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Blasphemy is still a crime in Australia – and it shouldn't be

  • Written by: Luke Beck, Senior Lecturer in Constitutional Law, Western Sydney University
imageThe crime of blasphemy is about protecting God and Christian doctrine from scurrilous commentary, and Christians from offenceShutterstock

The crime of blasphemy has had a bit of publicity lately. British comedian Stephen Fry was recently reported to police in Ireland on accusations of blasphemy, for comments made on TV about what he would say to...

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Three charts on: how part-time work is growing more slowly, but more men are doing it

  • Written by: Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne

Even though part-time work is growing, this growth is slowing over time.

Employment figures for the early months of 2017 have shown stronger growth in full-time rather than part-time employment. The pattern of slowing growth in part-time employment is a long-term phenomenon.

Growth in part-time work slowing

From 1966 to 2016 the share of part-time...

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Newspoll steady at 53-47 to Labor. Macron's party wins French lower house elections

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

This week’s Newspoll, conducted Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1790, has Labor leading by 53-47, unchanged since the last Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes are 37% Labor (up 1), 36% Coalition (steady), 11% One Nation (up 2) and 9% Greens (down 1).

32% were satisfied with Turnbull’s performance (down 3), and 55% were...

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Amazon poses a double threat to Australian retailers

  • Written by: David Bond, Senior Lecturer, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
imageAmazon is a low-margin retailer sitting on other higher-margin businesses.shutterstock

E-commerce giant Amazon has struck a deal to acquire Whole Foods Market, an American supermarket chain with more than 400 stores. The move has put even more pressure on Australian retailers as Amazon sets up shop in Australia.

But the real threat to Australian...

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  2. A national amnesty will not rid Australia of violent gun crime
  3. The off-topic Conversation #125
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  5. Mixed media: how Australia's newspapers became locked in a war of left versus right
  6. Psychogeography: a way to delve into the soul of a city
  7. A quarter of kidney donors are living: what you need to know to be a donor
  8. At home with Emily Dickinson
  9. Your guide to solving the next online viral maths problem
  10. Only a mother could love 'em: why cockroaches and termites are great parents
  11. Fewer students are going to public secondary schools in Australia
  12. Will the Greens let the teachers' union bully them over schools funding?
  13. Twenty years after the handover, Hong Kong proves itself a headache for China
  14. Turnbull's Trump riff won't please The Donald but it could be a hit at home
  15. Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they're made out to be. Here's why
  16. Weekly Quiz: how did Donald Trump fire FBI Director James Comey?
  17. There are ways to reduce injuries in kids that don't involve wrapping them in cotton wool
  18. With the rise of subscription and online TV, we need to rethink local content rules
  19. Vital Signs: Australia is facing an interest rates dilemma
  20. As Trump ups the ante, executive powers should worry Australians too
  21. Surfing the 3D printing wave: the changing face of surfboard fin production
  22. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Finkel feedback
  23. Turnbull government must find a way to rid Australia of foreign donations
  24. Minister to get unprecedented power if Australia's new citizenship bill is passed
  25. Why more schools need to teach bilingual education to Indigenous children
  26. Friday essay: the wonder of Joyce's Ulysses
  27. Philanthropy is funding serious journalism in the US, it could work for Australia too
  28. Goodbye to the Gatwick, and to so much of the old St Kilda
  29. The new space race: why we need a human mission to Mars
  30. Volcanoes under the ice: melting Antarctic ice could fight climate change
  31. The new data retention law seriously invades our privacy – and it's time we took action
  32. Grattan on Friday: The Finkel plan will test Malcolm Turnbull's ability to deliver significant reform
  33. Explainer: why three government ministers might face contempt of court charges
  34. How popular culture gets Australian spy work wrong
  35. Armpits and melons: an olfactory reading of James Joyce
  36. Ten Network has a hard road back to viability
  37. Politics podcast: Josh Frydenberg, George Christensen and Mark Butler on the Finkel review
  38. The NDIS costs are on track, but that doesn't mean all participants are getting the support they need
  39. Two in five pregnant women don't receive care in the first trimester
  40. Emily Bell: Journalism in the age of Trump and the real-time social web
  41. Elder abuse report ignores impact on people's health
  42. The problems with asking banks to police financial abuse
  43. Explainer: what is public interest journalism?
  44. CPA in crisis: why more associations will have to disclose CEO pay
  45. Playing the numbers: a billion-dollar gamble on the European X-ray Laser
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  48. Zoos aren't Victorian-era throwbacks: they're important in saving species
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