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Anthony Albanese on Labor's hard times

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

Anthony Albanese has a blunt message for critics who are accusing Labor of attacking government measures but then voting for them. They should “examine the world as it is rather than as they would like it to be,” he says.

In the post-election reality the Senate will mostly support the government. This severely limits the...

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With wit and tenderness, Miles Franklin winner Melissa Lucashenko writes back to the 'whiteman's world'

  • Written by: Jen Webb, Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra
With wit and tenderness, Miles Franklin winner Melissa Lucashenko writes back to the 'whiteman's world'Melissa Lucashenko, winner of the 2019 Miles Franklin Award.Courtesy of the Miles Franklin/ Belinda Rolland

Too Much Lip joins the other prizewinning volumes in Melissa Lucashenko’s trophy cabinet. Her first-ever novel, Steam Pigs (1997), was shortlisted for or won several major prizes, and in the past two decades her books have racked up 26...

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The Crown allegations show the failure of our gambling regulators. Serious reform requires real oversight

  • Written by: Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
The Crown allegations show the failure of our gambling regulators. Serious reform requires real oversightRegulation is not just red tape. It protects the interests of those who put their faith, money, and in some cases, loved ones, into regulated institutions.James Ross/AAP

Regulatory failure has been a hot topic in Australia recently. Royal commissions into the financial and aged care sectors have revealed major regulatory failures.

The harm done by...

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The market for meat substitutes is way overdone

  • Written by: Paul Wood AO, Adjunct Professor in Biotechnology, Monash University

Meatless burger maker Beyond Meat has just reported quarterly earnings of US$67.3 million – much better than market expectations of US$52.7 million. It is now forecasting sales of US$240 million for the 2019 year, nearly three times that of 2018.

But the company is yet to make a profit, let alone one big enough to justify its current market...

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  2. Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabis
  3. HILDA findings on Australian families' experience of childcare should be a call-to-arms for government
  4. There's a reason you're feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here's what HILDA says about wellbeing
  5. Australian city workers' average commute has blown out to 66 minutes a day. How does yours compare?
  6. your guide to the 2019 Miles Franklin shortlist
  7. a quarter of Australians are in inter-ethnic relationships
  8. Over 50% of young Australians still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for women
  9. More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn't mean mental illness is rising
  10. Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day than those who don't
  11. How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our people
  12. Pauline Hanson stymies inquiry into Angus Taylor's intervention on endangered grasslands
  13. India's tiger numbers are going up
  14. NSW's water plan is 'not working' but we can save the Barwon-Darling
  15. Meet Reece Kershaw, the new AFP commissioner. He's confronted superiors before, and will need to again
  16. What is Ligandrol, the drug swimmer Shayna Jack had in her system?
  17. We can put a leash on Google and Facebook, but there's no saving the traditional news model
  18. What Australia's competition boss has in store for Google and Facebook
  19. Young crime is often a phase, and locking kids up is counterproductive
  20. Poor housing leaves its mark on our mental health for years to come
  21. a new book aims to 'verbally smash the patriarchy', but its argument is imprecise
  22. a good way to increase women's dependence on men
  23. An app to prevent pregnancy? Don't count on it
  24. Government pulls out all stops to prevent inquiry into Angus Taylor
  25. Increasing tree cover may be like a 'superfood' for community mental health
  26. Consumer watchdog calls for new measures to combat Facebook and Google's digital dominance
  27. The Albany pitcher plant will straight up eat you (if you're an ant)
  28. Mueller testimony does not produce smoking gun, but the issues it raised are far from resolved
  29. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the opposition's tactics in question time
  30. Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia's coastal habitat
  31. Our cities need more trees, but some commonly planted ones won't survive climate change
  32. Twitter isn’t just for political hashtag warriors. Many still use the social network to just hang out
  33. A wet cough for four weeks means it's time to get it checked out
  34. Pat Larter, pioneering 'femail' artist who gave men the Playboy treatment
  35. The new banking code looks impressive, but what will it achieve?
  36. Morrison finds some cats defy herding
  37. An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time
  38. Snubbing Chinese swimmer Sun Yang ignores the flaws in the anti-doping system
  39. What is listeria and how does it spread in smoked salmon?
  40. Fudged research results erode people's trust in experts
  41. have scientists found the cause of endometriosis?
  42. Morrison brings his own man in to head the Prime Minister's department
  43. is whitening bad for teeth?
  44. From Star Wars to Apocalypse Now, director’s cuts are all the rage. But do they make the films any better?
  45. Media watchdog's report into Christchurch shootings goes soft on showing violent footage
  46. why heavy metal is a valid and vital PhD subject
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