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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on misplaced poltical loyalties

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Misplaced and frayed political loyalties took centre stage again this week as Malcolm Turnbull held dutifully to his under-siege Special Minister of State Mal Brough, while being blindsided by the defection of Ian Macfarlane, a longtime supporter, to the Nationals.

Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan examine the mercurial consequences of loyalty,...

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Education department secretary Lisa Paul quits

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imageOutgoing education department secretary Lisa Paul had been a departmental secretary since 2004.AAP/Mark Graham

The secretary of the federal education department, Lisa Paul, is leaving in February to pursue a career outside the public service.

Paul has been a departmental secretary since 2004. Announcing her departure, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull...

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The technology in science fiction is not always what we want in the real world

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imageIt's okay in science fiction but not in real life: A robot (Robin Williams, left) who dreams of becoming human in the movie Bicentennial Man.AAP/Touchstone Pictures

Our expectations of technology in the real world are often fed by our perception of science fiction content. This is the case for children in particular.

More recently, researchers and...

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  1. James Hansen arrives – at his first ever COP
  2. Yes, let's have a frank and open discussion about the causes of extremism and terrorism
  3. FactCheck: is there a link between early and easier access to violent TV and domestic violence?
  4. Sea level rise is real – which is why we need to retreat from unrealistic advice
  5. 500 years of drought and flood: trees and corals reveal Australia's climate history
  6. My genes made me do it: the problem of genetic evidence and diminished culpability
  7. Grattan on Friday: Ian Macfarlane, done down in the reshuffle, one-ups Malcolm Turnbull
  8. It's not all about government, business managers can foster innovation too
  9. Refugees' suffering can't be eased in their current conditions
  10. Gene editing could open up animal organ transplants into humans
  11. Sizing up the Asia Pacific’s booming alternative finance sector
  12. Shift away from 'publish or perish' puts the public back into publication
  13. Focus on STEM risks sidelining social science innovation
  14. Al Gore: 'the will to act is a renewable resource in itself'
  15. Discussing the 'success' of limiting aviation emissions is just hot air
  16. Most Kiribatian households are mulling climate migration – and that's just the start
  17. Sex is neither good nor bad, but writing makes it so
  18. Greens deal with government unveils tax affairs of some private companies
  19. Look to our religious leaders for a climate change Plan B
  20. Albanese offers Labor a counter to Turnbull's polished charms
  21. A European Union-Australia trade deal may heal a troubled history
  22. Ian Macfarlane defects to Nats, who eye extra frontbench post
  23. We're right to make a scene about gender equity in the Australian screen industry
  24. Attack of the jellies: the winners of ocean acidification
  25. The slow-burn, devastating impact of tobacco plain packs
  26. The 'new football' should stop engaging in 'old soccer' debates
  27. Explainer: what is black lung and why do miners get it?
  28. Un-doing Design Anthropology: Uber-versities and not belonging
  29. Profiting from the innovation of others? Why governments must manage the spoils of new ideas
  30. The right words matter when talking about pain
  31. Five reasons we should embrace gene-editing research on human embryos
  32. Debate on whether we should use gene-editing technology is far from black and white
  33. Democracy that bows down to the market is a false compromise
  34. New dwarfism drug shows how innovation can be done well
  35. Explainer: magical realism
  36. Industry super funds saved from US-style ideology
  37. Even the super-corals of Australia's Kimberley are not immune to climate change
  38. The electricity network is changing fast, here's where we're heading
  39. There is no easy way to measure the impact of university research on society
  40. India should not be allowed to hold the world to ransom at the climate talks
  41. Who feels the heat first?
  42. Just how hard will India push in Paris?
  43. Climate refugees: in the too-hard basket?
  44. James Hansen: emissions trading won't work, but my global 'carbon fee' will
  45. Back to the wall, Brough dramatically switches his story on Slipper diary
  46. Cyber breach at the Bureau of Meteorology: the who, what and how, of the hack
  47. Government policy, not consumer behaviour, is driving rising Medicare costs
  48. Read it and weep: the book trade needs more than parallel import restrictions
  49. Feminist childcare fight comes full circle as job-based policy fails children's needs
  50. Coal could still kill us
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