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Cabinet papers 1994-95: How a security agreement allayed Australian anxiety over Indonesia

  • Written by: Hangga Fathana, Lecturer in International Relations, Universitas Islam Indonesia
imagePaul Keating is known as one of the most Indonesia-friendly Australian prime ministers.AAP/NAA

Despite its short lifespan, the signing of the Australia-Indonesia Agreement on Maintaining Security in 1995 marked a particular milestone in the history of the two countries’ relationship.

From the Indonesian perspective, the agreement was...

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Stay on the couch or go for a run? There's an app that can calculate the bigger risk

  • Written by: Hassan Vally, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, La Trobe University
imageWe know running is better for you than lounging but how might it affect our lifespan?Marcella Cheng/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Humans are much worse at estimating risk than we think we are. While we overestimate the risk of rare but catastrophic occurrences, such as being attacked by a shark, many of us seriously underestimate the risk of...

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Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2018

  • Written by: Jonti Horner, Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland
imageThe 2017 Geminids as seen from Ecuador, against the backdrop of the splendid Milky Way (centre) and the Large Magellanic Cloud (right).Flickr/David Meyer, CC BY-NC-ND

This year gets off to a relatively slow start when it comes to seeing the annual major meteor showers.

The Quadrantids, one of the big three annual showers, are lost to the vagaries of...

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Who was Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings?

  • Written by: Caillan Davenport, Lecturer in Roman History and ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Macquarie University
imageDetail from The Temple of Janus by Peter Paul Rubens. Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

January 1 can be a day of regret and reflection – did I really need that fifth glass of bubbly last night? – mixed with hope and optimism for the future, as we make plans to renew gym memberships or finally sort out our tax files. This January...

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  3. Funding reform for schools and higher education dominated much of the conversation in 2017
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  5. Romper Stomper reboot is a compelling investigation into Australia's extremist politics
  6. Your party, our home: the challenges of growing up in a tourist destination
  7. Is mixing drinks actually bad?
  8. You might be Christmassed out, but these Australian birds are festive all year
  9. Why do people with East Asian heritage get flushed after drinking alcohol?
  10. How good draft choices can make or break AFL teams
  11. Before we colonise Mars, let's look to our problems on Earth
  12. How our arts critics saw 2017
  13. Citizenship scandals, same-sex marriage and foreign interference dominate the messy politics of 2017
  14. Don't let your pet accidentally get drunk this silly season (sorry Tiddles)
  15. Far from being in crisis, 2017 was a great year for Australian musical theatre
  16. That time when science came with me on a tropical holiday
  17. Supersized cities: residents band together to push back against speculative development pressures
  18. The key to a vibrant democracy may well lie in your workplace
  19. What data tells us about the best cricket players
  20. Why getting enough sleep should be on your list of New Year's resolutions
  21. How are we doing on early childhood education and care? Good, but there's more to do
  22. QUIZ: do you remember the big health stories of 2017?
  23. Video explainer: Batting expertise and decision-making in cricket
  24. The US election hack, fake news, data theft: the cyber security lessons from 2017
  25. How and why economics is taking over sports
  26. I won't be alone at Christmas, I have a dog
  27. 2017 in film: a return to form for the Hollywood blockbuster
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  29. Can you tell fact from fiction? Take The Conversation 2017 FactCheck quiz to find out
  30. Speaking with: social researcher and author Hugh Mackay on 2017, 'a really disturbing year'
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  33. Like it or loathe it, here's why Apple doesn't need a planning permit for its Fed Square store
  34. This Christmas, give yourself permission to enjoy pudding
  35. Why we need to rethink supplementary examinations
  36. Friday essay: dreaming of a 'white Christmas' on the Aboriginal missions
  37. What history really tells us about Jesus' birth
  38. Dear robot Santa...
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  40. What happens to endometriosis when you're on the pill?
  41. Experts say these two things are the secret to living a longer life
  42. Humbug, tinsel and gravy: in search of the perfect Christmas pop song
  43. We're not closing the gap on Indigenous employment, it's widening
  44. Why we shouldn't be so quick to demonise bats
  45. Doom and gloom? Here are the environment stories that cheered us up in 2017
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