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Why was Tony Abbott so unpopular?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageTony Abbott remained at consistently low levels of approval throughout his time as prime minister.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Malcolm Turnbull has enjoyed some excellent polls since becoming prime minister. The man he replaced, Tony Abbott, remained consistently at low levels. So why has Turnbull proven to be so popular?

This is an even greater puzzle when it...

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Barely hanging on: Woyzeck at the Sydney Festival

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageGerman director Jette Steckel has bought an urgent, vivid and highly phyiscal version of Woyzeck to the Sydney Festival. Woyzeck, Sydney Festival 2016.

Written in 1836 by German playwright, activist, scientist and medical doctor Georg Büchner, Woyzeck is generally regarded as the first social drama in German literature.

A dramatic fragment of...

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What does it mean to think and could a machine ever do it?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageCan a machine really think, be in awe and wonder?Shutterstock/Photobymhu

The idea of a thinking machine is an amazing one. It would be like humans creating artificial life, only more impressive because we would be creating consciousness. Or would we?

It’s tempting to think that a machine that could think would think like us. But a bit of...

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  2. Unique Australian wildlife risks vanishing as ecosystems suffer death by a thousand cuts
  3. We need to do more about sexual harassment in the workplace
  4. Witches both mad and bad: a loaded word with an ugly history
  5. Dick Smith couldn't compete and that is why it failed
  6. Designer nights out: good urban planning can reduce drunken violence
  7. Our democracy can learn from China's meritocracy
  8. Taking the ouch out of vaccines: the future of needle-free vaccination
  9. How private equity won while other Dick Smith investors got burnt
  10. Full response from spokesperson for the Department of Education and Training
  11. FactCheck: does Australia run one of the most generous student loan schemes in the world?
  12. Australia’s climate in 2015: cool to start with a hot finish
  13. Female doctors in Australia are hitting glass ceilings – why?
  14. Vested interest the safest bet as online gambling review's release looms
  15. Explainer: what does the 'male gaze' mean, and what about a female gaze?
  16. Just another bad day in the office for China's lonely stock traders
  17. Crisis facing Indian higher education – and how Australian universities can help
  18. New ways your smartwatch (and phone) may be spying on you. How worried should you be?
  19. The race to find even more new elements to add to the periodic table
  20. The game is changing, baby: Chris Gayle and sexism in cricket
  21. Whistleblower law needs more bite to fight greyhound cruelty and corporate fraud
  22. Families shouldn't be allowed to veto organ donation
  23. What it feels like for a girl: Dutton and Briggs remind us of politics' endemic sexism
  24. Capitalism with Chinese characteristics
  25. Mandatory sentencing leads to unjust, unfair outcomes – it doesn't make us safe
  26. Do you really need a detox?
  27. Why now is the best time to go on a diet, or the science of post-holiday weight loss
  28. Measuring up: this year, aim for fitness over fat loss for long-term success
  29. Guide to the classics: Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville
  30. Buzz, buzz, slap! Why flies can be so annoying
  31. Togs or swimmers? Why Australians use different words to describe the same things
  32. Give bees a chance: the ancient art of beekeeping could save our honey (and us too)
  33. The Consolations of Philosophy: An Open Letter To Jamie Briggs
  34. Saudi executions: business as usual in a post-Arab Spring world
  35. Health Check: what's the best time of the day to exercise?
  36. The off-topic Conversation #74
  37. Four psychological tricks to help stick to your New Year's resolutions
  38. The great bathroom debate: paper towel or hand dryer?
  39. Joking your way to the top: why laughter is the best medicine for stressed executives
  40. We swear by it, but we're hardly world leaders in getting to grips with the F-word
  41. Debunking common myths about raising bilingual children
  42. No, Donald Trump is not a fascist …
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  44. Against accommodationism: How science undermines religion
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  46. Cabinet papers 1990: lessons from the recession we didn’t have to have
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