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Mythbusting Ancient Rome - Caligula's Horse

  • Written by: Shushma Malik, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Queensland
imageAn equestrian statue of a Julio-Claudian prince, originally identified as Caligula. ©Trustees of the British Museum: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

When we think of the emperor Caligula, it is John Hurt’s wonderfully maniacal performance in the BBC TV series I, Claudius...

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Three Little Words and Best Self Nonsense

  • Written by: Lauren Rosewarne, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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Tess (Catherine McClements), an editor who can’t spell - an implausible premise but just go with it - has decided to leave her marriage to Curtis (Peter Houghton), a man who incomprehensibly transitions from über feminist to calling women heifers in under two hours.

Their marriage is apparently good - regular sex, mutual respect - but...

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Abbott questions Turnbull's schools plan

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has taken a swipe at Malcolm Turnbull’s schools plan, pointing out it did not go to the Coalition party room and predicting it will be “pretty vigorously debated” there when Parliament resumes next week.

In provocative comments on the government’s major attempt to neutralise Labor’s...

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NATSEM models the impact of HELP changes

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The University of Canberra’s National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) has modelled the impact of the changes to the HELP debt repayments the government announced this week.

The government proposes increases in the student contribution to course fees totalling 7.5%, and is lowering the first income threshold for HELP...

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  1. Politics podcast: John Hewson on the budget climate
  2. Disappearing act: take two for the Moon and Regulus
  3. UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk
  4. The great Australian plays: sex, poetry and The Chapel Perilous
  5. With gas and hydro plans, the government is looking at the whole picture
  6. Weekly Dose: Kalydeco, the drug that treats the cause of cystic fibrosis, not just symptoms
  7. The government is swimming against the tide on Westpac's Adani decision
  8. History can provide many lessons for Turnbull as he prepares for Trump meeting
  9. Victorian budget splash raises questions about privatisation
  10. The future of Australian coal: an unbankable deposit
  11. Gonski 2.0: Is this the school funding plan we have been looking for? Finally, yes
  12. Found with cocaine in Colombia, we should presume Cassandra Sainsbury's innocence
  13. Our uniquely lopsided brain
  14. Australian Twitter is more diverse than you think
  15. Feeling worn out? You could have iron overload
  16. All care and no responsibility: why Airtasker can't guarantee a minimum wage
  17. Full response from Airtasker CEO Tim Fung
  18. Police officer suicide: it's not just about workplace stress, but culture too
  19. Food as medicine: why do we need to eat so many vegetables and what does a serve actually look like?
  20. New to Australia? Good luck! Migrants can no longer afford 'gateway' suburbs
  21. Curious Kids: Why don’t cats wear shoes?
  22. Bob Brown takes to the High Court to put hardline anti-protest laws to the test
  23. A new literary portrait of Helen Garner leaves you wanting to know more
  24. Protecting young people's privacy as Facebook claims it can identify their anxieties
  25. Turnbull announces schools funding and a new Gonski review
  26. Chasing the audience: is it over and out for cricket on free to air TV?
  27. Charter schools and vouchers not a solution for Australian schooling
  28. WA's economic mismanagement is not a reason to review how the GST is carved up
  29. Higher education reform: small changes for now but big ones to come
  30. Government to build second Sydney airport
  31. How 3D food printers could improve mealtimes for people with swallowing disorders
  32. When exploiting kids for cash goes wrong on YouTube: the lessons of DaddyOFive
  33. Three charts on: crane-spotting, a way to tell which Australian cities are growing and where
  34. Google, Facebook fall into line on tax, but eBay remains defiant
  35. Affordable housing is not just about the purchase price
  36. Who goes to MONA? Peering behind the 'flannelette curtain'
  37. Change Agents: David Buchanan and Fr Paul Kelly on ending the gay panic defence
  38. Rather than capping tax revenue, the government should reform the system
  39. A short history of anaesthesia: from unspeakable agony to unlocking consciousness
  40. The hunt for the Superstars of STEM to engage more women in science
  41. The solar panel and battery revolution: how will your state measure up?
  42. The bark side: domestic dogs threaten endangered species worldwide
  43. 2017 higher education reform: cuts to universities, higher fees for students
  44. University students to pay more as government looks to $2.8 billion saving
  45. FactCheck Q A: do 80% of Australians and up to 70% of Catholics and Anglicans support euthanasia laws?
  46. Why Chinese investors find Australian real estate so alluring
  47. Politics podcast: Jane Halton on how to make a federal budget
  48. Men can help women deal with their PMS
  49. Action on problem gambling online is a good first step, but no silver bullet
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