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Anne Summers' new memoir and the bitter struggle over memory narratives of feminism

  • Written by: Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
Anne Summers' new memoir and the bitter struggle over memory narratives of feminismAnne Summers photographed in 2013 with Julia Gillard.Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Review: Unfettered and Alive by Anne Summers (Allen and Unwin)


Years ago, when I was young, I lived in an apartment in Sydney’s Potts Point that looked straight down into Anne Summers’ house. Summers had recently published her “Letter to the Next...

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Australia has eliminated rubella – but that doesn't mean it can't come back

  • Written by: Kristine Macartney, Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
Australia has eliminated rubella – but that doesn't mean it can't come backRubella has been eliminated in Australia, but it still exists in other countries.From shutterstock.com

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially declared that Australia has eliminated rubella.

Rubella, also known as German measles, is a contagious viral disease. The symptoms in children are generally mild – fever, rash and sore throat...

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how speculative fiction gained literary respectability

  • Written by: Rose Michael, Lecturer, Writing & Publishing, RMIT University
how speculative fiction gained literary respectabilityBiologists are gathering evidence of green algae (pictured here in Kuwait) becoming carbohydrate-rich but less nutritious, due to increased carbon dioxide levels. As science fiction becomes science fact, new forms of storytelling are emerging.Raed Qutena

I count myself lucky. Weird, I know, in this day and age when all around us the natural and...

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Five projects that are harnessing big data for good

  • Written by: Arezou Soltani Panah, Postdoc Research Fellow (Social Data Scientist), Swinburne University of Technology
Five projects that are harnessing big data for goodOften the value of data science lies in the work of joining the dots.Shutterstock

Data science has boomed over the past decade, following advances in mathematics, computing capability, and data storage. Australia’s Industry 4.0 taskforce is busy exploring ways to improve the Australian economy with tools such as artificial intelligence,...

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  1. Making developments green doesn’t help with inequality
  2. States and territories have improved integrity measures, but Commonwealth lags far behind
  3. New Caledonia's independence referendum, and how it could impact the region
  4. Seagrass, protector of shipwrecks and buried treasure
  5. Now Malcolm Turnbull is the sniper at the window
  6. What does the future newsroom look like?
  7. Anne Summers on #MeToo and women in politics
  8. Earth’s wilderness is vanishing, and just a handful of nations can save it
  9. Tick-tock – for healthy mums and kids, dad’s age counts
  10. Abolish stamp duty. The ACT shows the rest of us how to tax property
  11. how using everyday items for play benefits kids
  12. To tackle inequality, we must start in the labour market
  13. What are ‘decodable readers’ and do they work?
  14. Phubbing (phone snubbing) happens more in the bedroom than when socialising with friends
  15. Why are unions so unhappy? An economic explanation of the Change the Rules campaign
  16. After a deadly month for domestic violence, the message doesn't appear to be getting through
  17. Cricket Australia's culture problem is it still doesn't think fans are stakeholders in the game
  18. Ideas of home and ownership in Australia might explain the neglect of renters’ rights
  19. State governments can transform Australia’s energy policy from major fail to reliable success
  20. Your poo is (mostly) alive. Here's what's in it
  21. How new spinal injury treatments help some people to walk again
  22. What teeth can tell about the lives and environments of ancient humans and Neanderthals
  23. Facebook delivers traffic but no money for news media
  24. the protest songs of New Caledonia's independence referendum
  25. While I Was Waiting captures the tragedy of the Syrian civil war in Damascus
  26. what any country can and can't do in Antarctica, in the name of science
  27. Traditional culture may help Indigenous households manage money better
  28. Food fraud, the centuries-old problem that won't go away
  29. I have an exam tomorrow but don't feel prepared – what should I do?
  30. National interest test for research grants could further erode pure research
  31. which human uses are OK for protected areas?
  32. To make housing more affordable this is what state governments need to do
  33. If a star explodes, will it destroy Earth?
  34. We need better jury directions to ensure justice is done
  35. How Mirka and Georges Mora fled the Holocaust and created bohemia across the world
  36. 'Everybody Lies' author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on why we tell the (sometimes disturbing) truth online
  37. Russia is a rising military power in the Asia-Pacific, and Australia needs to take it seriously
  38. India unveils the world's tallest statue, celebrating development at the cost of the environment
  39. the many meanings of monsters
  40. How to watch a scary movie with your child
  41. Forget bouncing back, balance is the healthiest way to manage weight post-pregnancy
  42. No state has all the answers in school education
  43. Protecting the 'right to be forgotten' in the age of blockchain
  44. When you're not PM but behave like you are
  45. The new electric vehicle highway is a welcome gear shift, but other countries are still streets ahead
  46. Satirist Jonathan Biggins on sending up the pollies
  47. Labor is making big promises for a Pacific development bank, but questions remain
  48. a literary hero with bite
  49. why Australia’s hospitals and health care is failing
  50. The search for the source of a mysterious fast radio burst comes relatively close to home

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