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In tune with the summer, a week of wildness starts the parliamentary year

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

As this week showed, a clean end to a ministerial scandal is seldom possible. Even so, the aftershocks of the sports rorts affair have been major, and they’ll continue to plague the government.

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack is still standing, but you can bet he’s a lot more unnerved than he’s willing to admit.

McCormack...

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The coronavirus outbreak is the biggest crisis ever to hit international education

  • Written by: Christopher Ziguras, Professor of Global Studies, RMIT University

The coronavirus outbreak may be the biggest disruption to international student flows in history.

There are more than 100,000 students stuck in China who had intended to study in Australia this year. As each day passes, it becomes more unlikely they will arrive in time for the start of the academic year.

Of course international affairs are bound to...

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Michael McCormack moves on from his near-death experience

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Starting the year with a leadership spill will be seen by many, especially those hit by the bushfires, as the Nationals being particularly self-indulgent.

Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack admits as much, but notes he wasn’t the initiator of his party’s bad behaviour.

“We should not have been talking...

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why do we make saliva?

  • Written by: Arosha Weerakoon, Lecturer, General Dentist & PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
why do we make saliva?From shutterstock.com

Why do we make saliva? – Lilia, aged 7.

why do we make saliva?

Thanks for your great question, Lilia. I’m a dentist, so I know a bit about what’s happening inside our mouths, and I can tell you saliva is very important.

It helps us enjoy our food, it helps sores in our mouth get better, and it fights nasty germs – just to name...

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  8. What is the place of the performing arts fair in the age of the internet?
  9. Bernie Sanders' economic adviser has a message for Australia we might just need
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  12. Yes, the Iowa caucuses had major glitches, but the results may not even matter that much
  13. what is systemic racism and institutional racism?
  14. Buttigieg and Sanders close in Iowa results, and Labor increases Newspoll lead
  15. Not all weeds are villains. After a fire, some plants – even weeds – can be better than none
  16. We need to talk about discrimination law – without all the rancor
  17. Why the coronavirus has become a major test for the leadership of Xi Jinping and the Communist Party
  18. Superannuation isn't a retirement income system – we should scrap it
  19. Animals suffer for meat production
  20. is it safer to swim in the Yarra in Victoria, or the Nepean in NSW?
  21. Failing a subject isn't just the student's fault. Universities can and should help
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  25. Michael McCormack's battle to hold off a second shot from Joyce's locker
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  31. The 'sports rorts' affair shows the need for a proper federal ICAC – with teeth
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  33. To Scott Morrison's relief, Michael McCormack holds his job as Nationals' leader
  34. Adam Bandt elected unopposed as new Greens leader
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