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History of Russian populism provides important lessons for today

  • Written by: John Keane, Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
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‘When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the People’s Stick.’

Mikhail Bakunin, Statism and Anarchy (1873)

Populism is in the air: it’s the topic of the moment, the subject everybody wants to discuss, to dispute, to praise, or to loathe and condemn. Journalists and...

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Spectacular cost blowouts show need to keep governments honest on transport

  • Written by: Marion Terrill, Transport Program Director, Grattan Institute

Last week Fairfax Media revealed that the Parramatta Light Rail, a vital part of the New South Wales government’s plan to cement Parramatta as Sydney’s second central business district, is set to cost not A$1 billion as budgeted, but a whopping A$3.5 billion. People could be forgiven for thinking that such cost blowouts are rare. But...

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Does CCTV footage help or hinder the reduction of violence against women?

  • Written by: Caitlin Overington, PhD Candidate in Criminology, University of Melbourne
imageCCTV footage is often seen to be decisive – an authoritative and objective witness that can tell us 'what really happened'.AAP/Joe Castro

Earlier this month, Moazzam Tariq was found guilty of sexual assault against a woman after a night out in Ontario, Canada. In sentencing, the judge mentioned extensive surveillance video footage that showed...

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Buggered if I know where I am: the stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names

  • Written by: Joshua Nash, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England
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Why is it that despite how much and how often we use toponyms (place names) linguists, geographers, cartographers, and historians know so little about how they actually work?

Why is it that place names are less prone to change than other aspects of language like accents and pronunciations? And how is it that...

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  2. What we know about perineal tearing, and how to reduce it during childbirth
  3. How to boost the business of science for the benefit of us all
  4. Morrison targets state planning regulations as problem for housing affordability
  5. Turnbull beats Abbott with promise of party reform but what can he deliver?
  6. Is someone really trying to find out if they can destroy the internet?
  7. Review: Sonic Sea at the Environmental Film Festival
  8. Australia is at risk of losing migrants who are vital to the health of our economy
  9. Bubbles of nothing are not something. Let's not get too excited about non-deceptive placebo use
  10. Teenagers with low reading levels don't find it any harder to get work
  11. DIY pill testing – is it better than nothing?
  12. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the political gun debate
  13. Race, gender and the future of the Republican Party
  14. Australia has a history of courting the Chinese gambler
  15. Housing: the hidden health intervention
  16. How social media is helping Australian journalists uncover stories hidden in plain sight
  17. Are wind farms messing up the electricity market?
  18. Gable Tostee case: how common is death by falling?
  19. Clinton triumphs over a trio of Trumps
  20. Meet Savannasaurus, Australia's newest titanosaur
  21. Trump's claims of a conspiracy against him are undermining democracy
  22. Collapse of Australian car manufacturing will harm R D in other sectors: study
  23. Yes, you heard right: more cane toads really can help us fight cane toads
  24. Chew on this: we finally know how our jaws evolved
  25. Friday essay: why literary celebrity is a double-edged sword
  26. September brought the world's record-breaking hot streak to an end - but don't chill out
  27. Corporate climate risk is all about turning a profit, not fixing the problem
  28. Is the red wine compound resveratrol a miracle drug for infertility and ageing?
  29. Grattan on Friday: A 'game-changer' gun changes Turnbull-Abbott game
  30. Trump claims the election is rigged – is it?
  31. Turnbull and Abbott in conflict over deal on sunset clause
  32. Business Briefing: rate tracker mortgages
  33. In 887, Robert Lepage has built a memory palace out of theatre
  34. Cracked it! A 30-year cold case involving an egg and the mysterious Night Parrot
  35. Getting tense (about tense in fiction)
  36. Poo transplants and probiotics – does anything work to improve the health of our gut?
  37. It's complicated: Australia's relationship with eating meat
  38. Clinton and Trump meet in final presidential debate: experts respond
  39. Protection, not public shaming, is the way forward for child offenders
  40. Explainer: what is carpal tunnel syndrome and what happens if I get it?
  41. Big Tobacco sees its future in cigarettes, not vaping
  42. Design in the 'hybrid city': DIY meets platform urbanism in Dhaka's informal settlements
  43. Under the Milky Way: what a new map reveals about our galaxy
  44. The secret life of echidnas reveals a world-class digger vital to our ecosystems
  45. Where the action really is: control of the Senate, and the Supreme Court
  46. Respectful relationships education isn't about activating a gender war
  47. Algorithms might be everywhere, but like us, they're deeply flawed
  48. Western Australia's economic future remains uncertain after the mining boom: study
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