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Why big data may be having a big effect on how our politics plays out

  • Written by: Louise Crabtree, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

The first week of parliament for the new year was a noisy one. Cory Bernardi’s decision to leave the Liberal Party has created a flurry of speculation about whether this is the “splitting” of the political right or an indication of the end of business-as-usual politics.

There is much of media and public interest in the dazzling...

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Fifty shades of erotica: how sex in literature went mainstream

  • Written by: Duc Dau, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
imageOne can find reading material to suit all tastes.Arif Akhtar/Flickr, CC BY-ND

E L James’s Fifty Shades trilogy is a bona fide publishing, and now film, sensation. Along with e-reading devices, it has been the single most important contributor to the mainstreaming of erotic literature.

The sheer number of parodies, both straight and gay, lend...

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Mainstream schools need to take back responsibility for educating disengaged students

  • Written by: Helen Stokes, Associate professor, University of Melbourne
imageMany young people drop out or are excluded from mainstream schools.from www.shutterstock.com

In this series we’ll explore how to improve schools in Australia. Some of the most prominent experts in the sector tackle key questions, including why we are not seeing much progress; whether we are assessing children in the most effective way; why...

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  2. Health Check: do cold showers cool you down?
  3. Royal commission hearings show Catholic Church faces a massive reform task
  4. The anatomy of an energy crisis - a pictorial guide, Part 1
  5. Why it's time for Australia to launch its own space agency
  6. Alcohol leads to more violence than other drugs, but you'd never know from the headlines
  7. New research shows how petrol retailers pushed prices up in Perth
  8. The faulty child welfare system is the real issue behind our youth justice crisis
  9. FactCheck: is Australia below the international average when it comes to school funding?
  10. Is there a crisis in public education?
  11. Guide to the classics: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  12. How drones can help fight the war on shark attacks
  13. Plea to politicians on energy: stop the brawling
  14. One Nation has now been 'normalised' in the Liberals’ firmament of political players
  15. Queensland Galaxy: One Nation surges to 23%
  16. Fed up with bad relationships? Then why not marry yourself?
  17. Is NBN Co's CEO right that Australians aren't interested in ultra-fast broadband?
  18. Increased private health insurance premiums don't mean increased value
  19. Black holes are even stranger than you can imagine
  20. Australia Post salary scandal highlights our nation's growing wage inequality
  21. Why did energy regulators deliberately turn out the lights in South Australia?
  22. New deal on torture a step in the right direction for Australia's human rights law
  23. Abbott hasn't convinced own electors on Senate curb
  24. South Australia's gambling tax highlights the regulatory mess of online betting
  25. Flattering emails will get you everywhere, except when they're from junk journals
  26. Shared ownership can help make housing affordable for people with disability
  27. Friday essay: Putin, memory wars and the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution
  28. Drugs don't cure everything – doctors can be helped to prescribe other options
  29. Delving through settlers' diaries can reveal Australia's colonial-era climate
  30. How to find success as a woman in science
  31. Vital Signs: the case of the missing investment
  32. Back to school – understanding challenges faced by Indigenous children
  33. FactCheck: are bulk-billing rates falling, or at record levels?
  34. Grattan on Friday: Liberals get high on bubbles and billionaires
  35. Watch the bright star Regulus hide behind the Full Moon
  36. Full responses from Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten
  37. Fifty Shades Darker: an abusive fairy tale that robs women of sexual freedom
  38. Australia's innovation report card shows the nation can do better, and hints at how
  39. Stop focusing on 'the problem' in Indigenous education, and start looking at learning opportunities
  40. God bless the footy: dissent and distractions
  41. Omnibus welfare bill shows the always-tricky politics of budget savings
  42. Unusual conditions: delusional infestation with insects or spiders
  43. Bernardi split is symptomatic of a fractured political system, here and abroad
  44. The Rise of Islamo-Christian Civilization
  45. Australian government challenged to advocate for its citizen on death row in Thailand
  46. From banned to international glory, women's football has sown a rich field for the future
  47. Droughts and flooding rains already more likely as climate change plays havoc with Pacific weather
  48. A wolf in dogs' clothing? Why dingoes may not be Australian wildlife's saviours
  49. Kurt Gödel: from loopholes and dictators to the incompleteness theorems
  50. How to get quality teachers in disadvantaged schools – and keep them there

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