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Threat to the ABC is not sale but more bullying

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

A re-elected Turnbull government wouldn’t sell the ABC, whatever scare Bill Shorten might be raising. But you’d have to be an optimist to think that if it wins, it won’t intensify its bullying and denigration of the public broadcaster.

There is more than a little irony in the Liberal federal council on Saturday delivering Labor a...

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Wollemi pines are dinosaur trees

  • Written by: Cris Brack, Assoc Professor Forest measurement & management, Australian National University
Wollemi pines are dinosaur treesWollemi pines once covered prehistoric Australia.The Conversation/Wikipedia

Welcome to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants. Read more about the series here or get in touch to pitch a plant at batb@theconversation.edu.au.


There’s a tree that once covered the whole of Australia, then dwindled to a dozen examples, and is...

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Protecting Google from defamation is worth seriously considering

  • Written by: Michael Douglas, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia

It has been a huge week for defamation law.

Last Thursday, the NSW Government announced a push to reform Australia’s uniform defamation laws. It is calling for a “cyber-age reboot”. That proposal was backed by a “statutory review” of the NSW Defamation Act. At a meeting of the Council of Attorneys-General, the states...

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Fallen Kingdom where new dinosaurs emerge but who are the real monsters?

  • Written by: John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
Fallen Kingdom where new dinosaurs emerge but who are the real monsters?There's a new kid in town inJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment, Inc. and Legendary Pictures Productions, LLC.

In Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom the lines between human and monster are not clear-cut. Much of the film, the fifth instalment of the Universal franchise, is driven by both human and dinosaur capacity...

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  2. Michelle Grattan on the child abuse royal commission response and One Nation's blow-up
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  4. why women are enraged by advice to steer clear of violent men
  5. Co-creation can help our companies compete with global giants
  6. Genuine breakthrough or pause in hostilities? After the summit, the world must again wait and see
  7. Aim for cities of all sizes to give everyone a fair go
  8. Dark Emu and the blindness of Australian agriculture
  9. The 5G network threatens to overcrowd the airwaves, putting weather radar at risk
  10. should all women do pelvic floor exercises?
  11. Indigenous treaties are meaningless without addressing the issue of sovereignty
  12. poor wage growth means interest rates could be low for a long time
  13. Could Australia win, really? The science of predicting the World Cup champion
  14. what are abortion clinic safe-access zones and where do they exist in Australia?
  15. School vision and mission statements should not be dismissed as empty words
  16. The loners who lead, and trash, 'personality' parties
  17. can tea towels cause food poisoning?
  18. Why solvents can affect brain health even at low levels of exposure
  19. From outsized dinosaurs to outrunning hot lava in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  20. Why electronic surveillance monitoring may not reduce youth crime
  21. Life, death, gravity, sex and string theory in The Mathematics of Longing
  22. Why gig workers may be worse off after the Fair Work Ombudsman's action against Foodora
  23. Research reveals Australians are shy about expressing political views on social media
  24. Why some Western companies are distancing themselves from the World Cup brand
  25. Antarctica has lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years. Time is running out for the frozen continent
  26. Should I get the flu shot if I'm pregnant?
  27. Secret men's business – why the public image of economics is bad news for all of us
  28. The Australian women expats who found liberation in the US
  29. Ocean waves and lack of floating ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelves to disintegrate
  30. How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
  31. Oh no, oBikes are leaving Melbourne! But this doesn't mean bike sharing schemes are dead
  32. We must ensure new food retail technologies are pathways – not barriers – to better health
  33. Chinese company Huawei in limbo over proposed foreign register
  34. Government response to child abuse royal commission is positive, but will need to go beyond an apology
  35. Mass slaughter of wedge-tailed eagles could have Australia-wide consequences
  36. Facebook punts on gaming to lure millennials back to the platform
  37. Are solar panels a middle-class purchase? This survey says yes
  38. Turnbull government to give national apology to victims of child sexual abuse
  39. A history of politics intruding on football
  40. how fit do you have to be to climb a mountain?
  41. Chinese investment in Australia falls as political debate hits confidence
  42. Rail access improves liveability, but all regional centres are not equal
  43. Why do brumbies evoke such passion? It's all down to the high country's cultural myth-makers
  44. What makes the Earth spin on its axis every day?
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  46. How does altitude affect the body and why does it affect people differently?
  47. US-North Korea summit agreement is most revealing for what it leaves out
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