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The Vice President Dines: A Philosophical Dialogue

  • Written by: Patrick Stokes, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Deakin University
imageJorge Royan/Wikimedia Commons

[In a swanky Washington DC restaurant, L'Metaphysique, VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE is enjoying an intimate dinner with his wife and constant companion KAREN PENCE]

MIKE PENCE So I said, “Well, Don, if they’ve got the video, and it’s really that bad, why don’t you just” - Karen? Karen,...

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The APRA bandaid for the housing market is wearing off

  • Written by: Saul Eslake, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania

The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) and the Reserve Bank (RBA) are locked into a strange game of tweaking with economic levers to try and reduce the risk of a rapidly growing property market. But past cycles of rate rises and rules to try and curb lending to investors show the effectiveness of these measures is running out.

It...

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Electoral system flaws deny Labor and Greens WA upper house majority

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

At the Western Australian election held 11 March, Labor won a landslide in the lower house, winning 41 of the 59 seats. However, in the upper house Labor and the Greens combined won 18 of the 36 seats, one short of an outright majority. There were two reasons for the left’s underperformance in the upper house: malapportionment in favour of...

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Carrots and pumpkin might reduce your risk of cancer, but beware taking them in pill form

  • Written by: Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
imageA diet rich in fruit and vegetables is more than just a sum of its individual nutrients.from www.shutterstock.com

In February this year, ABC’s Four Corners broadcast a critical and compelling program on complementary medicines, Swallowing it: How Australians are spending billions on unproven vitamins and supplements.

The program certainly...

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  1. Does bad weather affect student performance in school?
  2. It's ten years since Rudd's 'great moral challenge', and we have failed it
  3. The search to extend lifespan is gaining ground, but can we truly reverse the biology of ageing?
  4. More low-paid work is part of the problem, not the solution
  5. The forgotten 660,000 locked out of home ownership
  6. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the company tax cut
  7. Comparing Australia's electricity charges to other countries shows why competition isn't working
  8. If you destroy it, they will come – climate change displacement and the Trump effect
  9. Cloud, backup and storage devices: how best to protect your data
  10. A guide to how we decide what to publish in Politics and Society
  11. Explainer: the rise of social impact investing
  12. What did the rich man say to the poor man? Why spatial inequality in Australia is no joke
  13. Turning Hazelwood's empty coal mine into a lake could help heal mining towns
  14. Vital Signs: war gaming the economic fallout from Brexit
  15. Why are some people more gullible than others?
  16. Friday essay: finding spaces for love
  17. Tiny frogs face a troubled future in New Guinea's tropical mountains
  18. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's taxing battle as fractious session grinds towards end
  19. Follow the Moon to the stars and Jupiter
  20. Yes, your doctor might Google you
  21. Why politicians and television still need each other
  22. Mobile phones are not always a cure for poverty in remote regions
  23. Can an album still define the times? Oh Well. Whatever. Nevermind.
  24. The Cashless Debit Card causes social and economic harm – so why trial it again?
  25. Worried about shark attacks or terrorism? Here's how to think about the real risk of rare events
  26. Hazelwood power station: from modernist icon to greenhouse pariah
  27. Victoria leads the way on family violence, but Canberra needs to lift its game
  28. Amazon in Australia might not be the end of retail as we know it
  29. Explainer: how do our bones get calcium and why do they need it?
  30. Once upon a time: a brief history of children's literature
  31. Unleashed Latham too opinionated even for an increasingly opinionated Sky
  32. Art for art’s sake
  33. How to keep your mobile phone connected when the network is down
  34. Trump tears down US climate policy, but America could lose out as a result
  35. Still here: Night Parrot rediscovery in WA raises questions for mining
  36. Cyclone Debbie: we can design cities to withstand these natural disasters
  37. Cuts to sole parent benefits are human rights violations
  38. Four Corners: can the NDIS prevent abuse of people with disability?
  39. Tracking the storm: the science behind Tropical Cyclone Debbie
  40. Hazelwood closure: what it means for electricity prices and blackouts
  41. As Brexit begins, Australia mustn’t get caught up in Britain’s post-imperial fantasies
  42. Deadly Funny -- a new brand of Australian comedy
  43. Myth busting claims on the impact of the company tax cut
  44. The seven deadly sins of statistical misinterpretation, and how to avoid them
  45. New study shows HPV vaccine is working to reduce rates of genital warts
  46. Selective schools' long and tangled history with race and class
  47. Now we are six. How The Conversation is transforming the media landscape
  48. Labor seizes 55-45 lead in Ipsos with the Greens at an unrealistic 16%
  49. Politics podcast: David Marr on Pauline Hanson's star power
  50. Star Trek's Holodeck: from science fiction to a new reality

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