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Government agrees to national anti-corruption body – with strict limits

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

The government has given in to pressure to set up a new Commonwealth Integrity Commission but its operation would be strictly circumscribed, without the ability to hold public hearings into allegations of corruption against politicians.

While the new organisation would be the lead body in Australia’s multi-agency anti-corruption framework,...

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Morrison wants Religious Discrimination Act passed before election

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Morrison wants Religious Discrimination Act passed before electionScott Morrison has promised to protect people against discrimination because of their religious faith, and says he wants to do it before the election.Shutterstock

The government will introduce a Religious Discrimination Act to protect the rights of people of faith, with Scott Morrison declaring he would like the legislation passed before the...

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The Conversation Stakeholder Report 2018

  • Written by: Debbie Dickinson, Head of communication and engagement, The Conversation
The Conversation Stakeholder Report 2018Since our launch in March 2011, we’ve grown to become one of Australia’s largest independent news and commentary sites.

As the year draws to a close, here at TC HQ we’ve taken some time to reflect on some of the successes of the past 12 months. As a non-for-profit that exists to inform public debate with knowledge-based...

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  1. Can (and should) a doctor tell my biological relative my genetic results without my consent?
  2. How a proposed new bill would make it easier to strip Australian citizenship
  3. We can't know the future cost of climate change. Let's focus on the cost of avoiding it instead
  4. The small patch of bush over your back fence might be key to a species’ survival
  5. Cut the pension, boost Newstart. What our algorithm says is the best way to get value for our welfare dollars
  6. a little less Britpopulism, a little more Eurovision please
  7. Poor health in Aboriginal children after European colonisation revealed in their skeletal remains
  8. Australia's problem with Aboriginal World Heritage
  9. ABC and SBS are not distorting media market, government inquiry finds
  10. Anthony Albanese on Labor's road ahead
  11. Three things high school graduates should keep in mind when they have their ATARs
  12. Ten essential reads to catch up on Australian Space Agency news
  13. Your drinking water could be saltier than you think (even if you live in a capital)
  14. Time Magazine's Person of the Year recognises the global assault on journalism
  15. An opt-out system isn't the solution to Australia's low rate of organ donation
  16. What the Victorian government's decision not to sign on to the Gonski reforms means for schools in the new year
  17. Alex Seton's stark, moving protest sculptures carved from marble
  18. How does the Moon, being so far away, affect the tides on Earth?
  19. How cinema's new Aquaman draws on the mythology of ancient sea gods
  20. Not wiped out. Why Whyalla, of all places, now has a sustainable future
  21. What's the most value for money way to tackle obesity? Increase taxes on alcohol
  22. Law and order is no get-out-of-jail card for floundering politicians
  23. Morrison government promises $1.25 billion for health care
  24. 'Designer' babies won't be common anytime soon – despite recent CRISPR twins
  25. Victorian upper house greatly distorted by group voting tickets; federal Labor still dominant in Newspoll
  26. why is Australia adopting the global refugee compact but not the migration compact?
  27. ACCC wants to curb digital platform power – but enforcement is tricky
  28. Will the new Mary Poppins film acknowledge the suffragettes' success?
  29. How much physical activity should teenagers do, and how can they get enough?
  30. The off-topic Conversation #171
  31. ADHD prescriptions are going up, but that doesn't mean we're over-medicating
  32. Huawei executive's arrest will further test an already shaky US-China relationship
  33. Digital platforms. Why the ACCC's proposals for Google and Facebook matter big time
  34. How physical activity in Australian schools can help prevent depression in young people
  35. Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here's how
  36. Recovered Aboriginal songs offer clues to 19th century mystery of the shipwrecked 'white woman'
  37. As Indigenous incarceration rates keep rising, justice reinvestment offers a solution
  38. Australia is still listening to Voyager 2 as NASA confirms the probe is now in interstellar space
  39. did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first home last year?
  40. How low will Bitcoin now go? The history of price bubbles provides some clues
  41. Going travelling? Don't forget insurance (and to read the fine print)
  42. Where do dreams come from?
  43. should I lie to my children about Santa?
  44. Grey nomad lifestyle provides a model for living remotely
  45. Human rights in 2018 – ten issues that made headlines
  46. How researchers assess whether medications work
  47. the power of a symbol
  48. The government can restrain electricity prices without threatening to break up power companies. Its adviser says so
  49. forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?)
  50. The government's encryption laws finally passed despite concerns over security

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