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Ken Wyatt juggles identity and politics

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

As an Indigenous man in a senior government role, Ken Wyatt is ambitious but pragmatic, as he struggles to bridge the gap between Indigenous expectations and political realities.

Wyatt, minister for Indigenous Australians, aspires to deliver constitutional recognition of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in this term, though...

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Boris Johnson sends UK voters to the polls, hoping for the 'right' kind of Brexit. But it just might backfire

  • Written by: Simon Tormey, Professor of Politics, University of Sydney

And so the UK will head to an election on December 12 to try to resolve the spectacular mess that is Brexit. It’s an outcome many of us had been predicting for some time.


Read more: UK general election is on: how it happened and what to expect now


The only surprise is that it came about as it did. Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

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3 in 4 people with a mental illness develop symptoms before age 25. We need a stronger focus on prevention

  • Written by: Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, University of Melbourne
3 in 4 people with a mental illness develop symptoms before age 25. We need a stronger focus on preventionAbout 75% of adult mental health disorders emerge by the time a person turns 25.From shutterstock.com

The Productivity Commission has revealed 3.9 million of us are living with mental illness, and it’s costing the country an estimated A$500 million per day.

The Commission, which the government tasked with looking at the impact of mental...

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Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let's not put them in charge of the real thing

  • Written by: Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, Data61
Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let's not put them in charge of the real thingDeepMind's artificial intelligence-powered AlphaStar (green) repels an attack in the virtual world of StarCraft II.DeepMind

Artificial intelligence developer DeepMind has just announced its latest milestone: a bot called AlphaStar that plays the popular real-time strategy game StarCraft II at Grandmaster level.

This isn’t the first time a bot...

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  1. The science of drought is complex but the message on climate change is clear
  2. In Japan, supernatural beliefs connect the spiritual realm with the earthly objects around us
  3. are military dogs war heroes or just tools? It's time the law protected our furry troops
  4. how new tourism opportunities can empower the traditional owners of Uluru
  5. Don't just blame YouTube’s algorithms for ‘radicalisation’. Humans also play a part
  6. how the ghosts we believe in reflect our changing fears
  7. Hell, no! Halloween is not 'satanic' – it's an important way to think about death
  8. Behind those headlines. Why not to rely on claims robots threaten half our jobs
  9. Planning a baby? A fertility app won't necessarily tell you the best time to try
  10. Choosing a school for your kid? Here's how other Australian parents do it
  11. We made a database to help boost fire safety in our buildings
  12. Ken Wyatt's proposed 'voice to government' marks another failure to hear Indigenous voices
  13. Why water quality should have been an issue when NZ government joined with farm sector to curb emissions
  14. Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn in Melbourne: get your tickets today
  15. The lowdown on Lina Wertmüller
  16. Labor's reset on climate and jobs is a political mirage
  17. Sydney lockout laws review highlights vital role of transparent data analysis
  18. static growth, but more original productions
  19. Having a baby at a birth centre is as safe as hospital but results in less intervention
  20. Some animals pause their own pregnancies, but how they do it is still a mystery
  21. Proposed indigenous 'voice' will be to government rather than to parliament
  22. here are 7 ways our nature laws must be fixed
  23. As the 9-to-5 work day disappears, our lives are growing more out of sync
  24. 5 charts on what a Newstart recipient really looks like
  25. letting kids explore real-world scenarios will keep them in maths class
  26. Ross Gittins on the government's 'surplus obsession'
  27. The ACCC is suing Google over tracking users. Here's why it matters
  28. Does eating dairy foods increase your risk of prostate cancer?
  29. Labor looks to boost protections for workers in insecure jobs: Albanese
  30. Why a sense of kinship is key to caring about the living world
  31. Telstra's new high-tech payphones are meeting resistance from councils, but why?
  32. why Australian advertising is stuck in a sexist past
  33. Screen Australia celebrates its work in gender equality but things are far from equal
  34. Most native bird species are losing their homes, even the ones you see every day
  35. Working conditions in aged care homes are awful, largely because the work is done by women
  36. why everyone alive today can call northern Botswana home
  37. The destruction of Sydney's cultural spaces is creating a city of ghosts
  38. Miscarriages affect 1 in 6 pregnancies. We need better investigations and treatments
  39. birds in cooler climates lay darker eggs to keep their embryos warm
  40. Low carbon economy can spur Australian "manufacturing boom": Albanese
  41. Baghdadi's death is a huge blow to Islamic State, but history suggests it won't guarantee a safer world
  42. Victorian police have 'shoot to kill' powers when cars are used as weapons: here's why this matters
  43. Whales and dolphins found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the first time
  44. The family court does need reform, but not the way Pauline Hanson thinks
  45. what the best boy does on a film set
  46. report shows illegal practices against students with disabilities in Australian schools
  47. The hidden traffic impacts of private schooling
  48. On the trust divide in politics
  49. For Indigenous women, the #MeToo movement is a deeper fight against racism, power and oppression
  50. Beds in car parks don't solve Australia's rough sleeping problem

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