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New report charts future of the family law system

  • Written by: Patrick Parkinson, Academic Dean and Head of TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
New report charts future of the family law systemThe Australian Law Reform Commission handed down it's report on changes to the family law system on April 10.Shutterstock

After years of uncertainty about the future of the family law system, the next government now has a clear roadmap for how to amend the law, and improve the system of justice, for all those unfortunate enough to go through a...

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the long journey to the first image of a black hole

  • Written by: Alister Graham, Professor of Astronomy, Swinburne University of Technology
the long journey to the first image of a black holeThe first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the centre of galaxy Messier 87 and its shadow.EHT Collaboration

The first picture of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy shows how we have, in a sense, observed the invisible.

The ghostly image is a radio intensity map of the glowing plasma behind, and therefore...

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As election 2019 kicks off, the only certainty is a cranky and mistrustful electorate

  • Written by: Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
As election 2019 kicks off, the only certainty is a cranky and mistrustful electorateWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

The choice for voters at the 2019 federal election, called by Scott Morrison for 18 May, will in an important respect be exactly the same as every other election held since 1910. Voters get to choose which of two sides next gets to run the country.

Beyond that basic similarity, Australian federal elections...

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Federal election 2019: state of the states

  • Written by: Nick Economou, Senior Lecturer, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
Federal election 2019: state of the statesKeep up-to-date election campaign in each state.Shutterstock

We now know that the next federal election will take place on May 18. To guide you through the campaign, our “state of the states” series takes stock of the key issues, seats and policies affecting the vote in each of Australia’s states.

We’ll check in with our...

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  1. Morrison visits Governor-General for a May 18 election
  2. India's elections will be the largest in world history
  3. How much evidence is enough to declare a new species of human from a Philippines cave site?
  4. Dog whistles, regional visas and wage theft – immigration policy is again an election issue
  5. There's a lot of bad news in the UN Global Environment Outlook, but a sustainable future is still possible
  6. Prescription monitoring is here, but we need to tread carefully to avoid unintended harms
  7. Both major parties are finally talking about the importance of preschool – here's why it matters
  8. Artificial intelligence may take your job, so political leaders need to start doing theirs
  9. Here's why well-intentioned vegan protesters are getting it wrong
  10. a lurch between aggression and apathy
  11. 'My girlfriend is intimidated by the idea of having sex. What should I do?'
  12. big on promises, short on follow-through
  13. Labor will prioritise an NBN 'digital inclusion drive' – here's what it should focus on
  14. Bowen says Labor would have lower tax take than under Howard years
  15. intersex soldiers and cross-dressing women at war
  16. Government advertising may be legal, but it's corrupting our electoral process
  17. Housing with no serious faults and buyer protection – is that too much to ask of builders and regulators?
  18. We wrote the report for the minister on fish deaths in the lower Darling – here's why it could happen again
  19. We've found a quicker way to multiply really big numbers
  20. Dutton suffers reflux after tasty Chinese meal
  21. Vicki Laveau-Harvie's remarkable, uncomfortable memoir wins the 2019 Stella Prize
  22. Children continue to be exposed to contaminated air in Port Pirie
  23. The Coalition's report card on health includes some passes and quite a few fails
  24. More hospitals will not cure Australia's ailing health-care system. There's a more efficient way
  25. From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth's great animal migrations
  26. Coalition gets a bounce in Newspoll, but not in Ipsos or Essential
  27. The ABC didn't receive a reprieve in the budget. It's still facing staggering cuts
  28. Squid team finds high species diversity off Kermadec Islands, part of stalled marine reserve proposal
  29. green-collar criminals or civil 'disobedients'?
  30. Morrison government approves next step towards Adani coal mine
  31. the curious case of shy lizards and deadly cane toads
  32. Business-as-usual record on transport leaves next government plenty of room to improve
  33. NZ journalists arrested in Fiji have been released but a new era of press freedom is yet to arrive
  34. A detailed eucalypt family tree helps us see how they came to dominate Australia
  35. The 14 Indigenous words for money on the new 50 cent coin
  36. What will the Coalition be remembered for on tax? Tinkering, blunders and lost opportunities
  37. Politicians need to listen up before they speak up – and listen in the right places
  38. Potentially unaffordable, and it still won't fix bracket creep. The Coalition's $300 billion tax plan assessed
  39. Which families delay sending their child to school, and why? We crunched the numbers
  40. We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests
  41. In Australia, climate policy battles are endlessly reheated
  42. Australia has a new National Construction Code, but it's still not good enough
  43. Control, cost and convenience determine how Australians use the technology in their homes
  44. It's the internal agitators who are bugging Scott Morrison on Adani
  45. All female mammals have a clitoris – we're starting to work out what that means for their sex lives
  46. Labor's cancer package would cut the cost of care, but beware of unintended side effects
  47. How has education policy changed under the Coalition government?
  48. Tourists behaving badly are a threat to global tourism, and the industry is partly to blame
  49. how did the months get their names?
  50. The swamp foxtail's origin is hidden in its DNA

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