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Working for the (Australia Post) man

  • Written by Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
imageAAP/Tracey Nearmy

Ahmed Fahour and I have at least one thing in common: we both worked for Australia Post. Unfortunately for me, that’s where the similarities end.

Whereas Fahour got A$5.6 million a year for his troubles before he unexpectedly quit, I took home less the national average wage – even though my colleagues regarded me as...

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Turnbull turns shock-and-awe on Abbott

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

Malcolm Turnbull has unleashed massive retaliation against Tony Abbott as appalled Liberals, who can only fear where it will all end, watch the former prime minister tear at the leadership of the man who overthrew him.

Abbott will never be prime minister again – at least that’s as certain as anything can be in the volatile world of...

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Explainer: What is VX nerve agent and how does it work?

  • Written by Martin Boland, Senior Lecturer of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Charles Darwin University
imageLittle protection against the deadly VX nerve agent.Shutterstock/Bubbers BB

The substance that could be responsible for the death Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was the VX nerve agent, according to preliminary reports from Malaysian police.

Kim Jong-nam died on February 13 from a seizure on his way to hospital...

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Where were all the women in the Stone Age?

  • Written by Darren Curnoe, Chief Investigator and Co-Leader of Education and Engagement Program ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, and Director, Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre, UNSW
imageThe 'Venus of Willendorf' at around 28,000 years old is one of the earliest depictions of women in art (Source: Ziko van Dijk).Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Were there any women around in the Palaeolithic Era? If popular culture is any guide you’d think not. And even archaeology itself has a long way to go to address a deeply ingrained bias towa...

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  1. Booksellers, the alt-right and Milo Yiannopoulos
  2. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan and Deep Saini on penalty rate cuts
  3. Hairdressers in rural Australia end up being counsellors too
  4. Voters' dislike of politics makes fixed four-year parliamentary terms look appealing
  5. Perth's Museum of Water documents our intimate relationship with a precious resource
  6. Here's what smart cities do to stay ahead
  7. Netanyahu's visit in perspective: Australia has more important relationships than Israel
  8. Here's what must be done to detect, disrupt and deter phoenix activity in Australia
  9. Fourteen penalties: Sydney’s A-League derby off the pitch
  10. Why researchers have a duty to try and influence policy
  11. Our power grid is crying out for capacity, but should we open the gas valves?
  12. Vital Signs: there's never been a tougher time to be a central banker
  13. The search for extraterrestrial life in the water worlds close to home
  14. Friday essay: the revolutionary vision of Jane Austen
  15. Do you know what's in the herbal medicine you're taking?
  16. Our big cities are engines of inequality, so how do we fix that?
  17. Tony Abbott says government's challenge is 'to be worth voting for'
  18. Grattan on Friday: Penalty rates – Shorten's own goal becomes Turnbull's political problem
  19. Politics podcast: Hugh Saddler on Australia's energy crisis
  20. Cutting Sunday penalty rates will hurt young people the most
  21. How do we keep gardening in the face of a changing climate?
  22. YouTube star PewDiePie rails against 'the media', but he's a part of it too now
  23. Sunday penalty rates cut opens new fight between government and opposition
  24. Explainer: how Australia decides who is a genuine refugee
  25. 'I can live with either one': Palestine, Israel and the two-state solution
  26. In the rooms of power and ordinary people, Bligh's banking appointment is a masterstroke
  27. Some brain training programs are backed by evidence. Here's how to pick them
  28. WA's decision to allow internet voting in state election is a very positive step
  29. A critical guide to the Oscar Best Pic contenders – and why Moonlight should win
  30. Gambling lobby gives big to political parties, and names names
  31. Why there's no legal barrier to a Melbourne drug injecting room, despite political setbacks
  32. Too hot to learn – why Australian schools need a national policy on coping with heatwaves
  33. Push for longer hours makes headlines, but more Australians want to work less
  34. Seven Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting a nearby star
  35. Australia’s 2016 environment scorecard: rains return but in some cases too late
  36. Shorten goes on front foot over renewables 50% 'target'
  37. Fact or fiction – is sugar addictive?
  38. New physics syllabus raises the bar, but how will schools clear it?
  39. No mandatory novels or poetry – what you need to know about the new HSC English curriculum
  40. Dutton blows Turnbull's credibility – for now and perhaps for later
  41. Yes, we can do on-the-spot drug testing quickly and safely
  42. How South Australia can function reliably while moving to 100% renewable power
  43. Business students willing to sacrifice future salary for good corporate social responsibility: study
  44. City streets become a living lab that could transform your daily travel
  45. Intrigue, lucky charms and painful longing: the art of Helen Britton
  46. Life imprisonment raises questions about proportionality, equity and human dignity
  47. Essendon air crash: what will the investigators be looking for?
  48. Playing politics with renewables: how the right is losing its way
  49. Trump, déjà un mois, et ce n’est que le début…
  50. How predictable are the Oscars? More than you might think

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