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Government unmoved by Labor MP Susan Lamb's emotional story

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

Embattled Labor MP Susan Lamb has hit back at government pressure for her to quit parliament over her dual citizenship, in an emotional speech laying the blame for her failure to produce a vital document on an estrangement from her mother.

But the government was unmoved by Lamb’s tearful explanation, saying it changed nothing – although...

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Snowboarding and freeskiing got the Olympics by carving their own path

  • Written by: Eva Ellmer, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland
Snowboarding and freeskiing got the Olympics by carving their own pathAustralian gold medalist Torah Bright in action during the Women's Halfpipe Snowboard competition in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Some of the most enthralling events at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang will involve snowboarders and freeskiiers. Athletes will compete in spectacular events such as Slopestyle, Big Air and Boarder-X and...

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How to use critical thinking to spot false climate claims

  • Written by: Peter Ellerton, Lecturer in Critical Thinking, Director of the UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
How to use critical thinking to spot false climate claimsArguments against climate change tend to share the same flaws. gillian maniscalco/Flickr, CC BY-ND

Much of the public discussion about climate science consists of a stream of assertions. The climate is changing or it isn’t; carbon dioxide causes global warming or it doesn’t; humans are partly responsible or they are not; scientists have...

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Private health insurance rebates don't serve their purpose. Let's talk about scrapping them

  • Written by: Terence Cheng, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Adelaide
Private health insurance rebates don't serve their purpose. Let's talk about scrapping them

Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten recently took the health insurance industry to task over the A$6 billion subsidy that private health insurers receive from government.

He later announced that he would move to cap health insurance premiums for two years.

What makes the private health insurance rebate so controversial, and could we scrap it...

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  2. Russian Olympic doping saga shows need for a radically different approach
  3. Classroom design should follow evidence, not architectural fads
  4. If democracy is failing, why do so many lay claim to it?
  5. A sports car and a glitter ball are now in space – what does that say about us as humans?
  6. This is why you won't be able to swat that fly
  7. Cape Town is almost out of water. Could Australian cities suffer the same fate?
  8. Driverless cars could create new jobs in a welcome boost to Australia's motor industry
  9. Trump and Turnbull have little cause for satisfaction over progress in Afghanistan
  10. Craig McLachlan, defamation and getting the balance right when sexual harassment goes to court
  11. Curious Kids: why does rain only come from grey clouds?
  12. Lambie's Senate replacement Steve Martin flags that he won't stand aside
  13. How we're developing underground mapping technologies - lessons from the Beaumont case
  14. The smart strategy behind Tourism Australia's 'Croc Dundee' Super Bowl pitch to the Americans
  15. Cat plague is back after nearly 40 years in hiding – here's what you need to know
  16. ASX and Wall Street fall: investors should start to worry when volatility seems low
  17. Turnbull and the Coalition begin the year on a positive polling note – but it's still all about the economy
  18. From #MeToo to #RiceBunny: how social media users are campaigning in China
  19. Will a controversial sports funding strategy give Australia's Winter Olympians the winning edge?
  20. How the Australian Constitution, and its custodians, ended up so wrong on dual citizenship
  21. What should I do if my child is a cyberbully?
  22. Tasmania can't only rely on a growing population for an economic boost
  23. The rise of the super-diverse 'ethnoburbs'
  24. Virtual reality chatroom app could boost VR industry
  25. Pesticide bans might give us a buzz, but they won't necessarily save the bees
  26. Daniel Day Lewis shines as the tortured artist in Phantom Thread
  27. How cyberbullies overtly and covertly target their victims
  28. Relics of colonialism: the Whitlam dismissal and the fight over the Palace letters
  29. Despite good intentions, the Olympics has its limits in promoting peace
  30. Elon Musk is launching a Tesla into space – here's how SpaceX will do it
  31. What employers need to do to protect workers from cyberbullying
  32. Hospitals are risky places – but some are better than others
  33. Vice-chancellors' salaries are just a symptom of what's wrong with universities
  34. Australian cities are far from being meccas for walking and cycling
  35. The benefits of job automation are not likely to be shared equally
  36. The Murray Darling Basin Plan is not delivering – there's no more time to waste
  37. Curious Kids: Do animals sleep like people? Do snails sleep in their shells?
  38. Why Call the Midwife satisfies our enduring need for heroic stories of fertility and birth
  39. Insecure by design – lessons from the Meltdown and Spectre debacle
  40. Stakes are high as Turkey, Russia and the US tussle over the future of Syria
  41. Encouragement for Turnbull in Newspoll as Parliamentary year starts
  42. With Feeney gone, Greens sniff a chance in Batman, and has Xenophon's bubble burst in South Australia?
  43. The Cabinet Files show that we need to change the nature of record-keeping
  44. Four ways precision medicine is making a difference
  45. We have a national STEM strategy, but what we need is a successful one
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