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We need a comprehensive housing approach to deal with heatwaves

  • Written by: Wendy Miller, Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Heatwaves across much of the country this summer have revealed a serious problem with our national housing stock.

Stressed electricity networks that can’t guarantee supply have led to politicians advising people not to go home, but to go to the movies instead. The risk is that houses...

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There are six styles of love. Which one best describes you?

  • Written by: Rachel Grieve, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Tasmania
imageThere's not just one way to feel or express love.Shutterstock

Love is a complex and powerful force, one that plays out in a number of emotional, cognitive and social ways.

When we love a person, we feel emotional arousal in their presence. We will also have a set of thoughts (or cognitions) about that person, and our previous experiences can shape...

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Rudd warns against a 'second Stolen Generation' by default

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

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has warned against the creation of a “second Stolen Generation” by default, on the eve of Malcolm Turnbull’s release of the 2017 Closing the Gap report on Tuesday.

Rudd called for more to be done to halt the increasing number of Indigenous children being removed from their families, and to ensure...

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There is a difference between a strong contest of views on energy policy and counter-productive hyper-partisanship

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

Whether it’s the awkward politics of preferences for One Nation or the extremely complex policy conundrum of improving Australia’s energy security, the Turnbull government’s default position is to attack Labor.

As it becomes clear the Western Australian Liberals’ preferencing of One Nation is likely to be the start of...

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  1. FactCheck Q A: is violent crime getting worse in Victoria and do people feel less safe than ever?
  2. Australian banks go back to ACCC to further delay customers from getting Apple Pay
  3. A hologram of light and love
  4. The IMF is showing some hypocrisy on inequality
  5. Australia's looming e-cigarette ban robs smokers of a chance to quit
  6. Why big data may be having a big effect on how our politics plays out
  7. Fifty shades of erotica: how sex in literature went mainstream
  8. Mainstream schools need to take back responsibility for educating disengaged students
  9. Baby galaxies light up the universe
  10. Health Check: do cold showers cool you down?
  11. Royal commission hearings show Catholic Church faces a massive reform task
  12. The anatomy of an energy crisis - a pictorial guide, Part 1
  13. Why it's time for Australia to launch its own space agency
  14. Alcohol leads to more violence than other drugs, but you'd never know from the headlines
  15. New research shows how petrol retailers pushed prices up in Perth
  16. The faulty child welfare system is the real issue behind our youth justice crisis
  17. FactCheck: is Australia below the international average when it comes to school funding?
  18. Is there a crisis in public education?
  19. Guide to the classics: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  20. How drones can help fight the war on shark attacks
  21. Plea to politicians on energy: stop the brawling
  22. One Nation has now been 'normalised' in the Liberals’ firmament of political players
  23. Queensland Galaxy: One Nation surges to 23%
  24. Fed up with bad relationships? Then why not marry yourself?
  25. Is NBN Co's CEO right that Australians aren't interested in ultra-fast broadband?
  26. Increased private health insurance premiums don't mean increased value
  27. Black holes are even stranger than you can imagine
  28. Australia Post salary scandal highlights our nation's growing wage inequality
  29. Why did energy regulators deliberately turn out the lights in South Australia?
  30. New deal on torture a step in the right direction for Australia's human rights law
  31. Abbott hasn't convinced own electors on Senate curb
  32. South Australia's gambling tax highlights the regulatory mess of online betting
  33. Flattering emails will get you everywhere, except when they're from junk journals
  34. Shared ownership can help make housing affordable for people with disability
  35. Friday essay: Putin, memory wars and the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution
  36. Drugs don't cure everything – doctors can be helped to prescribe other options
  37. Delving through settlers' diaries can reveal Australia's colonial-era climate
  38. How to find success as a woman in science
  39. Vital Signs: the case of the missing investment
  40. Back to school – understanding challenges faced by Indigenous children
  41. FactCheck: are bulk-billing rates falling, or at record levels?
  42. Grattan on Friday: Liberals get high on bubbles and billionaires
  43. Watch the bright star Regulus hide behind the Full Moon
  44. Full responses from Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten
  45. Fifty Shades Darker: an abusive fairy tale that robs women of sexual freedom
  46. Australia's innovation report card shows the nation can do better, and hints at how
  47. Stop focusing on 'the problem' in Indigenous education, and start looking at learning opportunities
  48. God bless the footy: dissent and distractions
  49. Omnibus welfare bill shows the always-tricky politics of budget savings
  50. Unusual conditions: delusional infestation with insects or spiders

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