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The government's 'new page' on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same

  • Written by: Alison Holland, Senior Lecturer in Australian History, Macquarie University
The government's 'new page' on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the sameThere's ample evidence that a government-led approach to Indigenous policy-making has not always led to good outcomes for Indigenous peoples.Lukas Coch/AAP

When the minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, recently announced a co-design process for creating an Indigenous “voice to government”, it was characterised as a shift in...

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Frances Levvy, Australia's quietly radical early animal rights campaigner

  • Written by: Elaine Stratford, Professor, University of Tasmania
Frances Levvy, Australia's quietly radical early animal rights campaignerElephants destined for Wirths' circus on a ship's deck circa 1925. Early last century, Frances Levvy asked school students to write an essay on whether the exhibition of wild animals in travelling menageries was consistent with humanity.By Sam Hood ca. 1925-ca. 1945, State Library of NSW

In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through...

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As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a 'good death'

  • Written by: Catherine Abou-Nemeh, Lecturer in Early Modern History, Victoria University of Wellington
As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a 'good death'Critics of assisted suicide often raise moral objections while proponents focus on the trauma of terminally ill patients. But all arguments have a long history.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

This week New Zealand’s parliamentarians will vote on the third reading of the End of Life Choice Bill.

Much public discussion on the merits of...

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Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell -- but their sense of smell is fine

  • Written by: Thijs Dhollander, Post-doctoral neuroscientist, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell -- but their sense of smell is fineDifferent MR images help us unravel the mysteries of the brain. A diffusion MRI tractography reconstruction like this reveals the complicated wiring deep within a person's brain.Thijs Dhollander, CC BY-ND

While looking at the MRI brain scan of a 29-year-old woman that had been taken for a different study, researchers in Israel recently stumbled...

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  1. When a tree dies, don't waste your breath. Rescue the wood to honour its memory
  2. Shareholder activism might sound good, but it's delusional to think it will change anything much
  3. Photojournalists are telling an important story and they should interact with their subjects
  4. Drought and climate change were the kindling, and now the east coast is ablaze
  5. 3-parent IVF could prevent illness in many children (but it's really more like 2.002-parent IVF)
  6. No, a 'complex' system is not to blame for corporate wage theft
  7. Media companies are mad as hell at tech giants and don't want to take it anymore. But what choice do they have?
  8. Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data
  9. The open access shift at UWA Publishing is an experiment doomed to fail
  10. The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work
  11. We may one day grow babies outside the womb, but there are many things to consider first
  12. Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts
  13. Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in 'human zoos' are chilling
  14. Why Australia is still grappling with the legacy of the first world war
  15. Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost
  16. Another COAG meeting, another limp swing at the waste problem
  17. Government set to win its new powers against unions
  18. When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?
  19. Are flexible learning options giving schools a convenient way out of taking responsibility for 'difficult' students?
  20. Oh, oh, oh! The clitoris certainly gives pleasure. But does it also help women conceive?
  21. does monetary policy work any more?
  22. Want more jobs in Australia? Cut our ore exports and make more metals at home
  23. Pass the popcorn - Scorsese cinema boycott will shape the future of movies
  24. How NZ's colonial government misused laws to crush non-violent dissent at Parihaka
  25. Michelle Grattan on the government's drought relief package and Labor's election post-mortem
  26. Labor's election review provides useful insights and inevitable harking back to Hawke
  27. the debunked theory that women lie about violence is still used in court
  28. Engineered stone benchtops are killing our tradies. Here's why a ban's the only answer
  29. Remote Indigenous Australia's ecological economies give us something to build on
  30. a short, sharp history of the bayonet
  31. Labor's post-mortem leaves the hard work still to be done
  32. Private health insurers should start paying for hospital-type care at home
  33. Queensland Health's history of software mishaps is proof of how hard e-health can be
  34. Australia's drought relief package hits the political spot but misses the bigger point
  35. Woke to the past, Shaun Prescott’s The Town moves beyond colonialism and then its protagonist
  36. Labor's election post-mortem warns against 'becoming a grievance-based organisation'
  37. This laundry is changing the vicious cycle of unemployment and mental illness
  38. Abusing a robot won't hurt it, but it could make you a crueller person
  39. Thirty years after the Berlin Wall came down, Germany is still working to meet east with west
  40. Australian unis' financial strife in three charts
  41. Scientists looked at sea levels 125,000 years in the past. The results are terrifying
  42. men with sexist ideas of masculinity are more likely to abuse women
  43. How to deal with smartphone stress
  44. Government sets up concessional loan scheme for drought-hit small businesses
  45. Trump could win again despite losing popular vote, as Biden retakes lead in Democratic polls
  46. Tweaking prescribing rules won't fix chemical restraint in aged care
  47. I teach and play gospel music and I think Kanye's Jesus is King is a remarkable gospel album
  48. Australia could fall apart under climate change. But there's a way to avoid it
  49. Churches have legal rights in Australia. Why not sacred trees?
  50. Australia is spending less on diplomacy than ever before – and its influence is suffering as a result

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