist picture book revolution

  • Written by: Sarah Kanake, Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Sunshine Coast
imageSarah and Olive Kanake read one of the new breed of girl-power picture books.Miriam Ackroyd from Life is Beautiful Photography

A year and a half ago I gave birth to my first child. A girl named Olive. I’m a writer and a writing teacher so, naturally, our friends and family gave us books.

One after another, we unwrapped picture books and...

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Explainer: what is a special counsel and what will he investigate in the Trump administration?

  • Written by: Rodrigo Praino, Lecturer, School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University
imageRobert Mueller will investigate any evidence of Russian involvement in the 2016 election of Donald Trump as US president.Reuters/Mike Segar

The US Department of Justice has appointed former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III as special counsel, with authorisation to conduct the investigation on any links or co-ordination between Donald...

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Maybe we can, but should we? Deciding whether to bring back extinct species

  • Written by: Gwenllian Iacona, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
imageImmortalised on a stamp, New Zealand's stout-legged wren went extinct in the 1990s. Boris15/www.shutterstock.com

De-extinction – the science of reviving species that have been lost – has moved from the realm of science-fiction to something that is now nearly feasible. Some types of lost mammals, birds or frogs may soon be able to be...

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Australians don't loiter in public space – the legacy of colonial control by design

  • Written by: Aaron Magro, PhD Candidate, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University
imagePeople look out over an ornamental lake from behind a wrought iron fence at the Carlton Gardens.State Library of Victoria

British attempts to assert dominance on a far-away colony were achieved through the execution of planning policies in the initial townships. These old imperial concepts of planning still have direct impacts on how Australians...

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  1. Climate Council: climate, health and economics are against Carmichael mine
  2. Study confirms 'flushing' blocked fallopian tubes can improve fertility and reduce need for IVF
  3. Few Australians trust social media with personal information but do little about it
  4. Grattan on Friday: Budget-making is undermined by the continuous election campaign
  5. Politics podcast: Dennis Richardson on telling it like it is
  6. Shinzo Abe pushes ahead on constitutional reform amid heated debate within Japan
  7. Four ways junk food brands befriend kids online
  8. $89b shipbuilding plan is a major step forward – but sovereignty remains a problem
  9. Challenges persist for multiple legal actions regarding MH17
  10. The - Roger - Stone Age Man
  11. We don't have a gas shortfall worth worrying about
  12. Anti-Chinese and anti-Christian sentiment is not new in Indonesia
  13. Programs that prepare students for university study may no longer be free
  14. FactCheck: do Australian banks have double the return on equity of banks in other developed economies?
  15. Health Check: why can you feel groggy days after an operation?
  16. Australian fashion is thriving, so where are the policies to take it to the world?
  17. I'm not a racist, but: how we monitor discrimination
  18. What comes first: the free-range chicken or the free-range egg?
  19. Two pictures of rental housing stress and vulnerability zero in on areas of need
  20. Get used to your commute: data confirms houses near jobs are too expensive
  21. The lengthy childhood of endangered orangutans is written in their teeth
  22. New Zealand's Alpine Fault reveals extreme underground heat and fluid pressure
  23. Writing the WA wheatbelt, a place of radical environmental change
  24. Beyond Brexit: ‘Global Britain’ looks to the emerging Anglosphere for new opportunities
  25. Science or Snake oil: do Band-Aids really 'heal cuts twice as fast'?
  26. Guilt-free online shopping: can parcel deliveries ever be truly carbon-neutral?
  27. Expert culture has killed the innovator in workplaces
  28. Ratings agency S P keeps Australia's AAA rating but doubtful about government's surplus timetable
  29. Physicists use Einstein's 'spooky' entanglement to invent super-sensitive gravitational wave detector
  30. This South Pacific island of rubbish shows why we need to quit our plastic habit
  31. White House under siege as scandal follows scandal – and it won't end any time soon
  32. The ABC's Ask the Doctor sends mixed messages about obesity
  33. Guy Ritchie's King Arthur – a triumph of modern spectacle
  34. Scrounging for money: how the world's great writers made a living
  35. Research shows the banks will pass the bank levy on to customers
  36. Biophilic urbanism: how rooftop gardening soothes souls
  37. The Belt and Road Initiative: China's vision for globalisation, Beijing-style
  38. Violence against nurses is on the rise, but protections remain weak
  39. Curious Kids: why are some shells smooth and some shells corrugated?
  40. Sidelining God: why secular climate projects in the Pacific Islands are failing
  41. Shadow Brokers promise release of more NSA hacks to be used against the world
  42. Coalition fails to get post-budget boost predicted by commentariat
  43. Nick Greiner favourite to become Liberal federal president
  44. How do we decide which disease to prevent next? Long-term studies help
  45. What the underground market for ransomware looks like
  46. Can support for the jailed former Jakarta governor bring change in Indonesia's blasphemy law?
  47. Australia risks missing out on China's One Belt One Road
  48. How resilience can break the link between a 'bad' childhood and the youth justice system
  49. Banning early evening gaming ads on TV is like being 'a little bit pregnant'
  50. Why rent bidding apps will make the rental market even more unaffordable

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