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As Brexit begins, Australia mustn’t get caught up in Britain’s post-imperial fantasies

  • Written by Ben Wellings, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
imageDespite our geographical distance, Britain leaving the EU will affect Australia substantially.EPA/Aly Song

After nine months of uncertainty the moment has finally arrived: the British government will today officially serve notice that it will withdraw from the European Union.

A lot has changed since the referendum result in June 2016 ushered in a...

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Deadly Funny -- a new brand of Australian comedy

  • Written by Karen Austin, PhD Student, Flinders University
imageShiralee Hood performing in 2016: being a left-handed, Indigenous woman, she describes herself as a 'triple threat'.Supplied

Aboriginal stand-up is a small, but increasingly recognisable, element of Australia’s comedy scene. Melbourne’s International Comedy Festival first held its Deadly Funny competition in 2007 and The Deadly Funnies...

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Myth busting claims on the impact of the company tax cut

  • Written by Jim Minifie, Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute

In the drawn-out debate on the value of a company tax cut to our economy, there have been a number of claims: that the plan would cost A$50 billion; that the cuts are just a handout to foreign investors; that there will be little benefit for many years; and that there are cheaper ways to stimulate investment.

Many of these claims are misleading or...

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The seven deadly sins of statistical misinterpretation, and how to avoid them

  • Written by Winnifred Louis, Associate Professor, Social Psychology, The University of Queensland
imageWhere are the error bars?Shutterstock

Statistics is a useful tool for understanding the patterns in the world around us. But our intuition often lets us down when it comes to interpreting those patterns. In this series we look at some of the common mistakes we make and how to avoid them when thinking about statistics, probability and risk.

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  1. New study shows HPV vaccine is working to reduce rates of genital warts
  2. Selective schools' long and tangled history with race and class
  3. Now we are six. How The Conversation is transforming the media landscape
  4. Labor seizes 55-45 lead in Ipsos with the Greens at an unrealistic 16%
  5. Politics podcast: David Marr on Pauline Hanson's star power
  6. Star Trek's Holodeck: from science fiction to a new reality
  7. New research shows immigration has only a minor effect on wages
  8. Revisiting colonial ruin in the Flinders Ranges
  9. Explainer: what is TB and am I at risk of getting it in Australia?
  10. Brexit creates a human rights crisis for Ireland
  11. Explainer: why the government 'pulled' Australia's extradition treaty with China
  12. How Australia's animals and plants are changing to keep up with the climate
  13. Sidelining planners makes for poorer urban policy, and future generations will pay the price
  14. Houses aren't more unaffordable for first home buyers, but they are riskier
  15. With wariness on both sides, the US strikes a more conciliatory note on China
  16. Dark tourism, Aboriginal imprisonment and the ‘prison tree’ that wasn’t
  17. Why we signed the open letter from scientists supporting a total ban on nuclear weapons
  18. A soldier and a sex worker walk into a therapist’s office. Who's more likely to have PTSD?
  19. Teaching-only roles could mark the end of your academic career
  20. Plastic fantastic: how lotteries could revolutionise recycling
  21. Australia may be closer to being a cashless society but it won't happen by 2020
  22. Late payments: the policy no-brainer for business
  23. Hanson stirs the sugar pot and backflips on penalty rates
  24. The government is belatedly backing the penalty rates cut it always wanted
  25. PolicyCheck: the government's new child care plan
  26. Co-working is evolving to combine co-living
  27. Green chemistry is key to reducing waste and improving sustainablity
  28. Something big exploded in a galaxy far, far away: what was it?
  29. Technology-facilitated abuse: the new breed of domestic violence
  30. Distress, status wars and immoral behaviour: the psychological impacts of inequality
  31. Health Check: are microgreens better for you than regular greens?
  32. Indians' 'notes ban' compliance masks a silent crisis of legitimacy
  33. Li Keqiang's visit a good sign for the China-Australia relationship
  34. Millions of Australian adults are unvaccinated and it's increasing disease risk for all of us
  35. There are more useful questions to ask than whether Australia has 'too many' charities
  36. Government behind 45-55% in Ipsos poll
  37. Drawings reveal the struggles and triumphs of child refugees in their first six months of high school
  38. Safe in the City? Girls tell it like it is
  39. Five golden rules to help solve your recycling dilemmas
  40. Recycling can be confusing, but it’s getting simpler
  41. Rising imports make the case for Trump's border adjustment tax in Australia
  42. Youth underemployment at four-decade peak: Brotherhood report
  43. Regression to the mean, or why perfection rarely lasts
  44. Estonia is putting its country in the cloud and offering virtual residency
  45. Why aren't more people using the My Health Record?
  46. Does everything and nothing change when a cyclist dies?
  47. Decoding the music masterpieces: Bach's The Art of Fugue
  48. How our species got smarter: through a rush of blood to the head
  49. Not-for-profits must adapt as one arm of government's 'three-sector solutions'
  50. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the backlash to the 18C changes

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