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how leadership instability and revenge became woven into our political fabric

  • Written by: Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
how leadership instability and revenge became woven into our political fabricWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Back in 2012, a major study on the selection and removal of party leaders in Anglo parliamentary democracies was published. The book contained a section with the inviting title of “Machiavellian tactics”. Most of the authors’ examples came from Australia.

That was then. Since the appearance...

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University staff and students are at high risk of ill health. Here's how to make sure they can cope

  • Written by: Brad Wright, Sessional Academic (Health & Physical Education), Charles Sturt University
University staff and students are at high risk of ill health. Here's how to make sure they can copeStudents and staff at universities have many of the same health risk factors, including poor mental health and alcohol consumption.www.shutterstock.com

University students are an at-risk population for many health issues. These include mental health, alcohol and substance use, sexual assault and harassment, poor diet and lack of exercise.

Perhaps...

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What do your earliest childhood memories say about you?

  • Written by: Penny Van Bergen, Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University
What do your earliest childhood memories say about you?The experience "this happened to me" is stronger than "this happened" in memory formation. epicharmus/flickr , CC BY-SA

We experience thousands of events across childhood, and yet as adults we recall only a handful. Some might be “firsts” (our first ice cream, our first day at school), or significant life events (the birth of a sibling,...

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Here's what a population policy for Australia could look like

  • Written by: Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
Here's what a population policy for Australia could look likeMany are conflicted about whether the population should continue to grow and what the population of the future should look like.from shutterstock.com

Australia is, apparently, in the midst of a population “crisis” – just this month, we passed the milestone of 25 million people. The nature of the crisis depends on the day and who...

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