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Politics podcast: Karen Middleton on Albanese – Telling It Straight

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imagePat Hutchens/TC

This week, political reporter Karen Middleton is releasing a book about the life and career of Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese. At its heart is a deeply personal story of Albanese’s absent father.

As a boy, Albanese believed his father had died in a car accident shortly after his parent’s marriage. But at the age of...

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Gambling gallops on, stats reveal – but what can be done to curb its harms?

  • Written by: Charles Livingstone, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
imageSports betting in Australia has been growing rapidly in recent years – all that advertising seems to be paying off.AAP/Julian Smith

Data released late last week reveal Australia’s gambling habit is growing as fast as ever. The Australian Gambling Statistics for 2014-15 show adult Australians, on average, lost A$1,242 a year on gambling.

T...

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Explainer: what is parliament's role in the marriage equality debate?

  • Written by: Ryan Goss, Senior Lecturer in Law, Australian National University
imageAustralia’s political representatives have the ability to legislate on a wide range of matters. Marriage is one of them.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Before the last federal election, the Turnbull government committed to holding a plebiscite on marriage equality. Although it had suggested the vote might be held in 2016, recent reports indicate the...

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Landmark study finds diversity lagging on Australian TV

  • Written by: Madeleine de Gabriele, Editor, The Conversation
imageAaron Pedersen as Cam Delray in Jack Irish. In 1999, Pederson was one of two Indigenous actors on Australian TV.Supplied.

In 1999, there were just two Indigenous actors on Australian television: Aaron Pederson and Heath Bergerson. Today, 5% of all main characters on our small screens are Indigenous, while Indigenous people make up 3% of our...

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  1. What construction jobs will look like when robots can build things
  2. Keeping global warming to 1.5C, not 2C, will make a crucial difference to Australia, report says
  3. Without a longer-term view, the Paris Agreement will lock in warming for centuries
  4. Why the spectacle of the Olympics will go on despite Rio's disappointments
  5. 'No reason for livin': early death in female popular musicians
  6. Emerging infertility treatment could be a less invasive and cheaper alternative to IVF
  7. Their body politics: Malcolm, John and the junk in Tony’s trunks
  8. Migrants from Africa bear brunt of discrimination but remain positive, survey finds
  9. Business Briefing: Simon McKeon on removing the retirement label
  10. Not on struggle street yet, but mortgage stress risk is rising
  11. Shorten to Turnbull: Here are my budget repair ideas
  12. A pub brawl over research funding doesn't benefit any of us
  13. Poor and rich retirees spend about the same
  14. Eddie Betts and racism in sport: it's not enough to just not join in
  15. Climate change will create new ecosystems, so let's help plants move
  16. How to get a better bang for the taxpayers' buck in all sectors, not only Indigenous programs
  17. Aleppo's dying children and shattered health system: is there light at the end of the tunnel?
  18. The victims' verdict: what happens when they try to report online fraud
  19. Ben-Hur can be fun on film but the real Roman spectacle would have thrilled anyone
  20. Explainer: why some economists think the RBA should drop its inflation target
  21. Doctors or activists? Who draws the line?
  22. Winning Edge fails to deliver, so what now for Australia's Olympic hopes?
  23. Do you know a Bunji from a Boorie? Meet our dictionary's new Indigenous words
  24. Malaysia’s Bersih movement shows social media can mobilise the masses
  25. Science or Snake Oil: is A2 milk better for you than regular cow’s milk?
  26. Shock horror: the big end of town has finally discovered Australia's media is a whitewash
  27. Australia's new focus on gas could be playing with fire
  28. Quantimentals, signal surfing and fast walkers: mapping the rise of weird data
  29. Universities Australia to survey prevalence of sexual abuse on campuses
  30. If you're going to ridicule research, do your homework
  31. Australia continues to be shamefully silent on Indonesia's human rights abuses
  32. The price of victory: comparing the cost of Olympic gold to an elite arts prize
  33. New Zealand is letting economics rule its environmental policies
  34. New modelling on bushfires shows how they really burn through an area
  35. Hillary Clinton and Julia Gillard: how the media shape our view of leaders as 'women'
  36. Health Check: should kids be given antibiotics in their first year?
  37. Omran Daqneesh: the poster child for cognitive dissonance
  38. The Panopticons are coming! And they'll know when we think the grass is greener
  39. Genes are not destiny: environment and education still matter when it comes to intelligence
  40. A fortune built on slavery: the Bright Family Papers and their journey from UK to Melbourne
  41. Here's to coaches, unsung heroes and role models for social change
  42. Why Rio, like Sydney and London before it, won't turn locals into sports stars
  43. Viewpoints: is addiction a disease?
  44. Offshore detention: Australians have a right to know what is done in their name
  45. Can buying up fishing licences save Australia's sharks?
  46. New risks for disability care workers under the NDIS
  47. What role should universities play in today's society?
  48. Why the ACCC siding with the banks against Apple will not be in consumers' interests
  49. Shorten says grievance tribunal would not stop bank 'rip offs'
  50. Colin Barnett says same-sex marriage should be settled by parliament

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