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The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languages

  • Written by: Ben Grimes, Lecturer in Law, Charles Darwin University
The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languagesYingiya Guyula (seated right) wants to be allowed to use the Yolngu Matha language in the NT Legislative Assembly to represent his electorate.Yingiya Guyula

After Yingiya Guyula was elected as a member to the NT Legislative Assembly in 2016, he rose to give his inaugural speech and started speaking in his first language, Yolngu Matha.

Yolngu Matha...

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A priest says sceptics should stop demanding proof of climate change, as that's not how science works

  • Written by: Chris Mulherin, Lecturer, Executive Director of ISCAST–Christians in Science, and Anglican minister, University of Melbourne
A priest says sceptics should stop demanding proof of climate change, as that's not how science worksAn Anglican priest teaching climate change is often asked about the difference between science and faith.Shutterstock/catalina.m

As an Anglican priest teaching in philosophy and in climate change at two universities, I am often asked about the difference between science and my own faith convictions.

“Isn’t science about objective proof...

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Requiem or renewal? This is how a tropical city like Darwin can regain its cool

  • Written by: Lawrence Nield, Professor of Practice, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
Requiem or renewal? This is how a tropical city like Darwin can regain its coolA vine shade structure being installed in Cavenagh Street will help cool the hottest street in Darwin city centre.Author provided

On my way to work, I walk across the intersection of Knuckey and Wood streets. Most days a homeless man on his haunches is mouthing bureaucratic platitudes:

Let’s workshop this? We need to have meeting about this!...

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Helping farmers in distress doesn't help them be the best: the drought relief dilemma

  • Written by: Neal Hughes, Senior Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)

Two years ago we were celebrating just about the best year for farmers ever. Now many farmers – particularly in New South Wales and southern Queensland – are in the grip of drought.

It underlines just how variable the Australian climate can be.

While attention is focused on responding to the current situation, it is important to also...

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  2. Blood type, Pioppi, gluten-free and Mediterranean – which popular diets are fads?
  3. Australian literature’s legacies of cultural appropriation
  4. Report recommends overhaul of My Health Record, but key changes not supported by Coalition
  5. Chocolate Labradors die earlier than yellow or black, and have more disease
  6. Decoding the music masterpieces: Rossini's opera, Otello
  7. Why children in institutional care may be worse off now than they were in the 19th century
  8. how much physical activity is enough in older age?
  9. Why do flies vomit on their food?
  10. The five stages of grief don't come in fixed steps – everyone feels differently
  11. The national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse matters. Here's why
  12. is the Coalition spending '$1 billion extra, every year' on aged care?
  13. David Goldblatt's kind, calm photographs of South Africa exist in a morality minefield
  14. Nauru's life on the frontlines
  15. Some cybersecurity apps could be worse for privacy than nothing at all
  16. Turning 'big brother' surveillance into a helping hand to the homeless
  17. Wentworth mightn't be typical but it's the shrill canary in the mine
  18. Phelps consolidates her lead in Wentworth after nail biting day
  19. what is a hung parliament and how would it affect the passage of legislation?
  20. Wentworth byelection called too early for Phelps as Liberals recover in late counting
  21. Australia's native rhododendrons hide in the high mountain forests
  22. Liberals trounced in huge Wentworth swing, bringing a hung parliament
  23. William Forsythe's A Quiet Evening of Dance is surprising, amusing, but precise
  24. what's on the menu for Australia's top predator?
  25. With a billion reasons not to trust super trustees, we need regulators to act in the public interest
  26. One year on for Ardern's coalition government in New Zealand
  27. When Thailand and Australia were closer neighbours, tectonically speaking
  28. climate snake oil or the 1.5-degree panacea?
  29. Michelle Grattan on Morrison's pitch for the Jewish vote in Wentworth
  30. Pacific nations aren't cash-hungry, minister, they just want action on climate change
  31. the bacteria that live in and on us
  32. With the right help, bears can recover from the torture of bile farming
  33. family as 'brand' – the rise of the digital mumpreneur
  34. The Morrison government's biggest economic problem? Climate change denial
  35. Please don't dismiss the PC inquiry into mental health as 'just another inquiry'
  36. A Goblin could guide us to a mystery planet thought to exist in the Solar system
  37. this is what needs to be done to make a Central City CBD work
  38. the housing market might deflate, but it might pop. Here's how
  39. Scott Morrison braces for judgement by Malcolm Turnbull's old voters
  40. How rare minerals form when meteorites slam into Earth
  41. 15% of students admit to buying essays. What can universities do about it?
  42. Criticism of Western Civilisation isn't new, it was part of the Enlightenment
  43. don't bet the house on it
  44. More than a habit? When to worry about nail biting, skin picking and other body-focused repetitive behaviours
  45. don't think of it as a problem to be managed
  46. The resonances between Indigenous art and images captured by microscopes
  47. a snapshot of Australia's favourite porn
  48. Planning for death must happen long before the last few days of life
  49. Australia's naval upgrade may not be enough to keep pace in a fast-changing region
  50. How huge floods and complex infrastructure could have triggered ancient Angkor's demise

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