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Why we're not giving up the search for mainland Australia's 'first extinct lizard'

  • Written by: Jane Melville, Senior Curator, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Museums Victoria
Why we're not giving up the search for mainland Australia's 'first extinct lizard'A grassland earless dragon at Jerrabomberra, NSW, November 1991. The search is now on for this species' Victorian cousin.CSIRO/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

You may have seen news in recent days of the suspected demise of the Victorian grassland earless dragon – now thought to be the first lizard species to be driven to extinction by humans in...

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Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and the complex life of the 'poet of America'

  • Written by: Carolyn Masel, Lecturer in Literature, Australian Catholic University
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and the complex life of the 'poet of America'Poet Walt Whitman in his home in New Jersey in 1891. Born 200 years ago this week, Whitman is celebrated in America for his daring poetry collection Leaves of Grass.Samuel Murray/Wikimedia Commons

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This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman, America’s most admired poet. Celebrations will be e...

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why Australia's policy on asylum seekers must change

  • Written by: Alex Reilly, Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide

The Coalition’s election victory on May 18 had an immediate psychological effect on the refugees on Manus Island, with reports of several people attempting suicide.

Two class-action lawsuits currently before the High Court allege “torture”, “persecution” and “other inhumane acts” in Australia’s...

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We've been given a pay rise. Were it not for concern about the economy, it would have been bigger

  • Written by: Jim Stanford, Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney

The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3% hike in the national Minimum Wage, effective July 1 – taking it to A$19.49 per hour, or $740.80 per week.

The increase will apply to over one-fifth of Australian employees: not just those working for the absolute minimum, but also those working under award-determined wages that are set in relation...

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  1. As Morrison heads to the Pacific, our nearest neighbours will be looking for more than kind words
  2. If the Adani mine gets built, it will be thanks to politicians, on two continents
  3. If your kid is bullied and hurt on school grounds, can you sue the school?
  4. Traditional medicines must be integrated into health care for culturally diverse groups
  5. the library – humanist ideal, social glue and now, tourism hotspot
  6. Trees, the ancient Macedonians, and the world's first environmental disaster
  7. Housing affordability has improved slightly, but people on lower incomes will continue to struggle
  8. Is it good for Labor, or Bill Shorten, for the former leader to stay in parliament?
  9. Politics and religion collide in the Knesset as Netanyahu faces the fight of his political life
  10. how it hopes to improve people's lives
  11. Over-the-counter contraceptive pill could save the health system $96 million a year
  12. humanising a cold case victim – writing the life and brutal death of Mollie Dean
  13. Mental health wins record funding in New Zealand's first 'well-being budget'
  14. Ken Wyatt faces challenges – and opportunities – as minister for Indigenous Australians
  15. The behavioural economics of discounting, and why Kogan would profit from discount deception
  16. Carelessly linking crime to being homeless adds to the harmful stigma
  17. Homelessness soars in our biggest cities, driven by rising inequality since 2001
  18. Australians could have saved over $1 billon in fuel if car emissions standards were introduced 3 years ago
  19. Policies, not posturing, will help Albanese shake the 'left-wing' tag and restore faith in his party
  20. Online tools can help people in disasters, but do they represent everyone?
  21. the Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang
  22. Here's what needs to happen to get the NDIS back on track
  23. The government keeps talking about revamping VET – but is it actually doing it?
  24. we need to kickstart innovation in Australia
  25. After decades away, dengue returns to central Queensland
  26. Freak mud flows threaten our water supplies, and climate change is raising the risk
  27. Despite Japan's low crime rates, it's seen a number of mass stabbings in the past decade
  28. Why is it taking so long to achieve gender equality in parliament?
  29. A closer look at Scott Morrison's new ministry
  30. keeping peace with both China and the US
  31. Fewer Australians will have uni or TAFE skills if governments don't reform tertiary education
  32. Surgery rates are rising in over-85s but the decision to operate isn't always easy
  33. Why regional universities are at risk of going under
  34. Is China's social credit system coming to Australia?
  35. Why Godzilla is the perfect monster for our age of environmental destruction
  36. Will we ever agree to just one set of rules on the ethical development of artificial intelligence?
  37. Crisis? What crisis? A new prime minister in PNG might not signal meaningful change for its citizens
  38. More lighting alone does not create safer cities. Look at what research with young women tells us
  39. In Suzie Miller's Prima Facie, theatre finds a voice of reckoning on sexual assault and the law
  40. Rising seas threaten Australia's major airports – and it may be happening faster than we think
  41. how do sea creatures drink sea water and not get sick?
  42. the little patches that can make managing diabetes a whole lot easier
  43. 6,000 people have donated to The Conversation. If you value expert analysis, join them
  44. High cost means more than half of NZ's young adults don't access dental care
  45. Let's make it mandatory to teach respectful relationships in every Australian school
  46. Misreporting the science of lab-made organs is unethical, even dangerous
  47. Is this a housing system that cares? That's the question for Australians and their new government
  48. After his 'miracle' election, will Scott Morrison feel pressure from Christian leaders on religious freedom?
  49. China succeeds in greening its economy not because, but in spite of, its authoritarian government
  50. It's time we moved the goalposts on Indigenous policies, so they reflect Indigenous values

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