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With One Nation on the march, a change to compulsory voting might backfire on Labor

  • Written by: Doug Hunt, Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University

The Queensland Labor government’s change back to compulsory preferential voting could increase informal voting and actually backfire, with a strong flow of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation preferences to the Liberal National Party.

What appeared to be a masterly, if cynical, move from Labor now looks far from smart. This is especially so as...

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Simon Leys, navigator between worlds – a unique Australian intellectual

  • Written by: Anne Elizabeth McLaren, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne
imageSimon Leys intervened on a broad range of topics: Mother Teresa, the continuing relevance of George Orwell, conservative values, and the role of the university in the pursuit of truth.Black Inc

For many Australians who studied Chinese language in the 1970s and 1980s (including this reviewer), Pierre Ryckmans (also known by his nom-de-plume, Simon...

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Cups, lingerie and home-made pads: what are the reusable options for managing your period?

  • Written by: Lauren Rosewarne, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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Menstrual cups are carving out a market beyond earth mothers.David Pereiras/Shutterstock

The multi-million dollar feminine hygiene market is dominated by two products: pads and tampons. Most women will use one of the two – pads most commonly – for reasons including ease of purchase, convenience, comfort, discrete packaging,...

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Cormann and Shorten reach deal on citizenship disclosure

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

The government has agreed to Labor’s December 1 deadline and tougher conditions in a deal on MPs citizenship disclosure clinched between Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and deputy Senate leader Mathias Cormann on Monday.

The agreement comes after last week’s haggling over timing and the terms of disclosure, and a meeting and an exchange...

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  2. The gender pay gap is wider in the arts than in other industries
  3. Why big projects like the Adani coal mine won't transform regional Queensland
  4. Small potent doses of illegal drugs are evading authorities but having a huge impact
  5. Portable units and temporary leases free up vacant land for urgent housing needs
  6. What causes breast cancer in women? What we know, don't know and suspect
  7. 'Successful failures' – the problem with food banks
  8. Support for standardised tests boils down to beliefs about who benefits from it
  9. Three ways robots can save lives in war
  10. Labor increases Newspoll lead to 55-45% as Shorten moves within striking distance as better PM
  11. Undecided Queensland voters disillusioned with Palaszczuk, suspicious of Nicholls
  12. Coalition loses majority after Alexander resigns. Qld polling and preferences
  13. From Public Confessions to Public Trials: The Complexities of the Weinstein Effect
  14. Extreme right Alabama Senate candidate accused of sexual encounter with 14-y/o girl
  15. Liberal John Alexander likely to quit imminently
  16. Explainer: what exactly is a living wage?
  17. Why has BHP distanced itself from legal threat to environment groups?
  18. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the never-ending citizenship crisis
  19. Why are rates of domestic violence in Australia still so high?
  20. Flowers, remembrance and the art of war
  21. Brian Cox is a world record holding 'rockstar scientist'. Here's why
  22. UN slams Australia’s human rights record
  23. How the 'Warwick egg incident' of 1917 exemplified an Australian nation divided
  24. Some remote Australian communities have drinking water for only nine hours a day
  25. Why children need to be taught to think critically about Remembrance Day
  26. Friday essay: Mapplethorpe and me
  27. Vital Signs: business conditions are peachy, so why aren't businesses investing?
  28. Sharing economy sounds caring, but let's put it to the ethical city test
  29. Those noisy crested pigeons use their unique feathers to sound an alarm
  30. Can 'brown fat' really help with weight loss?
  31. Sharkie told by Turnbull she may have to go to High Court
  32. Grattan on Friday: Voters just want citizenship crisis fixed – but it isn't that easy
  33. Politics podcast: swinging into the Sunshine State's election
  34. Time for costly medicine monopolies to go from TPP trade talks
  35. We made great strides with childhood leukaemia – we can do the same for brain cancer
  36. Could we nationalise the superannuation system even if we wanted to?
  37. The ACCC investigation into the NBN will be useful. But it's too little, too late
  38. Negative charge: why is Australia so slow at adopting electric cars?
  39. Kantian comedy: the philosophy of The Good Place
  40. Princes, power and purges: the Saudi royal family consolidates its rule
  41. Australian companies should cultivate local tech workers not play the 457 visa game
  42. Islands lost to the waves: how rising seas washed away part of Micronesia's 19th-century history
  43. If Queenslanders vote on economic issues the Labor government is looking good
  44. Stars that vary in brightness shine in the oral traditions of Aboriginal Australians
  45. As we remember the Russian revolution, The Death of Stalin reminds us of its brutal apogee
  46. As Socceroos face moment of truth, let's remember our football triumph of 1967
  47. Simplistic advice for teachers on how to teach won't work
  48. What causes SIDS? What we know, don’t know and suspect
  49. Movies and TV choose to tell us different stories about the cities of today
  50. Dems easily win Virginia and New Jersey governors. Left gains control of Tas upper house

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