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Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on a year at the top

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

Approaching the one-year anniversary of becoming National Party leader, Barnaby Joyce is well aware of the challenge posed by One Nation.

Joyce tells Michelle Grattan he knows “there’s a battle on”, as the Queensland election looms. He agrees regional seats in that state are particularly vulnerable to falling to Pauline...

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Clementine Ford and Lindy West talk Twitter and life on and off the Internet

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageClementine Ford and Lindy WestPerth Writers Festival

Clementine Ford and Lindy West, doyennes of the internet and social media, feminists, and writers, are travelling to Perth, Western Australia to appear at the Perth Writers Festival.

Both of these writers are truly at ease communicating their thoughts and opinions across most platforms, including...

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How the warming world could turn many plants and animals into climate refugees

  • Written by: Matt Christmas, ARC Research Associate, University of Adelaide
imageThe Flinders Ranges were once a refuge from a changing climate.Shutterstock

Finding the optimum environment and avoiding uninhabitable conditions has been a challenge faced by species throughout the history of life on Earth. But as the climate changes, many plants and animals are likely to find their favoured home much less hospitable.

In the short...

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Before pregnancy even starts, healthy weight in mums and dads lowers obesity risk in children

  • Written by: Michelle Lane, Senior Research Fellow , University of Adelaide
imagePreconception planning focuses on improving the health of parents to lower the risk of obesity in children. from www.shutterstock.com

Children born to obese women have double the chance of being obese themselves by age two, compared to children born to women of a recommended body mass index (BMI). Childhood obesity is also strongly linked with...

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  2. Closing the Gap is failing and needs a radical overhaul
  3. States drag feet on affordable housing, with Victoria the worst
  4. That Lump of Coal
  5. FactCheck: is Australia on track to have the oldest pension age in the developed world?
  6. How to cut through when talking to anti-vaxxers and anti-fluoriders
  7. Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones
  8. Moving on from home ownership for 'Generation Rent'
  9. Understanding populism: how leaders can better sell economic reform
  10. The Great Australian Plays: The Front Room Boys and New Wave theatre
  11. End of the road? Why it might be time to ditch your car
  12. How far they'll go: Moana shows the power of Polynesian celestial navigation
  13. Molecules do not have colour!
  14. Morrison pushed NDIS 'hypothecation' announcement despite caution about timing from Turnbull's office
  15. 6 things young men should know about food, nutrition and getting in shape
  16. FactCheck: it's true – Western Australia has the nation's highest rate of methamphetamine use
  17. Want electricity reform? Start by giving power back to the states
  18. Young women can budget in the short term but struggle with long-term investments: survey
  19. Why the Sydney Opera House is a little overcooked
  20. WA state election: Liberals' deal with One Nation may come back to bite them
  21. The gap of Indigenous disadvantage is being closed too slowly: report
  22. And then there were two: welcome back ABC Fact Check
  23. Basil Hetzel: Australian medical pioneer, and my friend
  24. Six psychiatric concepts that have mutated: for better or worse
  25. Errors in Centrelink's debt recovery system were inevitable, as in all complex systems
  26. Housing affordability problems might not be all bad
  27. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, January 2017
  28. The off-topic Conversation #117
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  30. 'Ice Wars' message is overblown and unhelpful
  31. Why housing supply shouldn't be the only policy tool politicians cling to
  32. To the mattresses: a defence of romance fiction
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  35. Rudd warns against a 'second Stolen Generation' by default
  36. There is a difference between a strong contest of views on energy policy and counter-productive hyper-partisanship
  37. FactCheck Q A: is violent crime getting worse in Victoria and do people feel less safe than ever?
  38. Australian banks go back to ACCC to further delay customers from getting Apple Pay
  39. A hologram of light and love
  40. The IMF is showing some hypocrisy on inequality
  41. Australia's looming e-cigarette ban robs smokers of a chance to quit
  42. Why big data may be having a big effect on how our politics plays out
  43. Fifty shades of erotica: how sex in literature went mainstream
  44. Mainstream schools need to take back responsibility for educating disengaged students
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