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Yes, the US-Australia alliance is important, but Scott Morrison needs to take a careful approach with Donald Trump

  • Written by: Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
Yes, the US-Australia alliance is important, but Scott Morrison needs to take a careful approach with Donald TrumpDonald Trump has rolled out the red carpet for Scott Morrison in the US as part of a charm offensive aimed at shoring up the Australia-US alliance.Mick Tsikas/AAP

One of the time-honoured tests of the diplomatic skills of any Australian prime minister has been dealing with the United States. We are frequently assured by the hard-headed realists who...

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neither science nor history favours a dairy monopoly

  • Written by: Heather Bray, Lecturer in Science Communication, University of Western Australia
neither science nor history favours a dairy monopolyBotany defines milk as a kind of juice or sap, usually white in colour, found in certain plants. Plant-based liquids have been called milk for centuries.www.shutterstock.com

Soy milk. Almond milk. Rice milk. To some dairy farmers these products are like a red rag to a bull.

They want governments to decree the word “milk” should be...

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debunking the myths around self-injury

  • Written by: Penelope Hasking, Associate Professor of Psychology, Curtin University
debunking the myths around self-injurySelf-injury is associated with underlying psychological distress, and increased suicide risk. But people who self-injure aren't doing it to end their life.Author provided

Non-suicidal self-injury is the deliberate damage of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent. It’s more specific than self-harm, a broader term that can also include...

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We can make roof tiles with built-in solar cells – now the challenge is to make them cheaper

  • Written by: Md Abdul Alim, Postdoctoral researcher on sustainable development (Energy and Water), Western Sydney University
We can make roof tiles with built-in solar cells – now the challenge is to make them cheaperThis, except printed directly onto your roof tiles.Cole Eaton Photography/Shutterstock

Despite being such a sunkissed country, Australia is still lagging behind in the race to embrace solar power. While solar panels adorn hundreds of thousands of rooftops throughout the nation, we have not yet seen the logical next step: buildings with solar...

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  2. Leila Waddell, Australian violinist, philosopher of magic and fearless rebel
  3. native water rats have worked out how to safely eat cane toads
  4. where do phobias come from?
  5. Activists are using the climate emergency as a new legal defence to justify law-breaking
  6. the idea behind Labor's National Rental Affordability Scheme is worth saving
  7. Fairest and best? Status counts in the Brownlow Medal
  8. Users (and their bias) are key to fighting fake news on Facebook – AI isn't smart enough yet
  9. City share-house rents eat up most of Newstart, leaving less than $100 a week to live on
  10. In a chatty world, losing your speech can be alienating. But there's help
  11. How Australians talk about tucker is a story that'll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephant
  12. 'Edible forests' can fight land clearing and world hunger at the same time
  13. 10 ways to get the most out of silent reading in schools
  14. From crime fighters to crime writers
  15. young disabled New Zealanders on the barriers to a better life
  16. To go to China you have to be invited: Morrison
  17. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the family law inquiry
  18. why don't we have electric aircraft?
  19. how ancient virtues can guide our responses to the climate crisis
  20. A shot of hope in the face of climate despair
  21. It's safest to avoid e-cigarettes altogether – unless vaping is helping you quit smoking
  22. What is the charge of concealment of birth and why is it still happening in Australia?
  23. We want to learn about climate change from weather presenters, not politicians
  24. on the ending of a friendship
  25. Ignoring young people's climate change fears is a recipe for anxiety
  26. Another stolen generation looms unless Indigenous women fleeing violence can find safe housing
  27. Why do men have nipples?
  28. putting government money where policy needs to go
  29. We don't need another inquiry into family law – we need action
  30. NBN's new price plans are too little, too late
  31. The big budget question is why the surplus wasn't big
  32. It's Newstart pay rise day. You're in line for 24 cents, which is peanuts
  33. Your brain has 'landmarks' that drive neural traffic and help you make hard decisions
  34. Morrison government solid on industrial relations reform but bootlicks One Nation on family law
  35. How rising temperatures affect our health
  36. How the Biloela Tamil family deportation case highlights the failures of our refugee system
  37. Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-hand
  38. investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé
  39. inquiry underway to determine any wrongdoing by New Zealand troops in Afghanistan
  40. the evolution of Goth subculture in sub-tropical Brisbane
  41. There's a good reason we're moderating climate change deniers: uninformed comments undermine expertise
  42. it's almost all about housing
  43. For routine breast screening, you may not need a 3D mammogram
  44. two reef scientists share their climate grief
  45. Iran wants to create chaos in the Middle East. But conflict with the US remains a limited, if worrying, possibility
  46. NZ was first to grant women the vote in 1893, but then took 26 years to let them stand for parliament
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