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MONA's Eat the Problem is possibly well-meaning but ultimately exquisitely elitist

  • Written by: Svenja J. Kratz, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Creative Practice, University of Tasmania
MONA's Eat the Problem is possibly well-meaning but ultimately exquisitely elitistGuests at the V.I.P Opening Feast, Eat The Problem. Mona/Jesse Hunniford Image Courtesy MONA Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Eat the Problem, Kirsha Kaechele’s latest MONA-based project, proposes that killing and consuming invasive species offers a more sustainable and ethical option than our current industrial...

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Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture

  • Written by: Chris Taylor, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furnitureAlmost all native forest logging in Victoria is for woodchips, pulp and pallets, which have short lifespans before going to landfill.Janelle Lugge/Shutterstock

Victoria has some of the most carbon-dense native forests in the world. Advocates for logging these forests often argue that wood products in buildings and furniture become long-term storage...

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Can $55 million get Clive Palmer back into parliamentary game?

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Can $55 million get Clive Palmer back into parliamentary game?UAP's Clive Palmer: "We think we'll win six Senate seats".AAP/Michael Chambers

Can Clive Palmer buy his way back into federal parliament? The former MP, who for a while wielded enormous Senate power, expects to spend about $55 million on an advertising splurge in his bid to do so – and a good deal more if that’s what is needed.

In fact,...

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Health Check: what causes constipation?

  • Written by: Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
Health Check: what causes constipation?When you're constipated, you have hard or lumpy stools that are difficult to pass. Shutterstock

Most people have experienced being blocked up from time to time, whether it’s while travelling, after taking painkillers, or when you’ve let your diet go.

But some people will experience constipation more often, and for longer periods. Chronic...

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  2. Chris Lilley's Lunatics has deadpan cringe, great dialogue but is more mawkish than outrageous
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  4. The campaign with built-in R&R for voters
  5. the 'ball-tampering' budget trick they don't want you to know about
  6. three things to consider if you're thinking about homeschooling your child
  7. Adani, economics and personality politics
  8. Antibiotic shortages are putting Aboriginal kids at risk
  9. What and where is heaven? The answers are at the heart of the Easter story
  10. What is hell, exactly? We might joke it's other people, but the Bible has a more complicated answer
  11. In Abdul-Rahman Abdullah's Pretty Beach, a fever of stingrays becomes a meditation on suffering
  12. Going to the beach this Easter? Here are four ways we're not being properly protected from jellyfish
  13. a tale of amazing people, amazing creatures and rising seas
  14. how we value the fruits of our labour over instant gratification
  15. Climate change is hitting hard across New Zealand, official report finds
  16. Joko Widodo looks set to win the Indonesia election. Now, the real power struggle begins
  17. How long would garden snails live if they were not eaten by another animal?
  18. The myth of 'the Queensland voter', Australia's trust deficit, and the path to Indigenous recognition
  19. New Zealand’s urban freshwater is improving, but a major report reveals huge gaps in our knowledge
  20. Paris? Melbourne? Public housing doesn't just look the same, it's part of the challenges refugees face
  21. How old ideas about tolerance can help us live more peacefully today
  22. New study finds family violence is often poorly understood in faith communities
  23. We can't predict how bad this year's flu season will be but here's what we know so far
  24. We scanned one of our closest cousins, the coelacanth, to learn how its brain grows
  25. a new Australian romantic comedy with a sincere sense of place
  26. Constructively tough? Neither side has committed to fully adopting perhaps the most important recommendation of the banking royal commission
  27. Homeschooled students often get better test results and have more degrees than their peers
  28. Tips to reduce your waste this Easter (but don't worry, you can still eat chocolate)
  29. Māori loanwords in NZ English are less about meaning, more about identity
  30. Those tax cuts should follow proper process, officials tell government
  31. what is Candida auris and who is at risk?
  32. New research reveals how young Australians will decide who gets their vote
  33. Traditional owners still stand in Adani's way
  34. Radical Inventor is a tribute to living, breathing works of art
  35. Pacific island cities call for a rethink of climate resilience for the most vulnerable
  36. How fake news gets into our minds, and what you can do to resist it
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  38. Election campaign lesson #1: don't mess with Medicare
  39. No matter who wins the election, many Australians think real leadership will be lacking
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  41. Three things Australia's next education minister must prioritise to improve schools
  42. Were journalists 'just doing their job' in the political resignation of Metiria Turei?
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  44. Why are we so moved by the plight of the Notre Dame?
  45. Don't despair about Notre Dame
  46. Why climate change will dull autumn leaf displays
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