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Australia should brace for a volatile year in foreign policy in 2019

  • Written by: Susan Harris Rimmer, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith Law School, Griffith University

By the end of 2019 we should be able to assess how Australia is travelling with the grand plan laid out in the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper. In this, an election year, I examine the status of our most important international relationships.

My verdict: decidedly shaky.

A difficult 2018

Even before the August leadership spill, 2018 was a difficult...

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Now Christmas is done, what on earth should you do with the tree?

  • Written by: Cris Brack, Associate professor, Australian National University
Now Christmas is done, what on earth should you do with the tree?Christmas shouldn't be the only time of the year to have greenery in the household.Rain0975/Flickr, CC BY-NC

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: deciding what to do with your Christmas tree.

If you bought a plastic tree, you might have already made the commitment to store and reuse it next year. However, if you were just looking at the...

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Is your 'experience diet' making you unwell?

  • Written by: Jenny Donovan, Urban Designer and Sessional Lecturer, La Trobe University
Is your 'experience diet' making you unwell?Uninviting, car-dominated streets, like this one in Melbourne, reduce our experience menu by discouraging beneficial activities like walking and sharing places with other people.Daniel Bowen/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

Just as our food diet affects our physical and emotional health, so does our “experience diet”. This is the day-to-day mix of...

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how does that make you feel?

  • Written by: David Cowan, Lecturer, The University of Queensland
how does that make you feel?You wait and wait but still no reply.Shutterstock/Alex Ruhl

Your phone chimes, it’s a message from your partner. You reply instantly because that’s what you always do.

Then you decide to add another message: “By the way, I love you ☺”

You see the “read” status appear under the message, and you wait for her...

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  1. 250 years after Captain Cook's arrival, we still can't be sure how many Māori lived in Aotearoa at the time
  2. Mark Zuckerberg's admiration for Emperor Augustus is misplaced. Here's why
  3. Six ways to support new teachers to stay in the profession
  4. Five key values of strong Māori leadership
  5. Petronella Oortman and her giant dolls' house
  6. Curious Kids: who were the Spartans?
  7. the paradigm now shaping our world's data cities
  8. Why archaeology is so much more than just digging
  9. Forget sharks... here's why you are more likely to be injured by litter at the beach
  10. here's what Australian law says about public nudity
  11. Lydia Chukovskaya, editor, writer, heroic friend
  12. Théroigne de Méricourt, feminist revolutionary
  13. 1996-1997 cabinet papers show how Howard and Costello faced a budget black hole
  14. Flash photography doesn't harm seahorses – but don't touch
  15. Three ways to achieve your New Year’s resolutions by building 'goal infrastructure'
  16. Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2019
  17. Curious Kids: how do mountains form?
  18. Elsie Masson, photographer, writer, intrepid traveller
  19. when should you throw away leftovers?
  20. What research says about how to stick to your New Year’s resolutions
  21. Don’t waste your dog's poo – compost it
  22. Culture wars reignite, but in the end it's all about the money
  23. Making New Year's resolutions personal could actually make them stick
  24. Ten great Australian beach reads set at the beach
  25. Why two people see the same thing but have different memories
  26. Stick to the path, and stay alive in national parks this summer
  27. Making friends in primary school can be tricky. Here's how parents and teachers can help
  28. When you look up, how far back in time do you see?
  29. New creatives are remaking Canberra's city centre, but at a social cost
  30. 'Strong is the new skinny' isn't as empowering as it sounds
  31. in 2018, TV got a shake up
  32. Diseases through the decades – here's what to look out for in your 40s, 60s, 80s and beyond
  33. how do ants make their own medicine?
  34. My magnificent seven. Seven really bright ideas (and one as old as time itself) from 2018
  35. From the ashes of shame arises an Australian men's cricket team to make us proud
  36. From Amy Shark to Cardi B, pop stars got personal in 2018
  37. It's time to put the 15-hour work week back on the agenda
  38. How parents can help their young children develop healthy social skills
  39. Eight ways to reduce the chances of overeating these holidays
  40. The Army has a public perception problem. Here's how it can regain trust with society
  41. Indians promised benefits of 100 smart cities, but the poor are sidelined again
  42. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas – inside a hospital's trauma unit
  43. from witchy hits to a superhero miss
  44. why does the world store nuclear waste and not just shoot it into the Sun or deep space?
  45. Hooked on a book, podcast or TV show? Here's how the story changes you
  46. how ethical consumption got so selective
  47. the arrival of a sweet baby boy – or a political power to change the world
  48. When a fair trial could be at risk, suppression is the order of the day
  49. the best of Curious Kids in 2018
  50. Australia and the Apollo 8 mission that sent a Christmas message from the Moon

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