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Hugh Mackay: the state of the nation starts in your street

  • Written by: Hugh Mackay, Honorary Professor of Social Science, University of Wollongong; Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts, Charles Sturt University
imageA 'loss of community' is one of the most common concerns among contemporary Australians.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

This is an edited version of the Gandhi Oration, delivered by Hugh Mackay at the University of New South Wales on January 30, 2017.

I wonder what Gandhi would have made of Australia in 2017 – a place that many people who live here regard...

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Fornication, fluids and faeces: the intimate life of the French court

  • Written by: Susan Broomhall, Director, Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Western Australia
image Louis XIV (played by George Blagden) cavorts with a young nymph (Alexia Giordano) in Versailles.Capa Drama

The second season of the French-Canadian TV series Versailles will soon be upon us, as will the fourth of the US series Reign. The former charts the intertwined development of the 17th-century French monarch Louis XIV and his best-known...

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Dietary guidelines don't work. Here's how to fix them

  • Written by: Duane Mellor, Associate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Canberra
imagePastry or fruit? Dietary guidelines aren't helping us make the best food choices.from www.shutterstock.com

Dietary guidelines come under a lot of fire. They have been accused of not being based on evidence, not being environmentally sustainable and being out of touch with nutritional science. They also fail to change people’s eating habits,...

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Why we can't spin a silken yarn as strong as a spider can

  • Written by: Sean Blamires, Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, UNSW Australia
imageIf it's good enough for a spider, why can't we make such strong silk?Flickr/Petra Bensted, CC BY

Silk is a high performance protein-baed fibre that is naturally produced by invertebrates. The most well-known is the domesticated silk moth (Bombyx mori), whose silk has been used in fabrics for more than 4,000 years.

Spiders also produce silk. The...

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  2. Turnbull finally reveals his Liberal donation was $1.75 million
  3. Turnbull's energy policy vision: heavy on direction, light on action
  4. Sobering health stats in latest Productivity Commission report
  5. Turnbull believes in timely disclosure of donations – just not his
  6. When the drugs don’t work: how we can turn the tide of antimicrobial resistance
  7. Enough with the Doctor Who gender debate – it's time
  8. Interactive: a snapshot of political donations in Australia for 2015-16
  9. Why, only now, are we finding out who the biggest donors in an election year were?
  10. What has Turnbull agreed to do for Trump?
  11. What economists and tax experts think of the company tax cut
  12. What did Galaxy's poll tell us about freedom of speech and 18C? Not what the IPA said it did
  13. It's time to focus on an endgame for tobacco regulation
  14. Listen up: a plan to help scientists get their research heard by decision-makers
  15. Dunstan, Christies and me: growing up in the ‘Athens of the South’
  16. Turnbull will acknowledge people's pain in speech on agenda
  17. The search for an economic solution for South Australia
  18. More than half the world's most important natural sites are under threat: it's time to protect them
  19. Shallow impact: when crackpot conspiracy theories are touted as news, we all lose
  20. Explainer: what is modern monetary theory?
  21. How should we talk about Trump?
  22. Explainer: what are executive orders? And what force do they have in US politics?
  23. Does more mental health treatment and less stigma produce better mental health?
  24. White House promises Trump ban won't affect Australians
  25. The off-topic Conversation #116
  26. Why the media need to tread carefully when reporting research findings
  27. How Australia can spread the benefits of our bulging infrastructure pipeline
  28. FactCheck: What are the facts on Australia's foreign aid spending?
  29. Methodology: finding the numbers on Australia's foreign aid spending over time
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  31. If GPs pass on cost from rebate freeze, poorer, sicker patients will be hardest hit
  32. Australia needs more than the New York Times' view of the world
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  34. The great Australian plays: A Cheery Soul gave us a supreme theatrical monster
  35. We can still keep global warming below 2℃ – but the hard work is about to start
  36. Shorten's three major economic priorities: 'jobs, jobs and jobs'
  37. China: globalisation’s unlikely champion
  38. Full response from Reverend Tim Costello
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  40. Turnbull news conference an exercise in avoidance and obfuscation
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  42. Who gets to see CCTV footage? The law favours the operators
  43. CBA's test of government bond using the blockchain, is just that
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