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Youth homelessness efforts get a lowly 2 stars from national report card

  • Written by: David MacKenzie, Associate Professor, Department of Social Science, Swinburne University of Technology
Youth homelessness efforts get a lowly 2 stars from national report cardDespite a ten-point roadmap and bold commitments, Australia has not stayed on track to reduce youth homeless over the past decade.Roman Bodnarchuk/Shutterstock

A National Report Card on Youth Homelessness in Australia says government action over the past decade would earn no more than two stars under its four-star rating system. There has been...

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A truly inclusive society requires political restraint

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A truly inclusive society requires political restraint“Standing against hate” requires robust leadership from the politicians.AAP, CC BY-NC

Terrible tragedies test leaders to the full. Anyone watching from afar must be impressed with the way in which Jacinda Ardern has dealt with the aftermath of the Christchurch horror.

Ardern has kept her shocked population regularly updated, walked the...

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NSW election neck and neck as voters face a 1950s-style 'I'll see you and raise you' campaign

  • Written by: David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

On Saturday, March 23, the people of New South Wales will head to the ballot boxes for a state election. It is looking increasingly close, with polls showing government and opposition neck and neck on about 50% of the two-party preferred vote. This is a decline in the Coalition vote of 4% compared to the 2015 election.

The current campaign is...

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Christchurch attacks are a stark warning of toxic political environment that allows hate to flourish

  • Written by: Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University

When lives are tragically cut short, it is generally easier to explain the “how” than the “why”. This dark reality is all the more felt when tragedy comes at the hands of murderous intent. Explaining how 49 people came to be killed, and almost as many badly injured, in Christchurch’s double massacre of Muslims at...

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  1. Can a senator be expelled from the federal parliament for offensive statements?
  2. The psychology of fear and hate, and what each of us can do to stop it
  3. Why overhauling NZ's gun and terrorism laws alone can't stop terrorist attacks
  4. Christchurch mosque shootings must end New Zealand's innocence about right-wing terrorism
  5. Why news outlets should think twice about republishing the New Zealand mosque shooter's livestream
  6. If you've got private health insurance, the choice to use it in a public hospital is your own
  7. Guinea flowers are fierce and golden
  8. Liberal MP Craig Laundy confirms he will quit
  9. Michelle Grattan on the Coalition and Coal
  10. how love, pain and sacrifice produced an Australian classic
  11. why we always choose story over technology
  12. Most recreational fishers in Australia support marine sanctuaries
  13. Finally, people with disabilities will have a chance to tell their stories – and be believed
  14. Elite sport is becoming a platform to target the trans community
  15. What do we mean by meaning? Science can help with that
  16. The terror of climate change is transforming young people's identity
  17. Chinese-Australia relations may not be 'toxic', but they do need to keep warming up
  18. How can we make families safer? Get men to change their violent behaviour
  19. ALP urges Fair Work Commission to give "substantial" minimum wage increase
  20. why is Australian satire so rarely risky?
  21. Vital signs. It's one thing to back down on Hayne's recommendation about mortgage brokers, it's another to offer nothing in its place
  22. Build social and affordable housing to get us off the boom-and-bust roller coaster
  23. Housing policy reset is overdue, and not only in Australia
  24. The Coalition is trapped in its coal minefield
  25. All Boeing 737 MAX flights grounded – and travellers could feel it in the hip pocket
  26. Dowry abuse does exist, but let's focus on the wider issues of economic abuse and coercive control
  27. Students striking for climate action are showing the exact skills employers look for
  28. The Catholic Church is investigating George Pell's case. What does that mean?
  29. The Australian Web Archive is a momentous achievement – but things will get harder from here
  30. Landmark High Court decision guides how compensation for native title losses will be determined
  31. climate change is messing with your favourite tipple's timing
  32. what is a headache? Is it our brain hurting?
  33. Young voters may hold the key to the NSW state election: here's why
  34. Australia’s first known female voter, the famous Mrs Fanny Finch
  35. Experts call for halt to CRISPR editing that allows gene changes to pass on to children
  36. How (and why) to stay optimistic when it feels like the environment is falling apart
  37. An impaired sense of smell often signals cognitive decline, but 'smell training' could help
  38. How the NSW election promises on transport add up
  39. Dentists need a licence to practice. Why not economists?
  40. Why wait for the Brexit fog to clear? Australian, British and multinational businesses are moving on
  41. Flights suspended and vital questions remain after second Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash within five months
  42. Why Sally Challen's appeal is not a win for women victims of coercive control
  43. Becoming more like WhatsApp won't solve Facebook’s woes – here's why
  44. In Manus, theatre delivers home truths that can't be dodged
  45. Which lines are priorities for Sydney Metro conversion? Hint: it's not Bankstown
  46. Four simple food choices that help you lose weight and stay healthy
  47. new map reveals hotspots for harm to wildlife
  48. Why Dorothy's red shoes deserve their status as gay icons, even in changing times
  49. Why Australia should engage with the unemployment crisis affecting Indian youth
  50. India's grand experiment in corporate social responsibility is heading for trouble

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