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Turnbull is trussed up, unable to deliver either marriage plebiscite or parliamentary outcome

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Those same-sex couples who want to get married soon have fallen victim to a particularly intense and cynical political power struggle.

The push to accord a simple right to people who – for goodness sake – only seek to break into one of our society’s most traditional institutions has become a cause celebre for conservatives within...

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Labor maintains 52-48 lead in Newspoll

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

This week’s Newspoll, conducted Thursday to Sunday from a sample of 1620, gives Labor an unchanged 52-48 lead. Primary votes are 39% for the Coalition (up 1), 36% for Labor (down 1) and 10% for the Greens (steady). Normally the primary vote shifts would produce a 1 point two party gain for the Coalition, but last fortnight’s Newspoll...

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New South Wales overturns greyhound ban: a win for the industry, but a massive loss for the dogs

  • Written by: Clive Phillips, Professor of Animal Welfare, Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, The University of Queensland

The New South Wales government’s U-turn on its greyhound industry ban says as much about the weak calibre of some politicians holding high office as it does about their subjugation to the media, which has relentlessly pilloried Premier Mike Baird about the ban since it was first announced.

Facing declining popularity, Baird appears to have ca...

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Buyouts mean the future of Australian video-on-demand is hard to picture

  • Written by: Marc C-Scott, Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
imageThe hugely popular Game of Thrones could be a crucial drawcard for Foxtel Play's new viewers.AAP Image/Village Roadshow Production

The dust is showing no sign of settling on Australia’s video-on-demand (VoD) media landscape. The past week has seen two seismic shifts which will have a flow-on effect on almost anyone who watches...

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  1. Let's address the perfect storm of factors leading to obesity in disadvantaged children
  2. Hurricane Matthew is just the latest unnatural disaster to strike Haiti
  3. How we get sucked in by junk food specials in supermarkets
  4. Turnbull dodges on what happens after marriage plebiscite bill is defeated
  5. Australia's car industry ignored the elephant in the room: carbon emissions
  6. With the plebiscite set to be blocked, who will leave a legacy of marriage equality?
  7. Data surveillance is all around us, and it's going to change our behaviour
  8. Healthy guts are swarming with bugs, so what do they do?
  9. Gut feeling: how your microbiota affects your mood, sleep and stress levels
  10. Debate reveals Trump's dated, dangerous masculinity – and how he just doesn't get it
  11. Has social media really shifted the line between personal and private forever?
  12. Worried your emails might be spied on? Here's what you can do
  13. Canada lets the states lead on climate, should Australia do the same?
  14. The new UN deal on aviation emissions leaves much to be desired
  15. Turnbull's misgivings on renewables overlook economic and financial realities
  16. Joe Cinque's Consolation: violence, delusion and the question of guilt
  17. Bill Shorten steps up attack on Donald Trump
  18. Labor caucus set to kill marriage vote
  19. We need to pick up the pace on innovation, says secretary of prime minister's department
  20. The off-topic Conversation #109
  21. Viciousness reaches new lows in the second debate, but it is unlikely to change the race
  22. How retro storytelling can help boost imaginative capacity
  23. Paid domestic violence leave: how do other countries do it?
  24. Trump and Clinton clash in second presidential debate: experts respond
  25. FactCheck Q A: do eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses?
  26. Private equity isn't all bad: how PE funds help companies expand overseas
  27. Health Check: what is normal vaginal discharge and what's not?
  28. Clear skies ahead: how improving the language of aviation could save lives
  29. Social media abuse is a sign that the feminist project still far from finished
  30. Post-truth politics and the US election: why the narrative trumps the facts
  31. Why ‘baby talk’ is good for your baby
  32. Renters are being left out in the cold on energy savings: here's a solution
  33. Why do parents take such different approaches to their kids' education?
  34. Younger farmers more open to sharing the family farm with outside investors
  35. In praise of trigger warnings
  36. A future world full of driverless cars... seriously?!
  37. Government knocks out 478 courses from loans under VET crackdown
  38. Panel to assist in working up long-delayed changes for universities
  39. Morrison to rule on Hancock-Chinese bid for Kidman cattle empire
  40. Looking back at Italy 1992: the rise and fall of King Midas
  41. Centre court and 15-love: CAS reduces Sharapova ban
  42. Waiting for the revolution
  43. Donald Trump makes disparaging remarks about women – in other breaking news, water is wet
  44. The #TrumpTapes: Being (Very) Careful What You Wish For
  45. Climate change must be part of Australia's electricity system review
  46. Looking back at 1992: Italy’s horrible year
  47. The gendered nature of trolling
  48. Commodifying Banksy
  49. New VET Student Loans unlikely to weed out dodgy private providers
  50. What's in a name? How a democracy becomes an aristocracy

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