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If we scrapped the states, increasing Canberra's clout would be a backward step

  • Written by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland

If you were starting Australia all over again, you would have a national government and 20 regional governments. That was one of the things I agreed with Gough Whitlam on. … Anything that can reduce or end the duplication between Commonwealth, state and local governments is a good idea. – John Winston Howard (quoted in The Weekend...

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Explainer: Why the human voice is so versatile

  • Written by Noel Hanna, Research Associate in Acoustics, School of Physics, UNSW, UNSW Australia
imageWhat is it that gives us a voice?Shutterstock/Sergey Nivens

Macaques and baboons – two distantly related primates – are able to produce a similar range of voice-like sounds to humans.

In fact, many animals convey basic information using their voice but they don’t display the full range of vocal abilities available to humans that...

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The search for MH370 is over: what we learnt and where to now

  • Written by Charitha Pattiaratchi, Professor of Coastal Oceanography, University of Western Australia

Almost three years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared from civilian radar screens, the search for the missing aircraft has come to a close.

Malaysia, Australia and China have jointly agreed to “suspend” the search after combing 120,000 km² of the southern Atlantic Ocean without finding the crash site.

So what now for...

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Stinking dead fish portend major problem with carp herpes release

  • Written by Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney

In April last year, this column looked at six concerns about the planned release of carp herpes virus (Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 or CyHV-3 – also known as koi herpesvirus, or the carp herpesvirus) into Australian rivers in an attempt to dramatically reduce the plague proportions of these introduced and destructive “river rabbits”. Ra...

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  1. University completion rates won't be improved by looking at isolated causes
  2. Celebrating the songs of Australia's civil rights movement
  3. Do 8 men really control the same wealth as the poorest half of the global population?
  4. What's in store for new health minister Greg Hunt?
  5. How professional sport handicaps youth sporting culture
  6. What next for the ASX and Blockchain in 2017?
  7. FactCheck: what are the facts on rising child care prices?
  8. Xi Jinping may be preaching trade, but China's opening up has slowed
  9. When gentrification lacks empathy: a case study
  10. A genuinely believable CGI actor? It won't be long
  11. Ways to spend spare time online
  12. Unpaid work experience is widespread but some are missing out: new study
  13. Murky waters: why is Japan still whaling in the Southern Ocean?
  14. Turnbull makes a good start on expenses, but needs to go further
  15. Taking a VR trip in Shaun Gladwell's floating planetoid skull
  16. What’s the point of sex? It frames gender expression and identity – or does it?
  17. Why learn spelling or maths if there's an app for that?
  18. Brexit, Trump and the TPP mean Australia should pursue more bilateral trade agreements
  19. Australia needs to make sport a more equal playing field: here's why
  20. When politicians become pundits
  21. When the pressure is on, some riders breach the whip rules in horse racing
  22. The trouble with 'microaggressions'
  23. Let's kill the Australian identity card zombie once and for all
  24. Sit on hands or take a stand: why athletes have always been political players
  25. Elevated lead levels in Sydney backyards: here's what you can do
  26. When care becomes control - financial abuse cuts across cultures
  27. What's the point of sex? It's good for your physical, social and mental health
  28. Who was Mary? And how plausible is Colm Tóibín's reconstruction of her?
  29. Explainer: what is phonics and why is it important?
  30. A new twist on fusion power could help bring limitless clean energy
  31. What we can all learn from the VW emissions saga
  32. Scents, sensibility and the smell of a city
  33. ASIC needs a win in 2017, but it's not likely to come from the banks
  34. How wearable devices are reinventing our cities as open-air gyms
  35. Health Check: is snoring anything to worry about?
  36. The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder finally hits the big-data highway
  37. Heed Hawke's call – Australian federalism is an idea whose time has ended
  38. The mosquito-borne Zika virus can also be transmitted by sexual activity
  39. What's the point of sex? It's communication at a biological level
  40. Game, set and match-fix: what more can be done to stop corruption in tennis?
  41. What can the medieval King Roger teach us about tolerance?
  42. Thinking about a sustainable retrofit? Here are three things to consider
  43. Australia must make the environment integral to economic decision-making
  44. Why did US President Obama seek to punish female Russian hacker Alisa Shevchenko?
  45. WA ReachTEL: 52-48 to Labor, but One Nation at 10.8%
  46. Ley goes, and Turnbull's reforms pave way for fewer expenses scandals
  47. Centrelink data-matching problems show the need for a government blockchain
  48. Should over 50’s avoid that afternoon coffee? Maybe.
  49. Trump, Putin and the new international order
  50. Indonesia’s Minangkabau culture promotes empowered Muslim women

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