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Australia's stance on nuclear deterrence leaves it on the wrong side of history

  • Written by: Dimity Hawkins, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology
imageFor Australia, the US election should provide an opportunity to rethink defence relationships, especially as they relate to nuclear weapons. Issei Kato/Reuters, CC BY-NC

There has been much hand-wringing at the thought of Donald Trump becoming US president. If, by some miracle, Trump succeeds in November, he will have his hand on the nuclear...

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EcoCheck: Australia's vast, majestic northern savannas need more care

  • Written by: Euan Ritchie, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University

Our EcoCheck series takes the pulse of some of Australia’s most important ecosystems to find out if they’re in good health or on the wane.

Australia’s Top End, Kimberley and Cape York Peninsula evoke images of vast, awe-inspiring and ancient landscapes. Whether on the hunt for a prized barramundi, admiring some of the oldest rock...

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Telegraph story on research funding does nothing to advance Australian journalism

  • Written by: Ben Eltham, Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University
imageResearch in the humanities has come under attack from the Daily Telegraph in recent days.shutterstock

The Daily Telegraph breached its own code of conduct in its coverage of the Australian Research Council (ARC) this week.

On Monday, the News Corp Australia tabloid splashed with a story by Natasha Bita entitled:

Taxpayer dollars wasted on...

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VET FEE-HELP reforms will merely paper over the cracks of a system prone to abuse

  • Written by: Peter Noonan, Mitchell Professorial Fellow, Victoria University
imageWill proposed reforms to VET FEE-HELP tackle abuse by private providers?AAP/Dan Himbrechts

Education Minister Simon Birmingham has foreshadowed further major changes to the troubled VET FEE-HELP loan scheme to rein in costs and tackle widespread abuse by unscrupulous providers.

But will these changes fix the problem? Or will they merely paper over...

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  2. Two million Aussies are experiencing high financial stress
  3. Earthquakes don't kill, our collapsing structures do. So how can we build them to stay up?
  4. Electronic baby simulators could increase, not decrease, teen pregnancy
  5. America is moving to end its use of private prisons – should Australia follow suit?
  6. Friday essay: From Bowie to Bieber – the under-appreciated art of the music video
  7. Interview: Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and inventor of the home computer
  8. Why males are more likely to die from conception to old age
  9. Australia needs to lead again on democratic innovation
  10. Feral animals are running amok on Australia's islands – here's how to stop them
  11. Vital Signs: Jackson Hole could deliver the monetary change Xenophon wants
  12. Di Natale takes Hanson-Young out of asylum seeker area
  13. Grattan on Friday: Shorten wants to play hardball but can he dodge the 'opportunist' tag?
  14. Politics podcast: Derryn Hinch on becoming a senator
  15. Oil, gas and marine parks really can coexist in our oceans – here's how
  16. Scott Morrison has correctly diagnosed the problem, but needs to be flexible about solutions
  17. Touching, ferocious and poetic, the Miles Franklin shortlist is worthy of your attention
  18. How to manage weight issues with your teenager when you're not meant to talk about weight
  19. Turnbull steps in as promised, but don't expect a swift end to firefighter dispute
  20. Watch your language, Scott Morrison
  21. What you see is not always what you get: how virtual reality can manipulate our minds
  22. Why 100 years without slum housing in Australia is coming to an end
  23. A world with inequality everywhere is a moral and economic threat
  24. Why is sexual harassment in the AFP systemic? And can the culture be changed?
  25. Full response from SGS Economics and Planning
  26. FactCheck: does the average Australian family spend up to $22,000 every year on transport?
  27. Why obesity is not a 'left versus right' issue
  28. Australia should look overseas for ideas to increase its number of women MPs
  29. The Industrial Revolution kick-started global warming much earlier than we realised
  30. Sustainable housing's expensive, right? Not when you look at the whole equation
  31. 154 Australian scientists demand climate policy that matches the science
  32. An open letter to the Prime Minister on the climate crisis, from 154 scientists
  33. Explainer: arthrogryposis – the congenital disorder linked to Zika
  34. Rio 2016 was just the latest round in the long-running doping arms race
  35. Why STEM subjects and fashion design go hand in hand
  36. Despite China free trade agreement Australian beef producers are missing out
  37. A super test for Australia's political system
  38. Say hello to the Earth's nearest exoplanet neighbour: Proxima Centauri b
  39. Italy's deadly earthquake is the latest in a history of destruction
  40. Taxi driver compensation for Uber is unfair and poorly implemented
  41. Shorten offers deal on super while hardening stand on plebiscite
  42. Culture, free speech and celebrating Mao downunder
  43. Weekly Dose: flibanserin, the drug that gives women one extra sexually satisfying experience every two months
  44. Is that porn your child is watching online? How do you know?
  45. Long before Trump rolled in the deep, music and politics were entwined
  46. Clinton clearly ahead of Trump in US Presidential contest
  47. The price of victory: Caster Semenya again on trial
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