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Bill Shorten steps up attack on Donald Trump

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

Denouncing Donald Trump has become a bipartisan activity in federal politics. On Tuesday, Bill Shorten is set to declare the Republican candidate “entirely unsuitable to be leader of the free world”.

After last week’s release of the 2005 video in which Trump talked in lewd and graphic terms about his pursuit of women, Malcolm...

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Labor caucus set to kill marriage vote

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

The government late Monday night released its draft legislation for implementing a successful same-sex marriage plebiscite – the day before Labor is set to torpedo the February 11 popular vote.

The exposure draft, immediately attacked by the opposition, would exempt civil celebrants as well as ministers of religion from having to conduct...

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We need to pick up the pace on innovation, says secretary of prime minister's department

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

Australia needs to speed up the spread of ideas across the economy in its quest for higher living standards, the secretary of the prime minister’s department, Martin Parkinson, has said.

Addressing the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on Monday, Parkinson said innovation – the creation and application of ideas...

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The off-topic Conversation #109

  • Written by: Cory Zanoni, Community Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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  2. How retro storytelling can help boost imaginative capacity
  3. Paid domestic violence leave: how do other countries do it?
  4. Trump and Clinton clash in second presidential debate: experts respond
  5. FactCheck Q A: do eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses?
  6. Private equity isn't all bad: how PE funds help companies expand overseas
  7. Health Check: what is normal vaginal discharge and what's not?
  8. Clear skies ahead: how improving the language of aviation could save lives
  9. Social media abuse is a sign that the feminist project still far from finished
  10. Post-truth politics and the US election: why the narrative trumps the facts
  11. Why ‘baby talk’ is good for your baby
  12. Renters are being left out in the cold on energy savings: here's a solution
  13. Why do parents take such different approaches to their kids' education?
  14. Younger farmers more open to sharing the family farm with outside investors
  15. In praise of trigger warnings
  16. A future world full of driverless cars... seriously?!
  17. Government knocks out 478 courses from loans under VET crackdown
  18. Panel to assist in working up long-delayed changes for universities
  19. Morrison to rule on Hancock-Chinese bid for Kidman cattle empire
  20. Looking back at Italy 1992: the rise and fall of King Midas
  21. Centre court and 15-love: CAS reduces Sharapova ban
  22. Waiting for the revolution
  23. Donald Trump makes disparaging remarks about women – in other breaking news, water is wet
  24. The #TrumpTapes: Being (Very) Careful What You Wish For
  25. Climate change must be part of Australia's electricity system review
  26. Looking back at 1992: Italy’s horrible year
  27. The gendered nature of trolling
  28. Commodifying Banksy
  29. New VET Student Loans unlikely to weed out dodgy private providers
  30. What's in a name? How a democracy becomes an aristocracy
  31. Do the governance experts at the World Bank have a governance problem?
  32. Hacked by your fridge: the Internet of Things could spark a new wave of cyber attacks
  33. Protecting migrant workers requires a rethink on employer freedoms
  34. Explainer: what causes knock knees and do they have to be treated?
  35. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on George Brandis' solicitor-general drama
  36. Vital Signs: mixed signals from the global economy
  37. What would another review of child support achieve? We know the problems, and how to fix them
  38. No offence, mate, but ...
  39. The US used foreign investment to develop a new car industry, a lesson Australia hasn't learned
  40. 'Don't feed the trolls' really is good advice – here's the evidence
  41. We don't know why South Australia's wind farms stopped working, so hold off on the blame game
  42. Friday essay: the sound of fear
  43. #She4SG: how did we end up with another man as UN secretary-general?
  44. 'It's all about me, me, me!' Why children are spending less time doing household chores
  45. Seven things to eat or avoid to lower your blood pressure
  46. Grattan on Friday: Little but grief ahead for George Brandis in battle with Solicitor-General
  47. Once upon a time... how the Rosetta mission won our hearts
  48. Ford workers willing but unlikely to find decent jobs: study
  49. Eager homebuyers still falling victim to shadowy rent-to-buy deals
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