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New terror threat advisory system but no substantive change in the threat

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imageJustice Minister Michael Keenan, ASIO head Duncan Lewis and Attorney-General George Brandis announce a new national terrorism threat advisory system.Lukas Coch/AAP

The new five-level National Terrorism Threat Advisory System has come into operation, placing the current threat of an attack in Australia as “probable”.

But agencies stress...

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Frozen wages, insecure jobs, struggling youth, rising inequality, shrinking unions ... join the dots

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imagePeople finishing tertiary education can now expect to take 4.7 years on average to find full-time work.Reuters/Jose Manuel Ribeiro

If you’ve been following the news about the Australian economy, you could be forgiven for thinking the country is in dire straits. The latest ABS data paints a grim picture as wage growth in the private sector...

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The art and beauty of general relativity

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imageGeneral relativity isn't only a powerfully descriptive theory, but there's a beauty in its elegance.

One hundred years ago this month, an obscure German physicist named Albert Einstein presented to the Prussian Academy of Science his General Theory of Relativity. Nothing prior had prepared scientists for such a radical re-envisioning of the...

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  4. A refugee, like me: why the Golden Rule matters in an era of mass migration
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  7. Tackling hidden issues for older workers delivers wide-ranging returns
  8. Hitting Home: why separation is often the most dangerous time for a victim of domestic violence
  9. Massive road and rail projects could be Africa’s greatest environmental challenge
  10. Indonesia: fires threaten to send even modest climate ambitions up in smoke
  11. Imagine if technology could read and react to our emotions
  12. A plain-language guide to the UN climate talks
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  14. Martin Parkinson has last laugh over Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin
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  17. We've already had consultation on the effects test: more is just a political smoke screen
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