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The view from inside the Beltway

  • Written by David Malet, Director of Security Policy Studies and Visiting Associate Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
imageReuters/Jonathan Ernst

I have just returned to Washington DC after four years in Melbourne and three before that in heartland Colorado. There have been some changes in town, such as the new Martin Luther King Memorial and toll lanes on the Beltway, but otherwise Washington looks exactly like it did when I first came to visit 30 years ago.

After...

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Gen Y carers don't want a free ride, so welfare reform shouldn't single them out

  • Written by Shirley Jackson, PhD Candidate in Political Economy, University of Melbourne
imageYoung carers may be put off seeking welfare assistance if that is the focus of reform.www.shutterstock.com

The federal government’s most recent plan to overhaul Australia’s welfare system focuses on welfare dependency among younger parents, carers and students. The Minister for Social Services Christian Porter in announcing the report sa...

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Sydney Metro's Sydenham-to-Bankstown line – nirvana or nightmare?

  • Written by Bill Randolph, Director, City Futures - Faculty Leadership, City Futures Research Centre, Urban Analytics and City Data, Infrastructure in the Built Environment, UNSW Australia
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At first glance you’d be forgiven for thinking the new Sydney Metro rail line will turn the suburbs between Sydenham and Bankstown into an urban paradise.

Amid cheerful community facilities and cycle paths, the Department of Planning’s zoning brochure shows a colourful mass of new higher-density zones. Every town centre along the route...

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Did the suicide rate decrease during Ireland's referendum on same-sex marriage?

  • Written by Christopher Ryan, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
imageFiona Nash said she understood the suicide rate in Ireland went down during the referendum to legalise same-sex marriage.ABC Q&A

Defending the proposed plebiscite on Q&A, deputy leader of the Nationals Fiona Nash said:

…the experience in Ireland should give us a bit of direction with this as well and I understand the suicide rate went...

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  1. Acknowledge the brutal history of Indigenous health care – for healing
  2. How the Asia-Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees
  3. Turnbull announces a new refugee plan, but will it solve the crisis?
  4. Introduce eggs and peanuts early in infants' diets to reduce the risk of allergies
  5. If the normal rules of political engagement don't apply, how do we handle Pauline Hanson?
  6. Costly choices: how well will Trump or Clinton manage the Australia-US alliance?
  7. ASIC company data should be open and free – even Malcolm Turnbull agrees
  8. Croc safari: why selling licences to rich hunters isn't fair
  9. We need clear rules to avoid a real Star Wars in outer space
  10. Create to regenerate: cities tap into talent for urban renewal
  11. Has the push to get more disadvantaged students into universities been a success?
  12. If no plebiscite, settle same-sex marriage in parliament: poll
  13. Common Australian mosquitoes can't spread Zika
  14. The $4.8 trillion dollar question: will an 'investment approach' to welfare help the most disadvantaged?
  15. Could Clinton win Utah?
  16. 'Not fit to be president': Hillary Clinton and our problem with older women
  17. If you love me, don’t feed me bacon
  18. The future of the US Supreme Court is at stake no matter who wins in November
  19. Migrants are sacrificing their working rights because of greedy governments
  20. Perspectives on migrants distorted by politics of prejudice
  21. From placeholder to pathfinder: innovative temporary site uses help us reimagine city spaces
  22. Turnbull should drive a regional refugee solution
  23. Invasive predators are eating the world's animals to extinction – and the worst is close to home
  24. Gold Coast light rail study helps put a figure on value capture's funding potential
  25. Recognition: Yes or No? The ABC asks the wrong questions of the wrong people
  26. To move forward on reconciliation, Australia must recognise it has a race relations problem
  27. Explainer: what are cataracts?
  28. Academics are unhappy – it's time to transform our troubled university system
  29. The OzAsia Festival is young and confident – here are the shows to watch
  30. Barnaby Joyce's challenge: applying the whip to the Nationals' whip
  31. FactCheck Q A: Is Australia one of the few countries worldwide to accept foreign political donations?
  32. Can an app help us find mindfulness in today's busy high-tech world?
  33. FactCheck Q A: would the Constitution need to be changed to ban political donations from unions?
  34. Health Check: how do I know if I drink too much?
  35. The Paralympics is changing the way people perceive disabilities
  36. To cut urban sprawl, we need quality infill housing displays to win over the public
  37. The silencing of the seas: how our oceans are going quiet
  38. Australia's educational policies both embody and entrench low expectations of students
  39. Full response from a spokesperson for Doug Cameron
  40. Private resettlement models offer a way for Australia to lift its refugee intake
  41. Australia has an internationalisation, not an innovation and R D problem
  42. A degree doesn't count for South Sudanese job seekers
  43. Today's leaders could learn from Menzies, who built modern Australia without acting in haste
  44. Child sex abuse doesn't create paedophiles
  45. Gaps in education data: there are many questions for which we don't have accurate answers
  46. The great movie scenes: Antonioni's The Passenger
  47. Disruption over Macquarie Island calls for some clever Antarctic thinking
  48. 'Grotesque spectacle'? Rio has a long way to go to become more accessible
  49. Hard to see compromise on same-sex marriage plebiscite
  50. Here she comes again – how do we handle Pauline Hanson?
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