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Explainer: what happens now to the bills that triggered the double-dissolution election?

  • Written by: Yee-Fui Ng, Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
imageJoint sittings of federal parliament are rare, usually only taking place for addresses by foreign leaders.AAP/Alan Porritt

Australia has just had a double-dissolution election. The election was called after two industrial relations bills twice failed to pass the Senate. This triggered the deadlock provisions in the Constitution.

Section 57 of the...

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How to keep more women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

  • Written by: Merryn McKinnon, Lecturer, Australian National University
imageWomen need more role models in senior positions to help keep them in STEM careers.Shutterstock/HOMONSTOCK

There have been myriad promises made by the major political parties over the years focused on funding programs aimed at increasing the number of women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Although some of...

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Many Australians pay too much for health care – here's what the government needs to do

  • Written by: Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
imageAustralians contribute almost a fifth of all health care spending through fees.Cre8tive Images/Shutterstock

A federal election is an opportunity to take stock of how Australia is doing, where it’s going, and what governments can do about it. This series, written by program directors at the Grattan Institute, explores the challenges that...

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Unhealthy sport sponsorship continues to target kids

  • Written by: Kathy Chapman, PhD candidate in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Sydney
imageNew research has found eight out of nine food and beverage sponsors of kids sport are bad for you. Flickr/#sung-min, CC BY-SA

In the final month of the countdown to the Olympic Games, our sports stars are probably not eating and drinking the Games sponsors’ foods. Again, as in previous Olympics, the Olympic Games sponsors are Coca-Cola,...

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More Articles …

  1. Harder, faster, louder: challenging sexism in the music industry
  2. Cold and calculating: what the two different types of ice do to sea levels
  3. South China Sea: China waives the rules
  4. Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce injured by sheep
  5. AIDS epidemic no longer a public health issue, but HIV still is
  6. New dwarf planet in the outer solar system
  7. Explainer: how the paperless property market works
  8. A snapshot of the challenges facing the new Turnbull government
  9. Some places should be off limits for games such as Pokémon GO
  10. Here's looking at: Dibirdibi Country – Topway by Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori
  11. The off-topic Conversation #101
  12. Just how representative are the houses of parliament of how Australians vote?
  13. India soon to have have largest tertiary-age population in the world
  14. Coalition's lost ground on women MPs shows we need to tackle new gender biases
  15. Turnbull's economic plan will divide both the Senate and business lobby groups
  16. The policy agenda: what the government should do now
  17. Time to learn the many lessons from a long campaign
  18. What the government should do now: economic growth
  19. Why do some galaxies stop making new stars?
  20. Health funding: something else for Turnbull to worry about
  21. Greyhound ban shows need for joined-up thinking across all animal industries
  22. Explainer: the terror behind Keep Calm And Carry On
  23. Nationals' ministerial claims complicate Turnbull's reshuffle
  24. The Pokémon GO craze sees gamers hit the streets but it comes with a warning
  25. Reading three great southern lands: from the outback to the pampa and the karoo
  26. Health Check: which fruits are healthier, and in what form?
  27. It’s a fallacy that all Australians have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene
  28. If it needs it, Australia can draw on significant experience of minority government
  29. Three reasons free trade has become a political football
  30. Explainer: who are the independents and minor parties in the lower house?
  31. Beating heart of the Crab Nebula
  32. Greening cities makes for safer neighbourhoods
  33. Coalition scrapes through but Turnbull needs to alter course
  34. Labor has cause for hope – and some concern – in this election loss
  35. Perfect storm of events could trigger the next financial crisis
  36. How to keep more girls in IT at schools if we're to close the gender gap
  37. Understanding the NDIS: the challenges disability service providers face in a market-based system
  38. Australian GPs are offered guidelines not relevant to their patients, and they often ignore them
  39. How a single word sparked a four-year saga of climate fact-checking and blog backlash
  40. More parents are choosing to home school their children – why?
  41. Turnbull should not be spooked by Liberal conservatives
  42. Election 2016: what will a re-elected Coalition government mean for key policy areas?
  43. State of the states: what were the issues and seats that mattered in Australia's state and territories?
  44. Remind me again, what did the Coalition promise during the election campaign?
  45. Turnbull celebrates victory after Shorten concedes defeat
  46. Coalition very likely to win majority after taking lead in 76 seats
  47. Politics podcast: Wayne Swan on Labor's next moves
  48. What other industries can learn from the failures of greyhound racing
  49. Patchwork, ironic, serious and kitsch: the best of the Archibald finalists
  50. The drugs made me do it: can prescription side-effects be an excuse for crime?

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