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a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her city

  • Written by: Larissa Hjorth, Professor of Mobile Media and Games, RMIT University
a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her citySocial workers recommend Pokémon Go in Spain to enhance exercise and social inclusion.Shutterstock

Over the first weeks of July 2016, a strange phenomenon started to unfold in many parts of the world. A mobile game went viral. Streets in Barcelona, Melbourne, Singapore and New York began to fill with hordes digital wayfaring as part of the...

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in a crowded Democratic field, who can beat Trump?

  • Written by: Brendon O'Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney

An unprecedented 24 Democrats are currently running to be their party’s 2020 presidential nominee. Why are so many well-qualified, ambitious and smart people in the race?

The answer is Trump. The triumphant Democrat will face a president who was elected in 2016 with a historically high unfavourability rating, and the party is hoping this...

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Morrison 'very confident' of winning support for tax passage, as he looks to crossbench

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Morrison 'very confident' of winning support for tax passage, as he looks to crossbenchScott Morrison nominated “working with the crossbench” as a pathway to getting the promised tax cuts through.AAP/Shutterstock/The Conversation

Labor has left the way open to wave through the government’s tax package in its entirety by the end of the week, but is continuing to play a game of brinkmanship by strongly attacking the...

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Stages 1 and 2 of the tax cuts should pass. But Stage 3 would return us to the 1950s

  • Written by: Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute
Stages 1 and 2 of the tax cuts should pass. But Stage 3 would return us to the 1950sThere's a retro quality to Stage 3 of the Coalition's tax plan, one the parliament ought to carefully consider before saying yes.Shutterstock

The first item of business when parliament resumes today will be the proposed tax cuts.

They are actually three rounds of tax cuts, up to half a decade apart – each very different in its cost,...

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  1. ACTU president Michele O'Neil on John Setka and the government's anti-union legislation
  2. A radical new adaptation eviscerates the dominance of male voices in Wake in Fright
  3. At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains
  4. Regardless of what the Federal Court says, you shouldn't put 'flushable' wipes down the loo
  5. why do we crave comfort food in winter?
  6. how can penguins stay warm in the freezing cold waters of Antarctica?
  7. Demolish your front fence. It would be an act of radical kindness
  8. Nearly 30% of kids experience sibling bullying – as either bully or victim
  9. 'Have you been feeling your spirit was sad?' Culture is key when assessing Indigenous Australians' mental health
  10. Thirty years on, the Fitzgerald Inquiry still looms large over Queensland politics
  11. To carve out a niche in space industries, Australia should focus on microgravity research rockets
  12. Dolphin researchers say NZ's proposed protection plan is flawed and misleading
  13. Buckle up. 2019-20 survey finds the economy weak and heading down, and that's ahead of surprises
  14. a winter deciduous Australian tree
  15. Michelle Grattan on Australians' attitudes to China, the G20 summit and the Israel Folau saga
  16. After defamation ruling, it's time Facebook provided better moderation tools
  17. Period pain is impacting women at school, uni and work. Let's be open about it
  18. How the 'Sydney School' changed postwar Australian architecture
  19. Academia can help humans and large carnivores coexist
  20. How we closed in on the location of a fast radio burst in a galaxy far, far away
  21. mapping 30-minute cities, how do our capitals compare?
  22. how 19th century ideas influenced today's attitudes to women’s beauty
  23. Go home on time! Working long hours increases your chance of having a stroke
  24. Xi Jinping's grip on power is absolute, but there are new threats to his 'Chinese dream'
  25. If Dutton had defeated Turnbull, could the governor-general have stopped him becoming prime minister?
  26. having a bob each way on US and China is Australia's own super power
  27. Australian household wealth has taken its biggest dive since the GFC, but things are looking up
  28. Folau affair shows Morrison heading into religious freedom morass
  29. Turnbull slams Porter for "nonsense" advice
  30. what consumers need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency
  31. Infecting healthy people in vaccine research can be ethical and necessary
  32. how bluestone shaped Melbourne’s identity
  33. Bellingcat's report on MH17 shows citizens can and will do intelligence work
  34. Trade war tensions sky high as Trump and Xi prepare to meet at the G20
  35. why it's time to focus on the perpetrator when tackling domestic violence
  36. Competition for the kerb is rising, and cities are going to have to manage it
  37. Our ailing aged care system shows you can't skimp on nursing care
  38. Media chiefs unite on press freedom, but will it result in any action?
  39. Is Australia's electricity grid vulnerable to the kind of cyber attacks taking place between Russia and the US?
  40. Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in practice?
  41. Coach Fitz and the accidentally comic voice
  42. could the Australian Christian Lobby be investigated for its Israel Folau fundraiser?
  43. beneficial or risky? Here's what the evidence says
  44. what are the media companies' challenges to the AFP raids about?
  45. how Ash Barty became the world's best female tennis player
  46. How English-speaking countries upended the trade-off between babies and jobs without even trying
  47. People living in rural areas may be at lower risk of Alzheimer's disease
  48. Most Australian teachers feel unprepared to teach students with special needs
  49. Australia's social housing policy needs stronger leadership and an investment overhaul
  50. Australians' feelings sour towards China: Lowy poll

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