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Morrison's right hand man dispenses with niceties in lecturing big business

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Morrison government appears to be seething with anger at big business. At least, that’s the impression you get from a lecturing, hectoring speech delivered this week by Ben Morton, who’s assistant minister to the prime minister.

What is the beef? In a nutshell, that some big businesses have taken up “activist” issues,...

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New musical has enough warmth, witty lines and catchy tunes to win its own fangirls

  • Written by: Alastair Blanshard, Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History Deputy Head of School, The University of Queensland
New musical has enough warmth, witty lines and catchy tunes to win its own fangirlsSharon Millerchip, Ayesha Madon, James Majoos, Chika Ikogwe, and Kimberley Hodgson in Fangirls at the Brisbane Festival. Photo: Stephen Henry

Comedy often succeeds where tragedy fails. Fangirls, the pop musical which premiered on Thursday night in Brisbane, is not the first drama to explore our fascination with the wild, uncontrollable power of...

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Polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic kidney disorder you've probably never heard of

  • Written by: Karen Dwyer, Deputy Head, School of Medicine, Deakin University
Polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic kidney disorder you've probably never heard ofIf one parent has ADPKD, their child has a one in two chance of getting it.From shutterstock.com

Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common genetic kidney disorder, and the fourth most common cause of kidney failure in Australian adults. It affects about one in 1,000 Australians.

In people with ADPKD, a mutation in one...

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Michelle Grattan on Gladys Liu and the government's plan to drug-test welfare recipients

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan on Gladys Liu and the government's plan to drug-test welfare recipientsLiberal MP Gladys Liu has beeb the centre of much heated debate in federal politics this week. AAP/Lukas Coch

Michelle Grattan speaks with University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Deep Saini about the week in politics, including Victorian Liberal MP Gladys Liu’s interview on Sky News and the comparisons to the case of...

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  3. Why declaring a national climate emergency would neither be realistic or effective
  4. Women may find it tougher to get an abortion if the religious discrimination bill becomes law
  5. why traditional Persian music should be known to the world
  6. Nuclear power should be allowed in Australia – but only with a carbon price
  7. All this overinflated talk about an index-fund bubble is very passive-aggressive
  8. Australia should try to keep more international students who are trained in our universities
  9. Breeding single-sex animal populations could help prevent disease and poverty
  10. If Auckland's plan to include Māori histories in city centre upgrade is genuine, it must act on inequalities
  11. Asking questions about Gladys Liu is not racist
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  13. A new inquiry into Indigenous policy must address the root causes of failure
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  15. busting the myths around sexual fetishism
  16. Australia's top scientist Alan Finkel pushes to eradicate bad science
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  25. Independent MP Helen Haines on using 'soft power'
  26. Brian Toohey's Secret warns against Australia being 'joined at the hip' with US
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  38. why companies should let their workers join the climate strike
  39. Liberal moderate Russell Broadbent will not vote for government's mandatory sentencing legislation
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