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If you haven't got the numbers, Scott, could you please just get them?

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The question is totally reasonable, and deserves an answer. But when Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison were asked on Tuesday for estimates of the growth and jobs dividends from the company tax cuts passed by the Senate last week, the response was bluster, not numbers.

Morrison was particularly egregious.

“The government doesn’t need to...

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Outreach - why reach out?

  • Written by Alan Duffy, Associate Professor and Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
imageThe Stargazing Live promotional banner aims to get Australians looking up. After they've watched the show of course.ABC

As I write this on-site at the Australian Astronomical Observatory, home for the next three nights to the BBC/ABC Stargazing Live show, I’m struck by the number of scientists working hard to explain their science to the...

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8 diet myths - busted!

  • Written by Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
imageAlmost half of people report being on diets - so you should know what works and what doesn't. from www.shutterstock.com.au

With almost half the adult population trying to lose weight - it’s time to bust some diet myths that just won’t go away. Here’s eight we’ve been asked about lately.

1. Celery has “negative”...

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A Rock Roll Writers Festival brings a much-needed spark to Australia's literary scene

  • Written by Sally Breen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Publishing, Griffith University
imageThe fusion of music and writing created unexpected sparks. Rock image from www.shutterstock.com

You could be forgiven for thinking that the last thing Australia’s cultural arena needs is another bloody writers festival. Today’s big city festivals and their regional counterparts use the same formats, are expensive, predictable, safe and...

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  1. Stargazing citizens and scientists share the hunger to find Planet 9
  2. Turkey on the verge of democide as referendum looms
  3. Governments are trapped in a vicious cycle of housing policies and prices
  4. Weighing the risks and benefits of CT scans in childhood
  5. Separation and single parenting: the tribulations of Henry Lawson's wife
  6. Ice age art and 'jewellery' found in an Indonesian cave reveal an ancient symbolic culture
  7. Why do schools want all students to look the same?
  8. Health-care spending has only a modest effect on lifespan and premature death
  9. Alt-unionism: why businesses may be better with the devil they know
  10. Banksy's Bethlehem hotel is an example of how tourism can be political
  11. How do we stop volunteer emergency service workers quitting?
  12. Learning to live with a nuclear North Korea?
  13. Three charts on: the incredible shrinking renewable energy job market
  14. The government's company tax cut win a triumph of politics over economics
  15. From Smart Cities 1.0 to 2.0: it's not (only) about the tech
  16. Health Check: what are 'coffee naps' and can they help you power through the day?
  17. Tackling the kraken: unique dolphin strategy delivers dangerous octopus for dinner
  18. The tragedy of Mosul: battle against Islamic State is leading to all-too-familiar consequences
  19. The off-topic Conversation #119
  20. Evolving Agile practices to support a distributed team
  21. What economics has to say about housing bubbles
  22. What's critical about critical infrastructure?
  23. The periodic table: from its classic design to use in popular culture
  24. Should university funding be tied to student performance?
  25. After 25 years of trying, why aren’t we environmentally sustainable yet?
  26. Explainer: what's cytomegalovirus and why do pregnant women need to know about it?
  27. Guide to the classics: Neil Gaiman's American Gods
  28. Andrew Jaspan resigns as Editor and Executive Director of The Conversation
  29. The False Feminism of Kendrick Lamar's Humble
  30. Successful tips to a positive career change
  31. Follicle challenge: the Ben Cousins saga and reforms to drug testing
  32. Company tax compromise is limited but works for both Turnbull and Xenophon
  33. The Vice President Dines: A Philosophical Dialogue
  34. The APRA bandaid for the housing market is wearing off
  35. Electoral system flaws deny Labor and Greens WA upper house majority
  36. Carrots and pumpkin might reduce your risk of cancer, but beware taking them in pill form
  37. Does bad weather affect student performance in school?
  38. It's ten years since Rudd's 'great moral challenge', and we have failed it
  39. The search to extend lifespan is gaining ground, but can we truly reverse the biology of ageing?
  40. More low-paid work is part of the problem, not the solution
  41. The forgotten 660,000 locked out of home ownership
  42. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the company tax cut
  43. Comparing Australia's electricity charges to other countries shows why competition isn't working
  44. If you destroy it, they will come – climate change displacement and the Trump effect
  45. Cloud, backup and storage devices: how best to protect your data
  46. A guide to how we decide what to publish in Politics and Society
  47. Explainer: the rise of social impact investing
  48. What did the rich man say to the poor man? Why spatial inequality in Australia is no joke
  49. Turning Hazelwood's empty coal mine into a lake could help heal mining towns
  50. Vital Signs: war gaming the economic fallout from Brexit

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