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There are four types of drinker – which one are you?

  • Written by: Emmanuel Kuntsche, Director of the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
There are four types of drinker – which one are you?Generally people drink to either increase positive emotions or decrease negative ones.from shutterstock.com

It’s easy to see alcohol consumption being a result of thousands of years of ritual and a lifetime of habit. But have you ever stopped to consider why it is you choose to drink? Knowing what motivates people to drink is important to...

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Welcome to the new (old) moralism: how the media's coverage of the Joyce affair harks back to the 1950s

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
Welcome to the new (old) moralism: how the media's coverage of the Joyce affair harks back to the 1950sThe Barnaby Joyce saga has been an example of 'shake-the-tree' journalism at its worst.AAP/Lukas Coch

The Barnaby Joyce saga has given a great boost to what might be called “shake-the-tree” journalism: you shake the tree by running a sensational story and see what falls out.

The Daily Telegraph’s original public-interest case for...

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It's 20 years since privatisation lit the spark under South Australia's livewire energy politics

  • Written by: Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester
It's 20 years since privatisation lit the spark under South Australia's livewire energy politicsKeeping the lights on has always been a stormy issue in South Australia.Jon Westra/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

February 17, 2018, marks the 20th anniversary of a momentous day in South Australian energy politics. The then premier, John Olsen, announced that, despite repeated promises during the previous year’s state election campaign, his...

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Joyce fires broadside at Turnbull, as Coalition crisis deepens

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

Barnaby Joyce has lashed out at Malcolm Turnbull, accusing him of “pulling the scab off” Joyce’s personal life and interfering in National Party affairs.

As the crisis within the Coalition over the Joyce affair deepens, Joyce held a news conference to respond to Turnbull’s Thursday denunciation of his personal behaviour.

Turn...

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  1. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on sex, scandals and strained relationships in the government
  2. Banning workplace romances won't solve the problem of sexual misconduct in the office
  3. What makes a winning snowboard cross athlete like Jarryd Hughes?
  4. Common products, like perfume, paint and printer ink, are polluting the atmosphere
  5. Hospital staff – don't hide when something goes wrong, listen to patients and ask what they need
  6. Utopia or nightmare? The answer lies in how we embrace self-driving, electric and shared vehicles
  7. Airbnb is blamed for Tasmania's housing affordability problems, but it's actually helping small businesses
  8. Friday essay: species sightings
  9. Essays On Air: When did Australia’s human history begin?
  10. Abuse in care versus not in care: we need to tackle potential bias in a national redress scheme
  11. States' dummy-spit over the Murray-Darling Basin Plan clouds the real facts
  12. Charging ahead: how Australia is innovating in battery technology
  13. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's excoriation of Joyce has changed the game, but how?
  14. Turnbull announces sex ban – and signals Joyce should consider his position
  15. When galaxies collide, size matters if you want to know the fate of our Milky Way
  16. Barnaby Joyce dumped as acting prime minister next week
  17. I've always wondered: do fluorescent lights emit UV, and can it harm me?
  18. Myer once stood for the aspirational middle class but now it's lost sight of who its customers are
  19. Police in schools: helpful or harmful? It depends on the model
  20. Semitransparent solar cells: a window to the future?
  21. What makes a winning halfpipe snowboarder like Scotty James?
  22. Be realistic – demand the impossible: the legacy of 1968
  23. Governments shouldn't be so hasty in declaring victory on wages policy
  24. Without mandatory safety standards, indoor trampoline parks are an accident waiting to happen
  25. Latest twist in the Adani saga reveals shortcomings in environmental approvals
  26. How the new mozzie emoji can create buzz to battle mosquito-borne disease
  27. The dystopian mash-up Altered Carbon is peak Anthropocene TV
  28. Neighbourhood living rooms – we can learn a lot from European town squares
  29. Three ways East Asia can avoid a North Korean refugee 'crisis'
  30. Making sexual consent matter: one-off courses are unlikely to help
  31. Nationals rally behind Joyce's leadership but he is on notice
  32. Liberals gain a Tasmanian long Senate term due to citizenship saga, while polling on Adani is mixed
  33. Explainer: how Winter Olympic athletes cope with the cold
  34. The off-topic Conversation #152
  35. No science minister, and it's unclear where science fits in Australia
  36. Is Perth really running out of water? Well, yes and no
  37. As selling pets online becomes normal, we need to regulate it
  38. This is why health has to be at the heart of the New Urban Agenda
  39. FactCheck Q A: are 'almost 60%' of small business owners paid '$50,000 or less'?
  40. Curious Kids: How does pain medicine work in the body?
  41. Almost every young person in WA detention has a severe brain impairment
  42. Six lessons on how to make affordable housing funding work across Australia
  43. Beyond #MeToo, we need bystander action to prevent sexual violence
  44. In Harley Windsor, Australia has its first Indigenous Winter Olympian – why has it taken so long?
  45. Why social media is in the doghouse for both the pollies and the public
  46. Sex and the sisterhood: how prostitution worked for women in 19th-century Melbourne
  47. A new definition of 'worker' could protect many from exploitation
  48. To really close the gap we need more Indigenous university graduates
  49. 'Epic Duck Challenge' shows drones can outdo people at surveying wildlife
  50. Nationals president urges party: Don't act hastily on Barnaby

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