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John Clarke: an unsurpassed craftsman of the Australasian voice

  • Written by Patrick Stokes, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Deakin University

There are some writers whose voice, by sheer accident of timing in your life, reach far deeper into your brain than the specifics of what they wrote.

For me, it was the satirist and actor John Clarke, who died suddenly on Sunday while hiking in the Grampians, aged 68. I never met Clarke. But he taught me a great deal about the English language and...

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Why glamorising narco culture, on screen and in Sydney's pop-up shop, is wrong

  • Written by César Albarrán Torres, Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
imagePhotos of some of the 43 Mexican college students who disappeared in 2014 and are feared to have been massacred by gang members and police. Screen depictions of Mexico's drug trade mostly ignore their human cost.Jorge Lopez/Reuters

The Australian streaming service Stan will open a pop-up restaurant called Los Pollos Hermanos in Sydney this week to...

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Three ways to improve commercial shipping's environmental footprint

  • Written by Martina Doblin, Senior Research Fellow, Plant Functional Biology & Climate Change, University of Technology Sydney
imageA man stretches his leg on the bank of the Han River as a ship passes by amid thick haze. Tens of thousands of premature deaths in east Asia every year are caused by shipping pollution. REUTERS/Stringer

Do you wear runners, drink coffee or own a mobile phone? The chances are that these products cruised to you on a ship. In 2015, the global...

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Explainer: shadow banking and where it came from

  • Written by Huon Curtis, Senior Research Analyst, University of Technology Sydney

The term “shadow banking” often has connotations of dodgy lending and borrowing practices, out of reach of regulators. And while its use may contribute to risk, in reality shadow banking does serve a purpose in our economy, one that is increasingly connected to our day-to-day lives.

Shadow banking affects not only the property market,...

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  2. Yes, car seats protect children. But you need the right restraint, fitted properly
  3. Affordable housing, finger-pointing politics and possible policy solutions
  4. Parents' reactions can lessen or worsen pain for injured kids
  5. Farewell John Clarke: in an absurd world, we have never needed you more
  6. Why it's the right time for Australia and India to collaborate on higher education
  7. FactCheck: do 679 of Australia's biggest corporations pay 'not one cent' of tax?
  8. Australian politics explainer: Robert Menzies and the birth of the Liberal-National coalition
  9. Is Paris climate deal really 'cactus', and would it matter if it was?
  10. How to make your next sexual health check less, erm ... awkward
  11. Kindred skies: ancient Greeks and Aboriginal Australians saw constellations in common
  12. Three charts on mortgage stress: it isn't as bad as you might think
  13. Australian politics explainer: the White Australia policy
  14. Australian gas: between a fracked rock and a socially hard place
  15. The golden age of superhero films ignores the golden aged at its peril
  16. What housing issues should the budget tackle? This is what our experts say
  17. Morrison rejects pressure for negative gearing to be examined
  18. Australia does Paris-Roubaix: By the numbers
  19. Food for thought? Diet helps explain unique human brainpower
  20. The truth about spider bites in Australia – they're unlikely to eat your flesh
  21. Exoplanet discovery by an amateur astronomer shows the power of citizen science
  22. With Syria missile strikes, Trump turns from non-intervention to waging war
  23. The number of new flu viruses is increasing, and could lead to a pandemic
  24. Connecting with Frankenstein: Modern Monsters and Belonging
  25. Three charts on Australia's population shift and the big city squeeze
  26. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Liberal Party campaign review
  27. How insurers can get better at responding to natural disasters
  28. France’s presidential campaign pits a strategy of fear against one of opportunity
  29. Vital Signs: regulators fiddle while house prices sizzle
  30. The stampede of wind farm complaints that never happened
  31. Why anyone can steal our articles. Yes, really.
  32. Northern NSW is no stranger to floods, but this one was different
  33. Why I use emoji in research and teaching
  34. Friday essay: the remarkable yidaki (and no, it's not a 'didge')
  35. Australian politics explainer: the writing of our Constitution
  36. Taking Bitcoin to the stockmarket won't do much for its risky image
  37. Making sense of the global infrastructure turn
  38. Explainer: what is rhabdomyolysis and what's its connection to Crossfit?
  39. Grattan on Friday: Liberals headhunt for a miracle worker
  40. Apple Pay may have won the battle but it may not win the war
  41. Driverless cars might be safer but they'll still keep the courts busy
  42. The Great Barrier Reef's safety net is becoming more complex but less effective
  43. Politics podcast: Matthew Sussex on Russia's long game
  44. How ethical is sexual assault research?
  45. Why suburban tensions and inequality will drive infrastructure innovation
  46. 'Record seizure' headlines mark another false step in misguided war on drugs
  47. #ThanksforTyping: the women behind famous male writers
  48. Explainer: what is the blood-brain barrier and how can we overcome it?
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