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Jim Chalmers on the need to change economic course

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

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers says it’s time to change Australia’s economic course “in a responsible and affordable way which doesn’t jeopardise the surplus”.

Chalmers predicts the budget outcome for last financial year, forecast to be a deficit at budget time, could possibly show a surplus, because of high iron ore...

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Reality slippages and narcissistic stereotyping

  • Written by: Emma Maguire, Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, James Cook University
Reality slippages and narcissistic stereotypingLucy spends much of her life living through her phone screen – what happens when we are let into this vantage point?Mia Forrest/ABC

Lucy (Charlotte Nicado) is a pink-haired millennial having a quarter-life crisis. Her school friends have drifted away, she has a useless law degree, and a depressing rotation of casual jobs has left her broke.

To...

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You can help track 4 billion bogong moths with your smartphone – and save pygmy possums from extinction

  • Written by: Sally Sherwen, Director Wildlife Conservation and Science, Zoos Victoria, University of Melbourne
You can help track 4 billion bogong moths with your smartphone – and save pygmy possums from extinctionHealesville Sanctuary, Werribee Open Range Zoo

Each year, from September to mid-October, the tiny and very precious mountain pygmy-possums arise from their months of hibernation under the snow and begin feasting on billions of bogong moths that migrate from Queensland to Victoria’s alpine region.

But for the past two springs, moth numbers have...

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  2. Climate change is the defining issue of our time – we're giving it the attention it deserves
  3. when communities must move because of climate change
  4. Australia to attend climate summit empty-handed despite UN pleas to ‘come with a plan'
  5. how supermarket pharmacies could change the way we shop
  6. Apple's iPhone 11 Pro wants to take your laptop's job (and price tag)
  7. As Scott Morrison heads to Washington, the US-Australia alliance is unlikely to change
  8. we need to teach kids activities they'll go on to enjoy
  9. Morrison's right hand man dispenses with niceties in lecturing big business
  10. New musical has enough warmth, witty lines and catchy tunes to win its own fangirls
  11. Polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic kidney disorder you've probably never heard of
  12. Michelle Grattan on Gladys Liu and the government's plan to drug-test welfare recipients
  13. Bupa's nursing home scandal is more evidence of a deep crisis in regulation
  14. Actually, it's okay to disagree. Here are 5 ways we can argue better
  15. Why declaring a national climate emergency would neither be realistic or effective
  16. Women may find it tougher to get an abortion if the religious discrimination bill becomes law
  17. why traditional Persian music should be known to the world
  18. Nuclear power should be allowed in Australia – but only with a carbon price
  19. All this overinflated talk about an index-fund bubble is very passive-aggressive
  20. Australia should try to keep more international students who are trained in our universities
  21. Breeding single-sex animal populations could help prevent disease and poverty
  22. If Auckland's plan to include Māori histories in city centre upgrade is genuine, it must act on inequalities
  23. Asking questions about Gladys Liu is not racist
  24. NZ children see more than 40 ads for unhealthy products each day. It's time to change marketing rules
  25. A new inquiry into Indigenous policy must address the root causes of failure
  26. In an age of Elsa/Spider-Man romantic mash ups, how to monitor YouTube's children's content?
  27. busting the myths around sexual fetishism
  28. Australia's top scientist Alan Finkel pushes to eradicate bad science
  29. This extinct kangaroo had a branch-crunching bite to rival today's giant pandas
  30. The Great Barrier Reef is in trouble. There are a whopping 45 reasons why
  31. How philosophy 101 could help break the deadlock over drug testing job seekers
  32. Marau Ta'aroa, the Sydney-schooled 'last Queen of Tahiti'
  33. Fancy an e-change? How people are escaping city congestion and living costs by working remotely
  34. Keen IT students can improve their marks when given a chance to learn from their mistakes
  35. Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia's biggest companies
  36. Liu defends herself after concerns about her Chinese associations
  37. Independent MP Helen Haines on using 'soft power'
  38. Brian Toohey's Secret warns against Australia being 'joined at the hip' with US
  39. The Joker’s origin story comes at a perfect moment: clowns define our times
  40. Why do astronomers believe in dark matter?
  41. Will a vegetarian diet increase your risk of stroke?
  42. Why Gladys Liu must answer to parliament about alleged links to the Chinese government
  43. Why Victoria’s new anti-vilification bill strikes the right balance in targeting online abuse
  44. Forensic science isn't 'reliable' or 'unreliable' – it depends on the questions you're trying to answer
  45. Australia's political lobbying regime is broken and needs urgent reform
  46. Another official Australian report has been doctored to gloss over rising inequality
  47. Trees can add $50,000 value to a Sydney house, so you might want to put down that chainsaw
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  49. regenerative farming can help grow food with less impact
  50. why companies should let their workers join the climate strike

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