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Goodbye Georgia Blain: a brave and true chronicler of life

  • Written by: Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor of Writing, University of Notre Dame Australia
imageGeorgia Blain: Her work draws attention to the tiny incandescent moments that make up our lives.Scribe Publications

Georgia Blain was the most honest person I have ever met. Like everybody else who knew Georgia, I felt that I knew Georgia better than I did because Georgia was so brave and true and because her writing was so brave and true.

I have...

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The keys to unlock Northern Australia have already been cut

  • Written by: Patrick White, PhD Candidate in Society and Culture, James Cook University

Ignoring history can lead to a futile repetition of past mistakes. In the new wave of enthusiasm to “unlock” northern Australia, the federal government has overlooked the past and espoused an extraordinarily rosy vision of the future.

Northern development slipped back onto the national agenda in 2013. The Coalition’s 2030 Vision...

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Online 'Dallas Buyers Club' promises medications, fast

  • Written by: Judith Singleton, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
imagePatients with life-threatening diseases can legally order drugs available overseas and have them delivered to their local pharmacy. But what are the risks?from www.shutterstock.com

The Social Medwork, a new website that sells patients medicines they cannot easily access in their own country, has been dubbed an online Dallas Buyers Club.

In the...

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Eradicating fire ants is still possible, but we have to choose now

  • Written by: Daniel Spring, Research Fellow, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne
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Australia needs to spend millions of dollars more to eradicate one of the nation’s worst invasive species, the fire ant, according to recent reports.

Fire ants, first detected in Brisbane in 2001, pose a major health and agricultural risk. A recent independent review of the eradication program recommended that A$380 million be spent over 10...

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  1. A year in review: our 2016 stakeholder report
  2. We should follow other countries' lead on hate speech by changing 18C
  3. Comic explainer: how memory works
  4. A machine astronomer could help us find the unknowns in the universe
  5. NAPLAN results reveal little change in literacy and numeracy performance – here are some key takeaway findings
  6. The tax office's transparency reporting is looking a little opaque
  7. There's little to gain and much to lose from lowering the minimum driving age
  8. Australia still to deliver on 'open government' rhetoric
  9. We don’t know enough about mental health in Australian medical students
  10. Diversity, the Stella Count and the whiteness of Australian publishing
  11. Chief Scientist's report lays a solid foundation for reforming Australia's electricity network
  12. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 9
  13. Overconfident CEOs are less socially responsible
  14. FactCheck: is Australia’s level of media ownership concentration one of the highest in the world?
  15. Women are missing in sport leadership, and it's time that changed
  16. Methane from food production might be the next wildcard in climate change
  17. Health Check: what makes it so hard to quit drugs?
  18. It's not just a drop in GDP that should worry us
  19. For Australia to improve in maths, policymakers need to make a plan and stick to it
  20. Why we should care more about the Logies
  21. Can New Zealand's new prime minister Bill English get used to playing the lead?
  22. The empire strikes back
  23. Why secure and affordable housing is an increasing worry for age pensioners
  24. Australia is ripe for shareholder activism
  25. How HIV's evasion tactics could help fight the flu
  26. Review: the fine art of scorn from Twain to Trump
  27. Trump has embraced pseudoscience and its deceptive tactics in a post-truth world
  28. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 8
  29. Australia's harness racing leads the world in banning the whip on horses
  30. New evidence gives supporters of chiropractic a headache
  31. Disgruntlement on show after COAG meeting
  32. To protect markets we need strict penalties for insider trading
  33. Victoria's model for assisted dying laws may be narrow enough to pass
  34. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 7
  35. Fifty years on, Pine Gap should reform to better serve Australia
  36. The latest Productivity Commission report isn't strong enough on improving consumer protection
  37. What Conversation articles had the biggest impact on you in 2016?
  38. Sex lives of reptiles could leave them vulnerable to climate change
  39. The case for a fixed 15% fee on all student loans
  40. Kidman sale finally gets green light
  41. Emissions trading for electricity is the sensible way forward
  42. Who's listening? The ethical and legal issues of developing a health app
  43. Turnbull’s report card on urban transport projects reveals narrow economic focus
  44. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government's carbon emissions policy
  45. Time scarcity is a slippery slope to inactivity
  46. Friday essay: what is it about Versailles?
  47. You say 'elite media', I say real journalism. And now more than ever we must fight to keep it
  48. Law to be strengthened on family violence
  49. How to prevent injury from sport and exercise
  50. How we can change our body shape with exercise

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