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Same-sex marriage plebiscite appears doomed

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageRichard Di Natale said the best way of ensuring marriage equality was through a parliamentary vote.AAP/Mal Fairclough

The government’s plebiscite on same-sex marriage is unlikely to get off the ground, with the Greens announcing they will vote against its establishment.

Their stand follows Opposition Leader Bill Shorten this week hardening his...

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Is your employer watching you? Online profiling blurs the boundary of our public and private lives

  • Written by: Peter O'Connor, Senior Lecturer, Business and Management, Queensland University of Technology

A new study reveals employers are using online information about job applicants without their knowledge, to inform hiring decisions. Approximately 55% of organisations now have a policy about this type of practice, called profiling.

However, despite its increased use, most employees are not comfortable with being profiled. Over 60% believe they...

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Abbott steps into budget debate, saying reform is a precondition for tax cuts

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageTony Abbott has set out what amounted to a series of benchmarks for the Turnbull government.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Tony Abbott has exhorted the government to stand up for reform and avoid new spending that does not promote growth, in a rallying speech aimed at the Liberal base.

“Reformers can’t lose heart – even though a government with a...

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Young people with cancer should have affordable options to preserve their fertility

  • Written by: Antoinette Anazodo, Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW Australia
imageOne in ten cancer patients can expect to face fertility issues after their treatment.from shutterstock.com

Due to significant advances in diagnosis and treatment, many Australians with cancer can expect to survive and lead a normal life. For those of reproductive age this includes the chance to have their own family in the future. But fertility can...

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  2. EcoCheck: Australia's vast, majestic northern savannas need more care
  3. Telegraph story on research funding does nothing to advance Australian journalism
  4. VET FEE-HELP reforms will merely paper over the cracks of a system prone to abuse
  5. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on budget savings
  6. Two million Aussies are experiencing high financial stress
  7. Earthquakes don't kill, our collapsing structures do. So how can we build them to stay up?
  8. Electronic baby simulators could increase, not decrease, teen pregnancy
  9. America is moving to end its use of private prisons – should Australia follow suit?
  10. Friday essay: From Bowie to Bieber – the under-appreciated art of the music video
  11. Interview: Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and inventor of the home computer
  12. Why males are more likely to die from conception to old age
  13. Australia needs to lead again on democratic innovation
  14. Feral animals are running amok on Australia's islands – here's how to stop them
  15. Vital Signs: Jackson Hole could deliver the monetary change Xenophon wants
  16. Di Natale takes Hanson-Young out of asylum seeker area
  17. Grattan on Friday: Shorten wants to play hardball but can he dodge the 'opportunist' tag?
  18. Politics podcast: Derryn Hinch on becoming a senator
  19. Oil, gas and marine parks really can coexist in our oceans – here's how
  20. Scott Morrison has correctly diagnosed the problem, but needs to be flexible about solutions
  21. Touching, ferocious and poetic, the Miles Franklin shortlist is worthy of your attention
  22. How to manage weight issues with your teenager when you're not meant to talk about weight
  23. Turnbull steps in as promised, but don't expect a swift end to firefighter dispute
  24. Watch your language, Scott Morrison
  25. What you see is not always what you get: how virtual reality can manipulate our minds
  26. Why 100 years without slum housing in Australia is coming to an end
  27. A world with inequality everywhere is a moral and economic threat
  28. Why is sexual harassment in the AFP systemic? And can the culture be changed?
  29. Full response from SGS Economics and Planning
  30. FactCheck: does the average Australian family spend up to $22,000 every year on transport?
  31. Why obesity is not a 'left versus right' issue
  32. Australia should look overseas for ideas to increase its number of women MPs
  33. The Industrial Revolution kick-started global warming much earlier than we realised
  34. Sustainable housing's expensive, right? Not when you look at the whole equation
  35. 154 Australian scientists demand climate policy that matches the science
  36. An open letter to the Prime Minister on the climate crisis, from 154 scientists
  37. Explainer: arthrogryposis – the congenital disorder linked to Zika
  38. Rio 2016 was just the latest round in the long-running doping arms race
  39. Why STEM subjects and fashion design go hand in hand
  40. Despite China free trade agreement Australian beef producers are missing out
  41. A super test for Australia's political system
  42. Say hello to the Earth's nearest exoplanet neighbour: Proxima Centauri b
  43. Italy's deadly earthquake is the latest in a history of destruction
  44. Taxi driver compensation for Uber is unfair and poorly implemented
  45. Shorten offers deal on super while hardening stand on plebiscite
  46. Culture, free speech and celebrating Mao downunder
  47. Weekly Dose: flibanserin, the drug that gives women one extra sexually satisfying experience every two months
  48. Is that porn your child is watching online? How do you know?
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