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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the family law inquiry

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

University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Leigh Sullivan discusses Scott Morrison’s new family law inquiry with Michelle Grattan. They also speak of the developments in the Tamil family from Biloela’s case, and the UN barring Australia from speaking at the upcoming climate change summit.

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why don't we have electric aircraft?

  • Written by: Dries Verstraete, Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Design and Propulsion, University of Sydney
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Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.

If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz

Electric cars, trains, trams and boats already exist. That logically leads to...

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how ancient virtues can guide our responses to the climate crisis

  • Written by: Roger Crisp, Professorial Fellow, Dianoia Institute of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
how ancient virtues can guide our responses to the climate crisisWhat would Socrates say about coal mining? Or recycling? www.shutterstock.com

As world chiefs and youth leaders gather in New York at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, many of us as individuals are feeling powerless and overwhelmed. Making big personal changes can appear costly in terms of happiness. And anyway, why should I bother when...

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  1. It's safest to avoid e-cigarettes altogether – unless vaping is helping you quit smoking
  2. What is the charge of concealment of birth and why is it still happening in Australia?
  3. We want to learn about climate change from weather presenters, not politicians
  4. on the ending of a friendship
  5. Ignoring young people's climate change fears is a recipe for anxiety
  6. Another stolen generation looms unless Indigenous women fleeing violence can find safe housing
  7. Why do men have nipples?
  8. putting government money where policy needs to go
  9. We don't need another inquiry into family law – we need action
  10. NBN's new price plans are too little, too late
  11. The big budget question is why the surplus wasn't big
  12. It's Newstart pay rise day. You're in line for 24 cents, which is peanuts
  13. Your brain has 'landmarks' that drive neural traffic and help you make hard decisions
  14. Morrison government solid on industrial relations reform but bootlicks One Nation on family law
  15. How rising temperatures affect our health
  16. How the Biloela Tamil family deportation case highlights the failures of our refugee system
  17. Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-hand
  18. investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé
  19. inquiry underway to determine any wrongdoing by New Zealand troops in Afghanistan
  20. the evolution of Goth subculture in sub-tropical Brisbane
  21. There's a good reason we're moderating climate change deniers: uninformed comments undermine expertise
  22. it's almost all about housing
  23. For routine breast screening, you may not need a 3D mammogram
  24. two reef scientists share their climate grief
  25. Iran wants to create chaos in the Middle East. But conflict with the US remains a limited, if worrying, possibility
  26. NZ was first to grant women the vote in 1893, but then took 26 years to let them stand for parliament
  27. 3 keys to getting the policy mix right
  28. Cable ties probably won't stop magpie attacks – here are a few things to try instead
  29. Ever wondered what our curriculum teaches kids about climate change? The answer is 'not much'
  30. Why would anyone shiver their timbers? Here’s how pirate words arrr preserving old language
  31. family loss and sorry business that invokes laughter and tears
  32. Now the senators are taking on John Setka
  33. How do you know if your child has hay fever and how should you treat it?
  34. How big is the International Space Station?
  35. sporting statues can enshrine players and also capture pivotal cultural moments
  36. Why attending a climate strike can change minds (most importantly your own)
  37. why we won't be heading into an ice age any time soon
  38. our anxiety over China's influence is hurting Chinese-Australians
  39. the nations leading and failing on climate action
  40. Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote count
  41. Could managers BE any more authentic? 3 ways you can improve your leadership skills by watching Friends
  42. Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants. There's only so much a class action can do
  43. How other countries get parents to vaccinate their kids (and what Australia can learn)
  44. PayID data breaches show Australia's banks need to be more vigilant to hacking
  45. Albanese defends social activism by businesses
  46. Why our response to climate change needs to be a just and careful revolution that limits pushback
  47. If you want to cut bullying in schools, look at the 'invisible violence' in our society
  48. Superblocks are transforming Barcelona. They might work in Australian cities too
  49. Robo-debt class action could deliver justice for tens of thousands of Australians instead of mere hundreds
  50. Media polarisation dangerous for democracy and for science: Sinodinos

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