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Booksellers, the alt-right and Milo Yiannopoulos

  • Written by: Nathan Hollier, Director, Monash University Publishing, Monash University
imageMilo Yiannopoulos addressing the media this week. Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Last year Monash University Publishing released How to Vote Progressive in Australia: Labor or Green? – a book that did quite well for us. Needless to say, it didn’t appeal to all readers. The prominent Sydney bookseller Jon Page let me know he hadn’t ordered...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan and Deep Saini on penalty rate cuts

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

The Fair Work Commission’s decision to cut Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for workers in certain industries forebodes a new battle between Labor and the Coalition. Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deep Saini, examine the fallout from the ruling.

“Certainly Bill Shorten has taken up this...

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Hairdressers in rural Australia end up being counsellors too

  • Written by: Gene Hodgins, Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist, Charles Sturt University
imageA farmer might be more likely to chat to her hairdresser about the tough time she's having than seeking professional help.from www.shutterstock.com.au

Most people with mental health issues in rural areas don’t seek treatment and access to mental health services is limited outside the major cities. So rural professionals like hairdressers,...

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Voters' dislike of politics makes fixed four-year parliamentary terms look appealing

  • Written by: Jamie Fellows, Lecturer in Law, James Cook University

Liberal MP David Coleman plans to introduce a private member’s bill to bring in fixed, four-year terms for the House of Representatives. Currently, our federal lower house is elected to serve up to three years. As Coleman notes:

Since Federation … the average term has been a little more than two-and-a-half years, as prime ministers...

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  2. Here's what smart cities do to stay ahead
  3. Netanyahu's visit in perspective: Australia has more important relationships than Israel
  4. Here's what must be done to detect, disrupt and deter phoenix activity in Australia
  5. Fourteen penalties: Sydney’s A-League derby off the pitch
  6. Why researchers have a duty to try and influence policy
  7. Our power grid is crying out for capacity, but should we open the gas valves?
  8. Vital Signs: there's never been a tougher time to be a central banker
  9. The search for extraterrestrial life in the water worlds close to home
  10. Friday essay: the revolutionary vision of Jane Austen
  11. Do you know what's in the herbal medicine you're taking?
  12. Our big cities are engines of inequality, so how do we fix that?
  13. Tony Abbott says government's challenge is 'to be worth voting for'
  14. Grattan on Friday: Penalty rates – Shorten's own goal becomes Turnbull's political problem
  15. Politics podcast: Hugh Saddler on Australia's energy crisis
  16. Cutting Sunday penalty rates will hurt young people the most
  17. How do we keep gardening in the face of a changing climate?
  18. YouTube star PewDiePie rails against 'the media', but he's a part of it too now
  19. Sunday penalty rates cut opens new fight between government and opposition
  20. Explainer: how Australia decides who is a genuine refugee
  21. 'I can live with either one': Palestine, Israel and the two-state solution
  22. In the rooms of power and ordinary people, Bligh's banking appointment is a masterstroke
  23. Some brain training programs are backed by evidence. Here's how to pick them
  24. WA's decision to allow internet voting in state election is a very positive step
  25. A critical guide to the Oscar Best Pic contenders – and why Moonlight should win
  26. Gambling lobby gives big to political parties, and names names
  27. Why there's no legal barrier to a Melbourne drug injecting room, despite political setbacks
  28. Too hot to learn – why Australian schools need a national policy on coping with heatwaves
  29. Push for longer hours makes headlines, but more Australians want to work less
  30. Seven Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting a nearby star
  31. Australia’s 2016 environment scorecard: rains return but in some cases too late
  32. Shorten goes on front foot over renewables 50% 'target'
  33. Fact or fiction – is sugar addictive?
  34. New physics syllabus raises the bar, but how will schools clear it?
  35. No mandatory novels or poetry – what you need to know about the new HSC English curriculum
  36. Dutton blows Turnbull's credibility – for now and perhaps for later
  37. Yes, we can do on-the-spot drug testing quickly and safely
  38. How South Australia can function reliably while moving to 100% renewable power
  39. Business students willing to sacrifice future salary for good corporate social responsibility: study
  40. City streets become a living lab that could transform your daily travel
  41. Intrigue, lucky charms and painful longing: the art of Helen Britton
  42. Life imprisonment raises questions about proportionality, equity and human dignity
  43. Essendon air crash: what will the investigators be looking for?
  44. Playing politics with renewables: how the right is losing its way
  45. Trump, déjà un mois, et ce n’est que le début…
  46. How predictable are the Oscars? More than you might think
  47. Netanyahu's visit prompts Australia to rethink its relationship with Israel
  48. No animal required, but would people eat artificial meat?
  49. Tax and dividend: how conservatives can grow to love carbon pricing
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