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Dastyari quits the Senate after pressure over his China links

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageSam Dastyari leaves parliament but insists he is a patriotic Australian.AAP/Ben Rushton

Labor senator Sam Dastyari has succumbed to intense pressure to quit the Senate in the face of continued revelations that he had promoted Chinese interests.

Dastyari told a brief news conference, at which he took no questions, he had decided “the best...

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Instead of rebuilding stadiums, the NSW government should focus on local sport and events

  • Written by: Chris Gibson, Director, UOW Global Challenges Program & Professor of Human Geography, University of Wollongong

The New South Wales government’s argument for spending A$2 billion rebuilding stadiums is that Sydney is losing flagship events to other state capitals, leading to fewer tourists and less media exposure. But large investments in transportation and venues are a significant drain on the public purse, often for economic returns that rarely...

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As costs mount, the government should abandon the Cashless Debit Card

  • Written by: Elise Klein, Lecturer in Development Studies, University of Melbourne
imageThe Cashless Debit Card trial disproportionately targets Indigenous people, despite what the government says.AAP/Richard Milnes

A Senate inquiry has recommended that trials of the Cashless Debit Card be continued and expanded to new sites in other states next year. This is despite Labor and Greens senators providing separate dissenting reports that...

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Older people now less likely to fall into poverty

  • Written by: Guyonne Kalb, Professorial Research Fellow and Director of the Labour Economics and Social Policy Program, University of Melbourne
imageThe incidence of poverty among people over 65 is decreasing in part because of increased labour force participation.Col Ford and Natasha de Vere/Flickr, CC BY-SA

The risk of people past retirement age falling into poverty is now decreasing. There has been a substantial improvement compared to 15 years ago, when the incidence of poverty among the...

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  2. Facebook's new Messenger Kids app could be good for digital literacy
  3. Debauchery on the fatal shore: the sex lives of Australia's convicts
  4. Social media can be bad for youth mental health, but there are ways it can help
  5. Tasmanian tigers were going extinct before we pushed them over the edge
  6. Charity regulators should not assume that donors always know best
  7. The 'utopian' currency Bitcoin is a potentially catastrophic energy guzzler
  8. Bitcoin may be reaching new heights, but the ASX shows the blockchain is reinventing business
  9. Why simple school sores often lead to heart and kidney disease in Indigenous children
  10. Two Labor frontbenchers urge Sam Dastyari to consider his position
  11. Politicians, stop pitching to the 'average' Australian; being middle class depends on where you live
  12. Riding in cars with dogs: millions of trips a week tell us transport policy needs to change
  13. Despite the election hype, some of the media attention on One Nation was justified
  14. From robots to board games, it's easy to do science this Christmas
  15. A nursery of unconventional ideas – sex radicalism in Australia
  16. No, most people aren't in severe pain when they die
  17. Scars left by Australia's undersea landslides reveal future tsunami potential
  18. Labor wins a majority in Queensland as polling in Victoria shows a tie
  19. Australian tech start-ups stand to lose out in proposed copyright reforms
  20. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on same-sex marriage passing parliament
  21. People with mental illness still die a decade earlier than those without
  22. Queensland finally has a government, but the path ahead for both major parties looks rocky
  23. Wall Street at 30: is greed still good?
  24. Health Check: how can I make it easier to wake up in the morning?
  25. What to teach your preschooler about internet safety
  26. From postal survey to parliament: how Australia legalised same-sex marriage
  27. Spare a thought for Bethlehem this Christmas as politics and tourism collide
  28. World's scientists turn to Asia and Australia to rewrite human history
  29. Friday essay: monsters in my closet – how a geographer began mining myths
  30. It would cost you 20 cents more per T-shirt to pay an Indian worker a living wage
  31. Looking beyond the sandstone: universities reinvent campuses to bring together town and gown
  32. Losing weight is hard, but it's not any harder if you have type 2 diabetes
  33. Sustainable shopping: how to buy tuna without biting a chunk out of the oceans
  34. How parents and teens can reduce the impact of social media on youth well-being
  35. We have marriage equality, now we need LGBTQi+-inclusive sexuality education in schools
  36. Grattan on Friday: Bill Shorten faces a summer of uncertainty
  37. Flood of same-sex weddings in January, after historic parliamentary vote
  38. Australia has finally achieved marriage equality, but there's a lot more to be done on LGBTI rights
  39. What is meningococcal disease and what are the options for vaccination?
  40. Barbara and the Camp Dogs turns pub theatre into an impassioned call to listen to Indigenous Australians
  41. Why digital apps can be good gifts for young family members
  42. Explainer: how lending startups like Afterpay make their money
  43. Politics podcast: John Blaxland on new foreign interference laws
  44. Would you buy a theatre ticket for someone who can't afford it? Now you can
  45. Nationals elect Bridget McKenzie as new deputy
  46. A new species of marsupial lion tells us about Australia's past
  47. New foreign interference laws will compound risks to whistleblowers and journalists
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