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The Red Detachment of Women marches forward – but to where?

  • Written by Antonia Finnane, Professor of Chinese History, University of Melbourne
imageThe Red Detachment of Women was one of just eight model theatrical pieces approved for performance during the Cultural Revolution.Mark Gambino

The National Ballet of China has come to Melbourne armed to the teeth for the Australian premiere of its signature oeuvre, The Red Detachment of Women, first staged in 1964. This strongly narrative work is...

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Politics podcast: Anthony Albanese on Labor's approach to infrastructure

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Labor’s edge over the government in the polls has seen the party stay united. But it has not stopped speculation about whether frontbencher Anthony Albanese would be a better fit as leader of the party.

Albanese dismisses Coalition jibes about him being the alternative leader. He tells Michelle Grattan it’s the...

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North Korea may not yet have a long-range missile, but its progress is worrying

  • Written by Peter Hayes, Director, Nautilus Institute, Professor of International Relations and Honorary Professor at the Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney
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North Korea said this week it had successfully test-fired a new type of medium- to long-range ballistic missile. The test came more than a month after North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un stated in 2016:

We conducted the first H-bomb test, test-firing of various means of strike and nuclear warhead test successfully to cope with the...

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Help us restore trust in experts

  • Written by Charis Palmer, Deputy Editor, The Conversation

The Conversation thrives on readers and republishers who help us share our content, but we don’t often ask why they do this.

Is it because they value academic expertise, facts and evidence, or is it because they agree with the sentiment expressed in the article? We hope it’s the former, but we know that’s not always the case.

For...

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  1. Roe 8 fails the tests of responsible 21st-century infrastructure planning
  2. Rental insecurity: why fixed long-term leases aren't the answer
  3. Global clean energy scorecard puts Australia 15th in the world
  4. Where art meets industry: protecting the spectacular rock art of the Burrup Peninsula
  5. Jakarta governor's race a litmus test for Indonesia
  6. What will my child's life be like? Newly identified genes may help diagnose autism and disability
  7. How changing times made Australia's political leaders more disposable
  8. Human genome editing report strikes the right balance between risks and benefits
  9. Dream homes: Architecture and popular imagination
  10. Full response from Mark McGowan on methamphetamine use in Western Australia
  11. Climate change doubled the likelihood of the New South Wales heatwave
  12. Something smells off: Kate Grenville's case against fragrance
  13. Sky News is not yet Fox News, but it has the good, the bad and the uglies
  14. Why sitting is not the 'new smoking'
  15. After all the talk, what is the Turnbull government actually doing for small business?
  16. Perceptions of genetically modified food are informed by more than just science
  17. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on a year at the top
  18. Clementine Ford and Lindy West talk Twitter and life on and off the Internet
  19. How the warming world could turn many plants and animals into climate refugees
  20. Before pregnancy even starts, healthy weight in mums and dads lowers obesity risk in children
  21. Regulations needed for litigation funders who can't pay out when cases fail
  22. Closing the Gap is failing and needs a radical overhaul
  23. States drag feet on affordable housing, with Victoria the worst
  24. That Lump of Coal
  25. FactCheck: is Australia on track to have the oldest pension age in the developed world?
  26. How to cut through when talking to anti-vaxxers and anti-fluoriders
  27. Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones
  28. Moving on from home ownership for 'Generation Rent'
  29. Understanding populism: how leaders can better sell economic reform
  30. The Great Australian Plays: The Front Room Boys and New Wave theatre
  31. End of the road? Why it might be time to ditch your car
  32. How far they'll go: Moana shows the power of Polynesian celestial navigation
  33. Molecules do not have colour!
  34. Morrison pushed NDIS 'hypothecation' announcement despite caution about timing from Turnbull's office
  35. 6 things young men should know about food, nutrition and getting in shape
  36. FactCheck: it's true – Western Australia has the nation's highest rate of methamphetamine use
  37. Want electricity reform? Start by giving power back to the states
  38. Young women can budget in the short term but struggle with long-term investments: survey
  39. Why the Sydney Opera House is a little overcooked
  40. WA state election: Liberals' deal with One Nation may come back to bite them
  41. The gap of Indigenous disadvantage is being closed too slowly: report
  42. And then there were two: welcome back ABC Fact Check
  43. Basil Hetzel: Australian medical pioneer, and my friend
  44. Six psychiatric concepts that have mutated: for better or worse
  45. Errors in Centrelink's debt recovery system were inevitable, as in all complex systems
  46. Housing affordability problems might not be all bad
  47. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, January 2017
  48. The off-topic Conversation #117
  49. Roses are red, violets are blue, I'll stay forever if you scrub out the loo
  50. 'Ice Wars' message is overblown and unhelpful

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