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Note to Liberals: on the leadership front, best to keep calm and carry on

  • Written by: Chris Wallace, ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University

Do politicians read history any more? Liberal MPs who have not read Robert Menzies’ Afternoon Light: some memories of men and events (1967) should get it from the Parliamentary Library today and read Menzies’ chapter on “my humiliation of 1941”. He writes:

There was a strong view that, having regard to our precarious...

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Australians are working longer so they can pay off their mortgage debt

  • Written by: Rachel Ong, Deputy Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University

Rising mortgage debt is affecting everything from employment to spending, as Australians approach retirement, our study finds. Higher levels of housing debt among pre-retirees are linked to them working for longer.

We found for a home owner aged 45-64 years, the chances of being employed are around 40% higher for every additional A$100,000 in...

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Gold Rush Victoria was as wasteful as we are today

  • Written by: Sarah Hayes, Research Fellow in Archaeology and History, La Trobe University
imageGold Rush garbage. S.Hayes. Artefact is part of Heritage Victoria's collection.

Australians are some of the biggest producers of waste in the world. Our wasteful ways and “throw away” culture are firmly entrenched. We have a hard time curbing our habits.

To understand why, we might turn our attention to the great social and economic...

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Self-driving cars must learn trust and cooperation

  • Written by: Seng W. Loke, Professor In Computer Science, Deakin University
imageSelf-driving cars will need to cooperate to avoid bottlenecks.www.shutterstock.com

Self-driving vehicles will not only need to “see” the world, they’ll need to communicate and work together.

Cars will rely on cameras, sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise and respond to road and traffic conditions, but sensing is...

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  3. The winners and losers of Antarctica’s great thaw
  4. Abbott, on a mission to destroy, is stepping up his stalking of Turnbull
  5. Partial exclusion for Lee Rhiannon after marathon special Greens meeting
  6. Google's defence for breaking EU law? Our users wanted us to do it
  7. Born in China: a new type of Australian business
  8. Globally, floods seem to be decreasing even as extreme rainfall rises. Why?
  9. Census shows increase in children with disability, but even more are still uncounted
  10. Change Agents: Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi on reforming 'one-punch' laws
  11. What do we tell kids about the climate change future we created for them?
  12. Celebrating the feminist Holden
  13. Census 2016: what's changed for Indigenous Australians?
  14. It isn't easy being blue – the cost of colour in fairy wrens
  15. Our pets strengthen neighbourhood ties
  16. Creative country: 98% of Australians engage with the arts
  17. The world's tropical zone is expanding, and Australia should be worried
  18. Huge restored reef aims to bring South Australia's oysters back from the brink
  19. New research shows there is still a long way to go in providing equality in education
  20. Men are killed at a greater rate than women in Australia – what can we do to reduce their risk?
  21. China bans streaming video as it struggles to keep up with live content
  22. How parenting advice assumes you're white and middle class
  23. Curious Kids: My tooth fell out. Why is it so spiky on the bottom?
  24. Tony Abbott says he'll stay around – because he's needed
  25. Home ownership remains strong in Australia but it masks other problems: Census data
  26. Census 2016 puts on display the increasing diversity in Australians' relationships
  27. Census 2016 shows Australia's changing religious profile, with more 'nones' than Catholics
  28. The ATM celebrates 50 years but we're using it less
  29. Why retirement village contracts need to be regulated like insurance
  30. Explainer: what is tularemia and can I catch it from a possum?
  31. Census 2016 reveals Australia is becoming much more diverse – but can we trust the data?
  32. A map that fills a 500-million year gap in Earth's history
  33. Body mass and evolution: why the body mass index is a limited measure of public health
  34. Why many high-achieving Indigenous students are shunning university
  35. The Conversation launches in Canada
  36. Pharmacists are trusted medical professionals, so they shouldn't sell remedies that lack evidence
  37. Tenants' calls for safe public housing fall on deaf ears
  38. Despite our growing taste for craft brews, smaller beer makers face a huge disadvantage
  39. Data visualisation isn't just for communication, it's also a research tool
  40. Contributions to sea-level rise have increased by half since 1993, largely because of Greenland's ice
  41. Roman gladiators were war prisoners and criminals, not sporting heroes
  42. Pyne's self-indulgence damages Turnbull because it reinforces what Liberal right wing malcontents believe
  43. Why I disagree with Nobel Laureates when it comes to career advice for scientists
  44. Rumours of the death of multinational tax avoidance are greatly exaggerated
  45. Logically, how is it possible to use more resources than Earth can replenish?
  46. The NT 'Intervention' led to some changes in Indigenous health, but the social cost may not have been worth it
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