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Parrot pie and possum curry – how colonial Australians embraced native food

  • Written by: Blake Singley, Curator, Australian National University
imageTea and Damper by A . M. Ebsworth. From Digital Collection of the State Library of Victoria.

The relationship between European settlers and native Australian foodstuffs during the 19th century was a complex one. While the taste for native ingredients waxed and waned for the first century of European settlement, there’s ample evidence to...

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'Australian' enough to be a hero?

  • Written by: Keith Parry, Lecturer in Sport Management, Western Sydney University
imageIs Nick Kyrgios too difficult – and different – to become an Australian hero? AAP Image/Joe Castro

Australia Day is one of the primary times when people make the pledge of commitment, becoming Australian citizens during a citizenship ceremony. It may also be one of the only times when people consider their concept of national...

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Push for a Commonwealth trading bloc further politicises free trade

  • Written by: Giovanni Di Lieto, Lecturer, Bachelor of International Business, Monash Business School, Monash University

A UK-based lobby group has come up with an idea that has been endorsed by Australian and British politicians alike - a Commonwealth trading bloc.

The Free Enterprise Group (FEG) made its case in its “Reconnecting with the Commonwealth” report, arguing for closer trading ties and liberalised labour markets among the former British...

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Heart disease: what happens when the ticker wears and tears

  • Written by: Garry Jennings, Chief Medical Advisor at National Heart Foundation of Australia; Senior Director, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute
imageOur heart works hard for every second we are alive. Eventually its processes will wear out. from www.shutterstock.com.au

This article is part of our series on older people’s health. It looks at the changes and processes that occur in our body as we age, the conditions we’re more likely to suffer from and what we can do to prevent them.


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  12. What next for the anti-Trump protesters?
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  18. Changing climate has stalled Australian wheat yields: study
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