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What young adult fiction looked like in 2015

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThis year saw many notable books, looking at a diverse range of experiences. Richard Leeming

Discussion on diversity in young adult (YA) fiction is not difficult to come by. Over the last couple of years, awareness of the need for greater representations of characters and lives in the literature produced for young people has increased.

In Battling...

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2015, the year that was: Education

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe year's nearly ended, but we're still not sure how to best fund our universities.from www.shutterstock.com

2013 was the year of Gonski; 2014 the year of higher education reform; 2015 has been the year of … hmmm … wait, what actually happened this year? Just a lot of chat really, with much debate, but little action on reforming...

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Six things you should not have missed in 2015: Business + Economy

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageIt went woozy in the middle but it ended ok.AAP/Lukas Coch

It’s been another busy year and who has time to keep track of everything? So here are five things a business and economy reader should not - and in fact, could not - have missed this year.

1) Joe Hockey

“The starting point for a first home buyer is to get a good job that pays...

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2015, the year that was: Health + Medicine

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageA snapshot of 2015: health reviews, Health Check series, thalidomide series, Medicare versus private health insurance. AAP; Shutterstock; Julian Smith/; Dave Hunt/AAP

This was the year of the health review – on mental health care, the response to ice, Medicare, private health insurance, the pharmacy industry … and the list goes on.

But...

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  2. You _can_ thaw and refreeze meat: five food safety myths busted
  3. Scientists on their favourite science fiction
  4. What music sounded like in 2015
  5. 2015, the year that was: Politics + Society
  6. 2015, the year that was: Environment + Energy
  7. How to keep kids reading over the Christmas break
  8. What lies beneath: the bugs lurking in your swimming pool
  9. Mistletoe: the kiss of life for healthy forests
  10. Space in 2015 was out of this world
  11. Th’is a reason to be jolly (even, yes, for philosophers)
  12. How to unwrap Christmas and Santa for the little atheists in your life
  13. Non-human Democracy: putting inspirations, lessons and analogies to work
  14. The best places to see Australian birds this summer
  15. Should I throw away food once a fly has landed on it?
  16. Cities as Democratic Laboratories: the case of Seoul
  17. In 2015, chasing illegal downloaders backfired. Netflix and VPN were the winners
  18. A Rare Christmas Full Moon, and other Astronomical Treats of the Festive Season
  19. Christmas Already? ‘Tis The Season to Think About Time
  20. Five ways to reduce your eco-footprint this Christmas
  21. Should I lie to my child about Santa?
  22. Summer reading guide from The Conversation's economists
  23. Non-human Democracy: in the Anthropocene, it cannot be all about us
  24. Diversify the toy box: Christmas gifts for children with disabilities
  25. The call that might save your life this Christmas – and how Lifeline saved mine
  26. Schnapps, whipping and sacks: how Christmas traditions evolved around the world
  27. Thou hadst better avoid getting teary – and King Leary – this Christmas
  28. Spare a thought for our furry friends this Christmas
  29. Got a hangover? Here's what's happening in your body
  30. Non-human Democracy: our political vocabulary has no room for animals
  31. How do robots 'see' the world?
  32. What's happening to us when we get drunk?
  33. 2015, the year that was: Science + Technology
  34. FactCheck Year in Review: sorting fact from fiction in 2015
  35. 10 great books that all children should read
  36. In their own words: letters from ANZACs during the Gallipoli evacuation
  37. Was the housing boom in Sydney and Melbourne driven by foreign buyers?
  38. Athletes of influence? The role model refrain in sport
  39. We've got a climate goal of 1.5 degrees – so how do we get there?
  40. So now we know which companies did not pay tax; time to target aggressive avoidance
  41. Australia's plain packaging win over Philip Morris should take the heat off ISDS
  42. Is virgin birth possible? Yes (unless you are a mammal)
  43. Western democracy's new maxim: surveillance and soft despotism
  44. Star Wars: these could be the droids we're looking for in real life
  45. Compulsory psych treatment in the home is ineffective, costly and violates human rights
  46. National spotlight on cities must not leave local input in the shade
  47. The Conversation's super summer quiz
  48. Grattan on Friday: Malcolm Turnbull tells others to take risks but will he follow his own advice?
  49. Turnbull aims to retain ‘closest friend’ tag in first Japan visit
  50. New mothers making time for themselves reduces chance of postnatal depression

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