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Would Landbridge be on or off the government's register of foreign interests?

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

The Turnbull government is unwilling to say whether the Chinese-owned company Landbridge, which leases the Port of Darwin, would have to sign up to its register of agents of foreign interests.

The register is part of the government’s two-bill package of legislation to counter foreign interference, which it wants through parliament by the end...

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Shorten promises to reverse budget cut to the ABC

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

Bill Shorten has moved to make the ABC an election issue, promising to reverse the Turnbull government’s $83.7 million budget cut and to guarantee funding certainty over the broadcaster’s next budget cycle.

Ahead of appearing on the ABC’s Q&A program, Shorten and frontbench colleagues declared the Coalition had “launched...

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We can design better intersections that are safer for all users

  • Written by: Paul Salmon, Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
We can design better intersections that are safer for all usersWhen cars, trucks, bikes and pedestrians come together at an intersection, design makes the difference between collisions and safety.pxhere

This is the sixth article in our series, Moving the Masses, about managing the flow of crowds of individuals, be they drivers or pedestrians, shoppers or commuters, birds or ants.


A major issue for road safety...

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We've designed a 'flux capacitor', but it won't take us Back to the Future

  • Written by: Thomas Stace, Professor in Physics, The University of Queensland
We've designed a 'flux capacitor', but it won't take us Back to the FutureIn the Back to the Future movies, the DeLorean car was able to travel through time thanks to a flux capacitor.Wikimedia/Oto Godfrey and Justin Morton

The technology that allowed Marty McFly to travel back in time in the 1985 movie Back to the Future was the mythical flux capacitor, designed by inventor Doc Brown.

We’ve now developed our own...

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  5. what's the difference between STEM and STEAM?
  6. Looking online for info on your child's health? Here are some tips
  7. Australia relies on volunteers to monitor its endangered species
  8. Life in a herd – and why in health watching symptoms is easy, but finding causes is hard
  9. Michelle Grattan on the changes to foreign interference laws
  10. from the meaning of time to the marvels of fungi
  11. Commonwealth Bank's $700 million fine will end up punishing its customers
  12. Revisiting metadata retention in light of the government’s push for new powers
  13. Most people don't benefit from vaccination, but we still need it to prevent infections
  14. Is Australia's current drought caused by climate change? It's complicated
  15. Government needs to slow down on changes to spying and foreign interference laws
  16. A bird’s eye view of New Zealand's changing glaciers
  17. Turnbull government shrinks Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme register
  18. Traffic is complex, but modelling using deceptively simple rules can help unravel what's going on
  19. Male dolphins use their individual 'names' to build a complex social network
  20. what might heaven be like?
  21. Bees join an elite group of species that understands the concept of zero as a number
  22. what's the difference between formative and summative assessment in schools?
  23. Why breakups are so hard and how to cope with them
  24. Twenty years on, One Nation is still chaotic, controversial and influential
  25. Criminal charges against banking 'cartels' show Australia is getting tough on competition law
  26. Liberals' Georgina Downer trailing in early Mayo poll
  27. Government and Labor unite to erect the barriers against foreign interference
  28. Passing the brumby bill is a backward step for environmental protection in Australia
  29. Here's what a privacy policy that's easy to understand could look like
  30. Fewer men who have sex with men are using condoms when taking PrEP, and that's OK
  31. Tony Albert’s politically charged kitsch collection confronts our racist past
  32. Australian fished populations drop by a third over ten years, study finds
  33. Manifeste pour les entreprenants… Par-delà les premiers de cordée
  34. Apple acknowledges the iKid generation at its developer conference with new parental controls
  35. Nature's traffic engineers have come up with many simple but effective solutions
  36. Religious freedoms should include spiritual beliefs too
  37. Haitch or aitch? How a humble letter was held hostage by historical haughtiness
  38. Five things parents can do to improve their children's eating patterns
  39. Many Australian school students feel they 'don't belong' in school: new research
  40. Live sheep exporters get longer 'grace' period for sub-standard ships
  41. 'Western civilisation'? History teaching has moved on, and so should those who champion it
  42. What's driving the sky-high child marriage rates in South Sudan
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  45. three things you should know about volcano risk
  46. the quiet rise of gender-neutral toys
  47. Despite strong words, the US has few options left to reverse China's gains in the South China Sea
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