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Young Australians are engaged in political issues, but unsure how democracy works

  • Written by: Zareh Ghazarian, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
imageResearch shows young people are passionate about issues like marriage equality, but many do not understand how governments are formed and prime ministers elected.Shutterstock

The importance of Australians having the knowledge and skills to participate as active citizens is always a prominent issue. But in the past few months, it has been at the...

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'Bones' McGhie, a cigarette and nostalgia for a greater game

  • Written by: Clare Wright, Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University
imageRobbie 'Bones' McGhie after playing in the 1973 Grand Final, in which his team, Richmond, won. Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive

My first love was Australian Rules football. Or more precisely, my first love was an Aussie Rules footballer. Ross Glendinning, Number 4 for the North Melbourne Kangaroos.

I tasted the first crazy elation of love when...

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We may survive the Anthropocene, but need to avoid a radioactive 'Plutocene'

  • Written by: Andrew Glikson, Earth and paleo-climate scientist, Australian National University
imageA nuclear blast and runaway climate change could propel us into the Plutocene.mwreck/Shutterstock.com

On January 27, 2017, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the arms of its doomsday clock to 2.5 minutes to midnight – the closest it has been since 1953. Meanwhile, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels now hover above 400 parts per million...

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What economics has to say about same-sex marriage

  • Written by: Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University

Love and companionship make most people happy and generally represent two of the key reasons why couples marry.

In the economists’ view, love and companionship are a particular type of commodity: they cannot be purchased or traded on a market, but they can be produced by a household to generate happiness for its members.

There are potentially...

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  10. Renewables will be cheaper than coal in the future. Here are the numbers
  11. Six common questions about eating carbs during pregnancy answered
  12. Curious Kids: How do we get allergic to food?
  13. Kia ora: how Māori borrowings shape New Zealand English
  14. Parents of teenage daughters more likely to divorce: study
  15. To avoid crisis, the gas market needs a steady steer, not an emergency swerve
  16. When a 'good death' was often painful: euthanasia through the ages
  17. How the government and One Nation may use media reforms to clip the ABC's wings
  18. Mounting housing stress underscores need for expert council to guide wayward policymaking
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  24. Why US sports stars are taking a knee against Trump
  25. The rise of the corporate campus
  26. UK gene editing breakthrough could land an Aussie in jail for 15 years: here's why our laws need to catch up
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  28. Collecting satellite data Australia wants: a new direction for Earth observation
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  30. How TV weather presenters can improve public understanding of climate change
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  32. Cognitive ability plays a role in attitudes to equal rights for same-sex couples
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  40. New law finally gives voice to the Yarra River's traditional owners
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