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Guide to the classics: Sappho, a poet in fragments

  • Written by: Marguerite Johnson, Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle
Guide to the classics: Sappho, a poet in fragmentsFresco showing a woman called Sappho holding writing implements from Pompeii Naples National Archaeological MuseumWikimedia Commons

For those who have read the fragmented remains of the Greek poet, Sappho the loss of most of her poetic corpus is something to regret. With a mere two complete poems extant from nine books of verse, much is left to the...

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Key workers like nurses and teachers are being squeezed out of Sydney. This is what we can do about it

  • Written by: Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
Key workers like nurses and teachers are being squeezed out of Sydney. This is what we can do about itNurses who care for people in the city can't afford a property anywhere near their place of work.didesign021/Shutterstock

When even teachers and police workers need to travel to the city fringes to find an affordable home that strikes us as a sign of a deeply dysfunctional housing system. Our research shows key workers are being squeezed out of...

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Same-sex marriage is legal, so why have churches been so slow to embrace it?

  • Written by: John Mark Capper, Director of Learning and Teaching, University of Divinity
Same-sex marriage is legal, so why have churches been so slow to embrace it?The road to same-sex marriage within churches is likely to be a long one indeed.Shutterstock

Christians were on both sides of the debate leading to last year’s historic shift to marriage equality. To date, no major denomination has publicly shifted to allow same-sex marriage. Why?

Three factors affect whether Christians support or oppose...

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Politics podcast: Brian Howe on revisiting Henderson, poverty and basic income

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

How to increase wages and tackle inequality are live political and economic debates. Many Australians are feeling the cost-of-living squeeze.

Speaking ahead of a conference in Melbourne this week to revisit the landmark Henderson inquiry into poverty, conducted in the 1970s, former deputy prime minister Brian Howe says the targeted nature of...

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  1. Queensland Nationals Barry O'Sullivan's advice on the Joyce affair: 'don't shoot your best horse'
  2. Australia is missing the Closing the Gap employment target by decades
  3. I'm not overweight, so why do I need to eat healthy foods?
  4. Bad politics shouldn't sink good ideas for public interest journalism
  5. Predictive algorithms are no better at telling the future than a crystal ball
  6. Three reasons why the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aren't closing
  7. Fixing cities' water crises could send our climate targets down the gurgler
  8. Live from Pyeongchang: how an Olympic broadcast works
  9. Closing the gap on Indigenous education must start with commitment and respect
  10. To close the health gap, we need programs that work. Here are three of them
  11. Why the Commonwealth should resist meddling in schools
  12. Science Meets Parliament doesn't let the rest of us off the hook
  13. Curious Kids: why doesn't lava melt the side of the volcano?
  14. Banks and financial providers one step ahead of consumers who struggle with personal bias
  15. Governments can't be trusted to deliver welfare standards for chickens
  16. The rise and fall of Ben Ean Moselle and what it says about Australian society
  17. King tides and rising seas are predictable, and we're not doing enough about it
  18. US approach to security is deeply troubling – and it's not just about Trump
  19. Closing the Gap results still lag, as Shorten pledges compensation fund for Stolen Generations
  20. Labor moves in on the Barnaby Joyce affair
  21. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the private lives of our politicians
  22. Health Check: how can extreme heat lead to death?
  23. Two Koreas working together on Winter Olympics is a small but important step toward peace
  24. Hidden depths: why groundwater is our most important water source
  25. Five active volcanoes on my Asia Pacific 'Ring of Fire' watch-list right now
  26. Kokoda Track blockade alludes to deeper development issues in Papua New Guinea
  27. How copyright law is holding back Australian creators
  28. Sustainable shopping: your guilt-free guide to flowers this Valentine's Day
  29. Public hospital blame game – here's how we got into this funding mess
  30. Essays On Air: Why grown-ups still need fairy tales
  31. Vital Signs: future expectations causing sharemarket gyrations and interest rate doubts
  32. Proposed new regulations for 3D printed medical devices must go further
  33. The larrikin as leader: how Bob Hawke came to be one of the best (and luckiest) prime ministers
  34. This is how WestConnex can deliver Sydney a better city centre
  35. Friday essay: ‘It’s not over in the homes’ – impotence, domestic violence and former POWs
  36. Grattan on Friday: Is Barnaby's baby a matter of public interest or just of interest to the public?
  37. World-first genetic analysis reveals Aussie white shark numbers
  38. Does a sugar tax cause alcohol sales to spike? The research doesn't give a decisive answer
  39. Whistleblowers still in the firing line from foreign influence and official secrets laws
  40. I've been diagnosed with iron deficiency, now what?
  41. Politics podcast: Mark Dreyfus on changing the government's foreign interference bill
  42. The off-topic Conversation #151
  43. Closing the gap in Indigenous literacy and numeracy? Not remotely – or in cities
  44. CBA's board needs to take ultimate responsibility for the bank's failings
  45. Sense, think, act: the principle that governs everything from rocket landings to interest rates
  46. 2018 Winter Olympics set to begin against the backdrop of warm words and cold politics
  47. Australia's financial regulators need policing
  48. Unions can't just rely on promises of favourable laws to regain lost ground
  49. Labor's 2% cap on private health insurance premium rises won't fix affordability
  50. Listen to abuse survivors and advocates to clear the way to a national redress scheme

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