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Plato, Justice Alito and the institution of marriage

  • Written by: The Conversation
imagePlato's Symposium in an 1873 painting Anselm Feuerbach

The April 28 oral arguments before the US Supreme Court in Obergefell v Hodges will be remembered as a historic – and hopefully triumphant – moment for civil rights. Even the debate by the opposing attorneys and comments by the nine justices may be recalled and studied for how this...

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Hockey's expensive night out

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageTreasurer Joe Hockey made policy on the run, appearing on ABC television's Q&A.AAP/Lukas Coch

Hockey has always been wary of going on Q&A. He was right.

The Treasurer made policy on the run on the program when he agreed that GST shouldn’t be applied to women’s sanitary products and promised to take the issue up with the states.

Hoc...

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