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Barnaby Joyce challenges McCormack with pitch to make Nationals more assertive

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

The Nationals have exploded into a major crisis with Resources Minister Matt Canavan offering his resignation from the ministry on Monday to throw his support behind Barnaby Joyce’s bid to oust Michael McCormack from the leadership.

In a Monday night news conference Canavan told reporters the Nationals needed “a bulldog”, “a...

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why Ash Barty's success could lead to a boom in women's tennis in Australia

  • Written by: Stephanie Kovalchik, Senior Data Scientist, Victoria University
why Ash Barty's success could lead to a boom in women's tennis in AustraliaScott Barbour/AAP

Australian tennis fans were obviously disappointed when Ash Barty lost in the Australian Open semifinals to Sofia Kenin, the young American who went on to win her first Grand Slam title on Saturday. After the early exits of Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, Barty had been the oddsmakers’ favourite for the title.

In the race...

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How do I know if my child is developing normally?

  • Written by: Belinda Cuomo, Lecturer and PhD Candidate, Occupational Therapy, Curtin University
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It’s your three year old’s birthday and he’s having a party with his day care friends. You watch as the other three year olds ask for more cake and answer questions about what they’re wearing.

But your child doesn’t say much, and what he does say is difficult to understand. He also isn’t...

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grey seals clap underwater to communicate

  • Written by: David Hocking, Postdoctoral fellow, Monash University
grey seals clap underwater to communicateBen Burville, Author provided

Have you ever clapped your hands to get someone’s attention? The resulting “crack!” sound is hard to ignore, rising above and penetrating through any background noise.

grey seals clap underwater to communicate

Now imagine trying to do it underwater – you would be unlikely to achieve quite the same impact.

Amazingly, new footage released...

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  1. Ahead of his time, Beethoven still inspires
  2. Richard Di Natale quits Greens leadership, as Barnaby Joyce seeks a tilt at Michael McCormack
  3. US and EU laws show Australia's Right to Repair moment is well overdue
  4. Think superannuation comes from employers' pockets? It comes from yours
  5. How script supervisors keep film continuity - and coffee cups and cigarettes
  6. Housing crisis? What crisis? How politicians talk about housing and why it matters
  7. Bridget McKenzie falls – but for the lesser of her political sins
  8. why the McKenzie scandal might not count for a hill of beans
  9. Coronavirus fears can trigger anti-Chinese prejudice. Here's how schools can help
  10. how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?
  11. Disaster hits small business in many ways. We need a national strategy to help them adapt
  12. Yes, there's merit in quarantining people on Christmas Island to prevent the spread of coronavirus
  13. To address the ecological crisis, Aboriginal peoples must be restored as custodians of Country
  14. How hard is it to scramble Rubik’s Cube?
  15. With four days remaining, Sanders leads narrowly in Iowa, but Biden leads nationally
  16. Proposed Queensland laws silencing charities risk breaching the Constitution
  17. 'Futuring' can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You're a futurist too
  18. Heat kills. We need consistency in the way we measure these deaths
  19. Media 'impartiality' on climate change is ethically misguided and downright dangerous
  20. We have the vaccine for climate disinformation – let's use it
  21. How does bushfire smoke affect our health? 6 things you need to know
  22. Friday essay: Beethoven - an icon at risk of overexposure?
  23. we've observed a spinning star that drags the very fabric of space and time
  24. Want to send your child to a school outside your zone? This system could give you the choice
  25. As cities grow, the Internet of Things can help us get on top of the waste crisis
  26. how do voices come out of our mouths?
  27. The uncomfortable truth about super: there's no ‘one-size-fits-all’ contribution
  28. Coronavirus adds to Scott Morrison's many woes
  29. The 'sports rorts' affair shows the government misunderstands the role of the public service
  30. Will my child get coronavirus at school? Here's some perspective for Aussie parents
  31. How to listen to podcasts
  32. animal skin fashion, exports and ethical trade
  33. Don't believe the myths – taxing sugary drinks makes us drink less of it
  34. Two satellites just avoided a head-on smash. How close did they come to disaster?
  35. Trump's Middle East 'vision' is a disaster that will only make things worse
  36. The Australian government needs to step up its fight to free Kylie Moore-Gilbert from prison in Iran
  37. Kids learn best when you add a problem-solving boost to ‘back-to-basics’ instruction
  38. Plants safely store toxic mercury. Bushfires and climate change bring it back into our environment
  39. Building standards give us false hope. There's no such thing as a fireproof house
  40. How the term 'Anthropocene' jumped from geoscience to hashtags
  41. Bees learn better when they can explore. Humans might work the same way
  42. After 40 years of Australian-Chinese sister cities, how are they faring?
  43. Politicians not bureaucrats are the ones in touch, Morrison claims in sports affair
  44. Fear spreads easily. That's what gives the Wuhan coronavirus economic impact
  45. Comma again? Philip Pullman's Oxford comma rage doesn't go far enough
  46. Had constipation? Here are 4 things to help treat it
  47. Humans are good at thinking their way out of problems – but climate change is outfoxing us
  48. Scott Morrison's 'resilience' speech overshadowed as McKenzie crisis deepens
  49. The US presidential primaries are arcane, complex and unrepresentative. So why do Americans still vote this way?
  50. Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop Lab whitewashes traditional health therapies for profit

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