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Politics podcast: Jenny Macklin on Labor's approach to welfare

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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In times of budgetary constraint, the cost of Australia’s welfare system has been regarded by many in the Coalition as a burden and a drag on economic growth. The shadow minister for social services and families, Jenny Macklin, has a different take.

“Sadly I think the Liberal-National Coalition have an ideological view...

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The limits of Silicon Valley: how Indonesia’s GoJek is beating Uber

  • Written by Nick Wailes, Associate Dean Digital and Innovation, UNSW Business School, UNSW Australia
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Viewed from the bubble of Silicon Valley, the world often looks like a single undifferentiated market.

There are plenty of examples that seem to support this notion. In addition to tech giants like Google and Facebook, the last decade or so has seen the emergence of new Silicon Valley based businesses. Companies like eBay, Netflix, Uber and Airbnb...

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Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry

  • Written by Damon Bolton, Associate Lecturer in coastal resource management and environmental impact, UNSW Australia
imageCities are bright underwater too. Sydney image from www.shutterstock.com

Light pollution is changing the day-night cycle of some fish, dramatically affecting their feeding behaviour, according to our recently published study.

In one of the first studies of its kind, we found that increased light levels in marine habitats, associated with large...

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Why the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report is still largely a story of failure

  • Written by Eva Cox, Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
imageOfficial data continues to record substantial failures in improving the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.AAP/Dave Hunt

The fairly negative seventh report on Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, released last week, claimed to:

… measure the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

However, this biennial effort continues...

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  1. Explainer: what is exposure therapy and how can it treat social anxiety?
  2. Early childhood educators rely on families to prop up low income, research finds
  3. Race to the bottom on company tax cuts won't stop tax avoidance
  4. ARIA there yet? Causes galore and some poop talk at the music industry awards
  5. Now we can edit life itself, we need to ask how we should use such technology
  6. Arrests and uncertainty overseas show why Australia must legalise compensated surrogacy
  7. Sydney needs higher affordable housing targets
  8. The key to future food supply is sitting on our cities' doorsteps
  9. There are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them
  10. Reinventing density: co-living, the second domestic revolution
  11. Is it OK for medical students to practise on themselves?
  12. Long before Europeans, traders came here from the north and art tells the story
  13. Facebook's accidental 'death' of users reminds us to plan for digital death
  14. Three important wins for addressing obesity
  15. One Nation chaos causes government to lose departure tax vote
  16. What can obesity control learn from tobacco control’s success?
  17. Noel Pearson and White Masochism
  18. Echo Chamber? What Echo Chamber?
  19. There's hope for Tasmania in the post-mining boom era
  20. Schoolies risking health with alcohol and energy drink mix: report
  21. Could 'whale poo diplomacy' help bring an end to whaling?
  22. Trump, the unspeakable and democracy in America
  23. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on the state of the National Party
  24. The price of culture: some thoughts from the Adelaide Festival of Ideas
  25. Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
  26. Lessons from ancient Athens: the art of exiling your enemies
  27. Cryonics: hype, hope or hell?
  28. Dutton's attack on Fraser shows how low our politicians are willing to go on refugees
  29. How Western Australia is handling the end of the mining boom
  30. A flawed system delivered Trump victory – and now we brace ourselves for what's next
  31. Labor maintains steady 53-47 Newspoll lead, but Turnbull's ratings improve
  32. Can billions of litres of coal seam gas water be safely reinjected into the ground?
  33. Is Fukushima still safe after the latest earthquake?
  34. 'Fake news' is poison for the body politic – can it be stopped?
  35. Business Briefing: fixing culture in banking and finance
  36. What is critical thinking? And do universities really teach it?
  37. A sugary drinks tax could recoup some of the costs of obesity while preventing it
  38. Star Wars goes Rogue – but will this risky move backfire?
  39. Asking users to tag fake news isn't going to work if they don't know what it is
  40. Men who want power over women likely to have poorer mental health: study
  41. Japan's latest tsunami reaction shows lessons learned from previous disasters
  42. Why China and Europe should form the world's most powerful 'climate bloc'
  43. Less secrecy could help astronomy stop the bullying and harassment within its ranks
  44. Fixing an ailing Obamacare: four ways to address rising costs and less choice
  45. China's two-child policy isn't the answer to its ageing population problem
  46. Reinventing density: how baugruppen are pioneering the self-made city
  47. Will we soon be growing our own vegan leather at home?
  48. Trump’s immigration policy would push legal US workers down the occupational ladder
  49. Politics complicate blasphemy investigations in Indonesia and around the world
  50. Mindfulness in cancer treatment: time to stop and think

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