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Could 'whale poo diplomacy' help bring an end to whaling?

  • Written by: Indi Hodgson-Johnston, Antarctic Law Researcher, PhD Candidate, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania
imageThe idea is to come up with better alternatives to this.Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, CC BY

Japan’s fleet has left port for another season of “scientific” research whaling in the Southern Ocean.

Like last year, there is little that anyone can do to legally rescind Japan’s self-issued lethal research permit...

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Trump, the unspeakable and democracy in America

  • Written by: Wolfgang Merkel, Professor of Comparative Political Science and Democracy Research at the Humboldt University Berlin; Associate of the Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney; Director of Research Unit Democracy: Structures, Performance, Challenges
imageA portrait of US President-elect Donald Trump guards a residential backyard in Iowa, complete with lights and security cameras.Tony Webster/flickr, CC BY-ND

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing...

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Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on the state of the National Party

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageMick Tsikas/AAP

Earlier this week, footage aired of Attorney-General George Brandis speculating that Queensland’s Liberal National Party might demerge. But Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says this won’t happen.

“It’s not going to happen. You know why? Because the people who make that decision is...

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The price of culture: some thoughts from the Adelaide Festival of Ideas

  • Written by: Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University
imageKeith Avery/Flickr

Recently I got told this joke. Two economists are having lunch. One of them has to make a decision about changing jobs, moving cities, disrupting his family and so on. What should he do, he asks the other? Well, his friend replies, you’re an economist: assign input prices for the different factors, apply a discounted...

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  2. Lessons from ancient Athens: the art of exiling your enemies
  3. Cryonics: hype, hope or hell?
  4. Dutton's attack on Fraser shows how low our politicians are willing to go on refugees
  5. How Western Australia is handling the end of the mining boom
  6. A flawed system delivered Trump victory – and now we brace ourselves for what's next
  7. Labor maintains steady 53-47 Newspoll lead, but Turnbull's ratings improve
  8. Can billions of litres of coal seam gas water be safely reinjected into the ground?
  9. Is Fukushima still safe after the latest earthquake?
  10. 'Fake news' is poison for the body politic – can it be stopped?
  11. Business Briefing: fixing culture in banking and finance
  12. What is critical thinking? And do universities really teach it?
  13. A sugary drinks tax could recoup some of the costs of obesity while preventing it
  14. Star Wars goes Rogue – but will this risky move backfire?
  15. Asking users to tag fake news isn't going to work if they don't know what it is
  16. Men who want power over women likely to have poorer mental health: study
  17. Japan's latest tsunami reaction shows lessons learned from previous disasters
  18. Why China and Europe should form the world's most powerful 'climate bloc'
  19. Less secrecy could help astronomy stop the bullying and harassment within its ranks
  20. Fixing an ailing Obamacare: four ways to address rising costs and less choice
  21. China's two-child policy isn't the answer to its ageing population problem
  22. Reinventing density: how baugruppen are pioneering the self-made city
  23. Will we soon be growing our own vegan leather at home?
  24. Trump’s immigration policy would push legal US workers down the occupational ladder
  25. Politics complicate blasphemy investigations in Indonesia and around the world
  26. Mindfulness in cancer treatment: time to stop and think
  27. Marrakech climate talks produced defiance towards Trump, but little else
  28. Australians more alarmed about state of politics than impact of migration and minorities, survey finds
  29. Higher property prices linked to income inequality: study
  30. How do you talk to kids about racism?
  31. Is the investment in private health insurance worthwhile?
  32. Mythbusting Ancient Rome – throwing Christians to the lions
  33. CSI trees: how forensic science is helping combat illegal logging
  34. Deal on whistleblowers wins first double-dissolution bill
  35. Nationals buck government line on Adler
  36. Dutton hits back at criticism of his attack on Fraser refugee policy
  37. Senate targets Kitching's 'untruthful' evidence to commission
  38. Brandis says Queensland Liberal National Party merger could be revisited
  39. Australia must catch up with Papua New Guinea on how we tax gas
  40. Creativity and resilience: how do war survivors make international justice work for them?
  41. Health Check: are cosmetics containing Vitamin A safe during pregnancy?
  42. Dutton's demonisation of refugees is the latest play in a zero-sum game
  43. The off-topic Conversation #112
  44. FactCheck Q A: how much was spent on the Cambodia refugee deal and how many were settled?
  45. Viewpoints: should Australian companies set executive pay to a US benchmark?
  46. Trump’s America: the irresponsible stakeholder?
  47. Trump's economic impact slower, smaller than predicted – but still bad: Deloitte
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