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There aren't plenty of fish in the sea, so let's eat all that we catch

  • Written by: Aysha Fleming, Research Scientist, Adaptive Urban and Social Systems Program, Land and Water, CSIRO

‘Tis the season for seafood. While those in colder parts of the world tuck into turkey and hot dinners, in the southern hemisphere we get festive with prawn cocktails at Christmas and smoked salmon for New Year’s. Maybe crayfish and crab. Perhaps oysters and octopus. Or barramundi and more prawns on the barbie.

Yes, most of us love to...

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2018, the year of governing badly

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Looking back on the federal politics of 2018, voters can conclude they’ve been given a rough trot.

What’s been dubbed “the permanent election campaign” to which we are subjected these days is a curse. Too often it encourages expedient rather than sound decisions and ugly behaviour dominated by noise and stunts.

Added to that,...

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The off-topic Conversation #172

  • Written by: Debbie Dickinson, Head of communication and engagement, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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  1. Why you shouldn’t force the kids to hug Granny at Christmas
  2. What Australian soldiers ate for Christmas in WWI
  3. DNA from ancient Aboriginal Australian remains enables their return to Country
  4. Serial killers' fates are in politicians' hands. Here's why that's a worry
  5. Christmas versus kilojoules – how to focus more on celebration and less on the food
  6. Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO
  7. Yes, retailers exploit Christmas, but their decorations still evoke religious spirit
  8. Building in ways that meet the needs of Australia’s remote regions
  9. What the folk? Whatever happened to Australia's national folklife centre?
  10. Doing away with essays won't necessarily stop students cheating
  11. NZ mental health inquiry calls for fundamental change
  12. Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes Earth
  13. why are people colour blind?
  14. replace company tax with cashflow tax
  15. Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crime could improve how police and communities respond
  16. Dramatic advances in forensics expose the need for genetic data legislation
  17. Exploring Australia's 'other reefs' south of Tasmania
  18. Theatre is Lying is a welcome response to fake news and alternative facts
  19. how to deal with dying during the holidays
  20. Michael McCormack fails leadership test in handling of Broad scandal
  21. Tanya Plibersek on a united Labor
  22. Labor widens lead in Ipsos; US Democrats gained 40 House seats at midterms
  23. Labor's housing pledge is welcome, but direct investment in social housing would improve it
  24. Tidelands struggles to stay afloat in its first series
  25. Rudd says Murdoch media is a "political party"
  26. We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate
  27. New guidelines for responding to cyber attacks don't go far enough
  28. MYEFO rips A$130 million per year from research funding despite budget surplus
  29. What's your beef? How 'carbon labels' can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices
  30. Why naming all our mozzies is important for fighting disease
  31. how gift-giving is inspired by beliefs-based altruism
  32. why people follow what other people do
  33. a history of St Nicholas, Santa and his helpers
  34. We need to talk about the actual threats to academic freedom on Australian campuses
  35. National Andrew Broad forced to quit frontbench amid 'sugar baby' allegation
  36. More mirage than good management, MYEFO fails to hit its own targets
  37. Shorten pledges $500 million for UNHCR in border protection policy
  38. how do people know what the weather will be?
  39. Morrison's decision to recognise West Jerusalem the latest bad move in a mess of his own making
  40. MYEFO reveals billions more in revenue, $9 billion in fresh election tax cuts
  41. Having a second child worsens parents' mental health: new research
  42. Children's health hit for six as industry fails to regulate alcohol ads
  43. How to have yourself a plastic-free Christmas
  44. how to keep your kids safe (and out of trouble) when you’re at work these holidays
  45. The great movie scenes: Back to the Future
  46. lessons in how towns remake challenging sites
  47. 2018 was a huge year in gaming
  48. Morrison goes a bridge too far to outsmart Shorten
  49. Labor promises a comprehensive overhaul of federal environmental framework
  50. NSW Governor David Hurley will be Australia's new Governor-General

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