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It's not just Newstart. Single parents are $271 per fortnight worse off. Labor needs an overarching welfare review

  • Written by: Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
It's not just Newstart. Single parents are $271 per fortnight worse off. Labor needs an overarching welfare reviewSingle parents have been made worse off by the Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbott and Turnbull governments. It's time to take stock.Shutterstck

Thirty years after Prime Minister Bob Hawke famously promised that by 1990 no Australian child would live in poverty, Bill Shorten has promised that, if elected, Labor will use a “root and branch...

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How a candidate's looks may be swinging your vote (without you even realising it)

  • Written by: Rodrigo Praino, Senior Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University
How a candidate's looks may be swinging your vote (without you even realising it)Compiling images from real American politicians with the help of the Victoria Police Criminal Identification Unit, the authors built six "ideal" candidates to test how attractiveness shifts votes.Rodrigo Praino, Daniel Stockemer/Social Science Quarterly, Author provided

If someone asks you why you chose the election candidate you voted for, you...

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why you might get the runs before a first date

  • Written by: Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
why you might get the runs before a first dateIt's normal to have an upset tummy when you're nervousfrom shutterstock.com

So, you’re going on a date and you’re understandably a bit nervous. And then you feel it – a churning and cramping in your gut. Suddenly you’re running to the toilet and wondering why your body reacts this way. How does a case of nerves translate to...

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the origins of Rocky Horror's Frank-N-furter

  • Written by: Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Literature, Popular Entertainment Studies and Science in Fiction Studies, Australian National University
the origins of Rocky Horror's Frank-N-furterTim Curry as Frank-N-Furter in 1975's Rocky Horror Show. IMDB

Dr Frank-N-furter, the snappy alpha-alien who stars in The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show, is one of the most memorable characters to grace the stage and screen in recent decades.

In his castle-spaceship from the planet Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania, Frankie creates a carnal...

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  2. As they meet in Poland for the next steps, nations are struggling to agree on how the ambitions of the Paris Agreement can be realised
  3. Why battery-powered vehicles stack up better than hydrogen
  4. Yes, Knickers the steer is really, really big. But he's far short of true genetic freak status
  5. Why Tony Abbott's appointment as Indigenous envoy was a diplomatic blunder and policy failure
  6. Warty hammer orchids are sexual deceivers
  7. the science of sleep and the economics of sleeplessness
  8. Michelle Grattan on the government's week from hell
  9. Why Australia's anti-vilification laws matter
  10. Stone tools date early humans in North Africa to 2.4 million years ago
  11. What makes the G20 a force for global good – when its members agree they want it to be
  12. Four in ten Australians think women lie about being victims of sexual assault
  13. Happy birthday, SA's big battery, and many happy returns (of your recyclable parts)
  14. Why daily doses of nature in the city matter for people and the planet
  15. X-rays of rocks show their super-fluid past, and reveal mineral deposits vital for batteries
  16. How believers in 'white genocide' are spreading their hate-filled message in Australia
  17. Young children with autism can thrive in mainstream childcare
  18. garish feminism and the new poetic confessionalism
  19. why now is the right time to clamp down on negative gearing
  20. Crossbench women give Morrison a break after week from hell
  21. scorching heat and heightened bushfire risk
  22. The Indigenous community deserves a voice in the constitution. Will the nation finally listen?
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  24. When it comes to race and justice, 'colour-blindness' is not good enough
  25. Digital assistants like Alexa and Siri might not be offering you the best deals
  26. Malcolm Turnbull accuses his critics of "paranoia"
  27. Josh Frydenberg on Liberal troubles
  28. why we need better portrayals of people of colour on television
  29. why urban-fringe farming is vital for food resilience
  30. Heatwaves threaten Australians' health, and our politicians aren't doing enough about it
  31. The five not-so-easy steps that would push wage growth higher
  32. Does the G20 summit really make a difference? World leaders reckon it does
  33. Much at stake as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet at G20
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  38. So what's a secretary to do? Banking Royal Commission raises questions about what's in minutes
  39. Australia's spies to be allowed to use more force
  40. Tension as scientist at centre of CRIPSR outrage speaks at genome editing summit
  41. Morrison's authority deficit on show at home and abroad
  42. Sydney storms could be making the Queensland fires worse
  43. Computing faces an energy crunch unless new technologies are found
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