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Feminist childcare fight comes full circle as job-based policy fails children's needs

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imageThe government's childcare reforms seem to be counterproductive in many ways and are likely to damage children.AAP/Lukas Coch

In the 1970s, feminists pushed for children’s services that recognised the need for care for children whose mothers had jobs. In 2015, the situation has reversed. Feminists and others concerned about good social...

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Coal could still kill us

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imageReuters/Damir Sagolj

Was it Confucius who said it’s a funny old world? If he didn’t he might well do so now. Having spent part of the last couple of weeks trying to breathe in Beijing, one can’t help but be struck by the remarkable contradictions – as the Marxists used to say – that characterise global politics these...

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Mal Brough adds to confusion by saying sorry if he caused confusion

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imageSpecial Minister of State Mal Brough rises during a failed censure move brought by Labor. Mick Tsikas/AAP

Special Minister of State Mal Brough has told parliament he is sorry if he “unwittingly” added to “confusion” by his suggestion that Nine’s 60 Minutes misleadingly edited an interview in which he admitted seeking...

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  2. Two days in at COP21 – what has Australia pledged?
  3. Three of many: problems for the evolving electricity industry in Australia
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  5. The spectacular peacock spider dance and its strange evolutionary roots
  6. Why we can trust scientists with the power of new gene-editing technology
  7. Australia needs an innovation 'skunkworks'
  8. Gene editing in embryos is fraught with scientific and ethical issues
  9. Five things about innovation Australia can learn from other countries
  10. Australia's innovative future could get a boost from China's Five-Year Plan
  11. Pets and our health: why we should take them more seriously
  12. The camera is god: photographer Trent Parke grapples with an impossible humanism
  13. Why levying GST on banking has been in the 'too hard' basket
  14. To deliver more high-growth startups Australia needs an entrepreneurship system
  15. Going down the same old road: driverless cars aren't a fix for our transport woes
  16. Childcare funding changes leave disadvantaged children with fewer hours of early education
  17. Eyes down: how setting our sights on soil could help save the climate
  18. New Zealand takes aim at fossil fuels, but the numbers tell a different story
  19. Embattled Brough now in stoush with 60 Minutes
  20. Australia is set to ratify the second part of Kyoto Protocol – but it's not a done deal
  21. IMF embraces the redback, but China reforms must go on
  22. Politics podcast: Bill Ferris on innovation
  23. What is 'drug checking' and why do we need it in Australia?
  24. Tom Roberts anyone? A national survey finds the line in art appreciation
  25. Moral responsibilities to disclose your HIV status to partners aren't so clear-cut
  26. It will take more than piecemeal reforms to convince older Australians to downsize
  27. What will the NBN really cost?
  28. Testing teachers' basic literacy and numeracy skills is pointless
  29. Book extract: The Eighties – The Decade That Transformed Australia
  30. Response from Cory Bernardi's spokesperson
  31. Japan's whaling fleet sets sail again, and there's not much that can stop it
  32. Young driver crashes: the myths and facts
  33. What is innovation anyway, and why should you care about it?
  34. Junk food advertisers put profits before children’s health – and we let them
  35. We need more than condoms to prevent HIV in women
  36. Confused much? You need the Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
  37. Explainer: how Uber and Airbnb are reducing their Australian tax bill
  38. When climate change hits our food supply, city foodbowls could come to the rescue
  39. Five ways science can lead the innovation debate
  40. FactCheck: how are the 12,000 extra refugees coming to Australia chosen?
  41. New 'vulnerable nations' bloc looks set to redraw the climate politics map
  42. Australia's leader sets his sights low in opening conference gambit
  43. Take no prisoners: the Paris climate talks need to move beyond 'fairness'
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  45. What to expect at the Paris climate talks: a mixed bag
  46. Australia needs a fresh start on climate policy: authority
  47. Health Check: the low-down on trans fats
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