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Marriage 'inequality' is a threat to religious freedom – and it is probably unconstitutional

  • Written by: Luke Beck, Lecturer in Constitutional Law, Western Sydney University
imageA minister of religion is not obliged to solemnise any marriage.AAP/Alan Porritt

Despite the Greens and the Nick Xenophon Team promising to vote against it, a bill authorising a plebiscite on marriage equality will soon come before federal parliament. Whether a plebiscite happens or a parliamentary free vote takes place instead, the marriage...

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Coastal councils are already adapting to rising seas – we've built a website to help

  • Written by: Sarah Boulter, Research Fellow, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University
imageStorm damage and a high tide in Adelaide. Witness King Tides/Flickr

The wild storms that lashed eastern Australia earlier this year damaged property and eroded beaches, causing millions of dollars' worth of damage. As sea levels rise, the impact of storms will threaten more and more homes, businesses and services along the coastline.

CSIRO...

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Are things really as bad as the ABC Four Corners' Cyber War documentary makes out?

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageSpy Fileshttp://spyfiles.org

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Four Corners' Cyber Warprogram, aired tonight, highlighted the personal, commercial and national threats posed by hackers and a general preparedness on all things cyber security.

The program started by looking at hackers a this year’s DEF CON hacking conference and...

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The Australian government needs to be more open about the cyber threat from China

  • Written by: Greg Austin, Professor, Australian Centre for Cyber Security, UNSW Australia
imageChina may be undertaking more cyber attacks than the Australian government has admitted.Shutterstock

Tonight’s ABC Four Corners program revealed that China, as we all suspected, is seen by the Australian government as a repeat and serious attacker on the country’s security in cyber space.

The story is sensational for only one reason: the...

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  1. Full response from a spokesperson for Mitch Fifield
  2. FactCheck Q A: what has the Children’s eSafety Commissioner done in its first year to tackle cyberbullying?
  3. From execrable to memorable: Ben Lerner’s essay on the hatred of poetry
  4. Estimating the 'cost' of fuel tax credits is a tricky business
  5. Politics podcast: Bob Brown on Malcolm Turnbull and the same-sex marriage plebiscite
  6. Bob Brown supports marriage plebiscite as a last resort
  7. Kids are more susceptible to brain injury, and concussion has implications beyond what we thought
  8. From bonnets to fez to burkinis, clothing has long made us uneasy
  9. Australian communities are fighting food waste with circular economies
  10. Health Check: what can you eat to help ease 'morning' sickness in pregnancy?
  11. Face the facts: populism is here to stay
  12. The plug and play city: how shipping containers are changing infrastructure
  13. How to tell if your boss is a psychopath – and what to do about it
  14. Disunity is death? The demise of the CLP government in the Northern Territory
  15. It's not just the economy, stupid; it's whether the economy is fair
  16. Four common claims about education funding and quality that need explaining
  17. Here's looking at: Deep Breathing: Resuscitation for the Reef by Janet Laurence
  18. The winners and losers in the race for driverless cars
  19. How big a problem is ice use among Indigenous Australians?
  20. Why are professional development standards for new and returning federal MPs so inadequate?
  21. Ticked off: let’s stop our dogs and cats dying of tick paralysis this year
  22. Why Weiner is Wonderful
  23. Albanese warns Labor over clean energy supplement in omnibus bill
  24. The BBC's top 100 21st century films? Give me a break!
  25. (Real) football: the reds buy the Reds?
  26. Labor easily wins NT election
  27. Adrift in a sea of violence: Obama’s legacy, and the prospect of a Trump or Clinton presidency
  28. The Miles Franklin winner: a dark, sorrowful story with moments of light and tenderness
  29. Same-sex marriage plebiscite appears doomed
  30. Is your employer watching you? Online profiling blurs the boundary of our public and private lives
  31. Abbott steps into budget debate, saying reform is a precondition for tax cuts
  32. Young people with cancer should have affordable options to preserve their fertility
  33. Australia's stance on nuclear deterrence leaves it on the wrong side of history
  34. EcoCheck: Australia's vast, majestic northern savannas need more care
  35. Telegraph story on research funding does nothing to advance Australian journalism
  36. VET FEE-HELP reforms will merely paper over the cracks of a system prone to abuse
  37. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on budget savings
  38. Two million Aussies are experiencing high financial stress
  39. Earthquakes don't kill, our collapsing structures do. So how can we build them to stay up?
  40. Electronic baby simulators could increase, not decrease, teen pregnancy
  41. America is moving to end its use of private prisons – should Australia follow suit?
  42. Friday essay: From Bowie to Bieber – the under-appreciated art of the music video
  43. Interview: Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and inventor of the home computer
  44. Why males are more likely to die from conception to old age
  45. Australia needs to lead again on democratic innovation
  46. Feral animals are running amok on Australia's islands – here's how to stop them
  47. Vital Signs: Jackson Hole could deliver the monetary change Xenophon wants
  48. Di Natale takes Hanson-Young out of asylum seeker area
  49. Grattan on Friday: Shorten wants to play hardball but can he dodge the 'opportunist' tag?
  50. Politics podcast: Derryn Hinch on becoming a senator

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