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Merged minor parties chase votes on the right as identity crisis grips Coalition

  • Written by Zareh Ghazarian, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
imageCory Bernardi's Australian Conservatives party has amalgamated with Family First, which shares similar social conservative values.AAP/Lukas Coch

Cory Bernardi entered a new phase of his political career by announcing this week that his nascent Australian Conservatives party was to merge with Family First.

The merger makes sense. Both parties advance...

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Friday essay: moving autism on TV beyond the genius stereotype

  • Written by Katie Sutherland, Doctor of Creative Arts Candidate, Western Sydney University
imageJulia (with the orange hair) and her friends from Sesame Street. Zach Hyman

I am watching Sesame Street with my two boys, aged 11 and 13. Admittedly they’re a bit old for Elmo and Big Bird, but this is a special occasion. It is the debut episode for the television show’s newest Muppet on the block, Julia, a sweet four-year-old...

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Unstacked: revealing the hidden gems of the State Library of NSW

  • Written by Elisa Lee, Lecturer and tutor in Visual Communications, University of Technology Sydney
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What are people looking for when they browse the State Library of NSW’s collection of six million items?

There are books in there, of course, but also photographs, soldiers diaries from World War One, locks of childrens’ hair, a vast array of paintings and sketches, maps, diaries from First Fleet officers and soldiers, Aboriginal...

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Every picture tells a story, but visualisation can tell the right one

  • Written by Quang Vinh Nguyen, Senior Lecturer in Visual Analytics, Western Sydney University
imageThe right visualisation will stand on its own as a communication tool. from www.shutterstock.com

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

But how much data can a picture capture? Or, more interestingly, how can a picture tell a story that’s hiding in data?

Our eyes can process vast amounts of information rapidly, and we can take...

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  1. Vital Signs: what will end up in Scott Morrison's 'good' books?
  2. Why brain stimulation isn't what it's cracked up to be
  3. French and Australian experts on solving the world's sustainability challenge
  4. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's pipe dreams channel ghost of Rex Connor
  5. Talking to John Clarke: a friend and biographer reflects
  6. Australian politics explainer: the MV Tampa and the transformation of asylum-seeker policy
  7. The multi-billion-dollar subsidy for private health insurance isn't worth it
  8. Why S-Town invites empathy not voyeurism
  9. Housing still out of reach for many even as rents fall in post-boom Western Australia
  10. Age discrimination in the workplace happening to people as young as 45: study
  11. The slow death of Australian children's TV drama
  12. Cyber attacks ten years on: from disruption to disinformation
  13. Australian politics explainer: the Mabo decision and native title
  14. How virtual reality spiders are helping people face their arachnophobia
  15. Budget to distinguish good and bad debt
  16. Gas export restrictions imposed to ensure domestic supply
  17. Abdel-Magied Anzac row is a storm over not much
  18. The schoolgirls of Charles Blackman – haunting works from a politically innocent age
  19. Explainer: what is reflation and is Australia experiencing it?
  20. Politics podcast: Peter Jennings on North Korea's aggression
  21. Macron and Le Pen battle voter disdain as they square off for French presidency
  22. Investing in rural health brings dollar returns to local economies (and improves health)
  23. Backyard skinny-dippers lack effective laws to keep peeping drones at bay
  24. Self-esteem among narcissists is 'puffed up, but shaky'
  25. Chevron is just the start: modelling shows how many billions in revenue the government is missing out on
  26. The US, Russia and China: a twisted tale of personal ego, profound mistrust and foolish nationalism
  27. Five things the east coast can learn from WA about energy
  28. Here's looking at: Vincent Van Gogh’s Olive grove with two olive pickers
  29. Cities are complex systems – let’s start looking at them that way
  30. Health Check: what can your doctor tell from your urine?
  31. No, epigenetics and environmental responsiveness don’t undermine Darwinian evolution
  32. Curious Kids: Does space go on forever?
  33. Your headphones aren't spying on you, but your apps are. Here is why
  34. Turnbull expects to meet Trump next week
  35. Witch-hunts and surveillance: the hidden lives of queer people in the military
  36. Stitching lives back together: men's rehabilitation embroidery in WWI
  37. How Anzac Day came to occupy a sacred place in Australians' hearts
  38. Discovered in WWI, bacterial viruses may be our allies in a post-antibiotic age
  39. English language bar for citizenship likely to further disadvantage refugees
  40. How our addiction to safety could lead to another financial crisis
  41. Chevron: a game-changer for multinational tax avoiders
  42. Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2: a scientist's review
  43. 457 visa changes won't impact on wider temporary education workforce. And maybe that's deliberate
  44. Research Check: are Aussie women ageing up to 20 years faster than US women?
  45. Why and how businesses should protect against data breaches from within
  46. Australian politics explainer: the Prices and Incomes Accord
  47. The Hobbit hits the headlines again, but is the mystery of its origins really solved?
  48. Logies 2017 – Samuel Johnson wins gold for Molly at a wonderfully daggy ceremony
  49. Macron likely to defeat Le Pen in French Presidential election runoff
  50. Lies, monsters and Kate Mulvany's intensely human portrayal of Richard 3

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