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Congratulations Natasha Bieniek, but the Wynne Prize is deeply flawed

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imageThe 2015 Wynne Prize winner is Natasha Bieniek, with Biophilia, oil on dibond.© Natasha Bieniek. Photography courtesy of © AGNSW, Diana Panuccio.

Today, Natasha Bieniek won the 2015 AU$50,000 Wynne Prize for her work, Biophilia (main image). This is happy news, considering the prize has been hounded by a history of gender inequality. Her...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Bishop's helicopter flight

  • Written by: The Conversation

University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including the adversarial behaviour of politicians on policies, the effect of the 24-hour news cycle, the parliament having only three terms and Bronwyn Bishop’s taxpayer-funded helicopter flight.

The authors do not work for, consult, own...

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'El Chapo' jailbreak is both a Mexican and an American story

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imageThe extensive preparations for Joaquín Guzmán Loera’s escape from the maximum-security Altiplano prison took place within sight of its watchtowers.AAP/Newzulu/Irving Cabrera Torres

Imagine a mighty drug lord confined in the toughest maximum-security prison. One night he escapes through a hole in the shower. This hole leads to a...

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  1. Poor old Europe
  2. The people problem in government
  3. Grattan on Friday: Our system is being consumed by the politics of demolition
  4. Reclaiming Australia? Liberalism's role in Islamophobia
  5. The latest turn in the twisty history of Labor's climate policies
  6. Bioenergy: making money, and clean energy
  7. Finding Pluto: the hunt for Planet X
  8. Genocide isn't history – it's part of the long-term human experience
  9. Australia's banking four pillars wobbly on sustainability record
  10. Northern Territory syphilis outbreak is about medical neglect, not child abuse
  11. Now is the time to decide: what kind of BBC do you want?
  12. What the Iran nuclear deal means for American business
  13. Tim Farron wins Liberal Democrat leadership contest
  14. Broadband won't make businesses more productive if they lack software savvy
  15. Technolog: Netflix and Fitbit are market leaders but is it all a House of Cards?
  16. If charities are to deliver more health and social services they'll need to become better organisations
  17. Greek parliament passes debt agreement, but European democracy is on its knees
  18. No smoke without fire – the link between smoking and mental health
  19. Cricket's Indian Premier League is in trouble, but popularity will see it through
  20. Discovering a new dinosaur helped us prove Velociraptors had feathers
  21. Amazon is 20 years old – and far from bad news for publishers
  22. Why it's time to give up on the idea of an Iraqi nation
  23. Radiation in the postwar American mind: from wonder to worry
  24. How Fox News and Donald Trump are impacting the GOP
  25. Who is to teach ethics to the university?
  26. The ACA is here to stay, but that doesn't mean the fight for health care reform is over
  27. How to help young people with autism stay on in education after school
  28. The Australian’s campaign against wind farms continues but the research doesn't stack up
  29. Rise in 'sugar babies' mirrors increase in student sex work
  30. Scrapping zero-carbon homes is senseless policy vandalism
  31. Tackling the trolls: how New Zealand raised the bar with its new laws
  32. Fears for offender rehabilitation as Britain embraces US-style probation
  33. What might Pluto sound like? Our musical love affair with the cosmos
  34. Bishop pays back more than $5000 for Geelong helicopter trip
  35. Human trafficking in South Africa: an elusive statistical nightmare
  36. What it takes to teach a large class – and do it well
  37. Unpacking the secrets of South Africa's dolerite sills
  38. Common drugs can affect our minds and morals – but should we be worried about it?
  39. Losing bees will sting more than just our taste for honey
  40. Piketty’s Capital should force a rethink on animals as property
  41. Caring about Climate Change: Global Citizens and Moral Decision Making.
  42. Money trumps fear in reactions to West's nuclear accord with Iran
  43. Plate tectonics may have driven the evolution of life on Earth
  44. Australia hit its Kyoto target, but it was more a three-inch putt than a hole in one
  45. 'Securitisation' presents challenges for migrant settlement and integration
  46. In focus: New Horizons' crisp images shed new light on the origins of Pluto and its moons
  47. Australia should prepare for lower beef export quotas: the view from Indonesia
  48. New Horizons brings Pluto's mysterious moons into sharper focus
  49. Historic close-ups of Pluto and its moon Charon present puzzle for scientists
  50. FactCheck: has Australia met its climate goals, while other nations make 'airy-fairy promises'?

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