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Katter waves Section 44 stick in a 'notice North Queensland' moment

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

On the day independent Kerryn Phelps was officially declared the winner in Wentworth, a shot was fired across Scott Morrison’s bows to remind him of the challenge of managing a now-hung parliament.

It came not from Phelps but from a longstanding crossbencher, the maverick Bob Katter, who holds the north Queensland seat of Kennedy.

Katter is a...

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How to beat exam stress

  • Written by: Michaela Pascoe, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Exercise and Mental Health, Victoria University
How to beat exam stressYoga, meditation and breathing exercises can help students manage exam anxiety.www.shutterstock.com

Young people around Australia are currently undergoing end of secondary school exams, which can be a very stressful time. Nearly half (47%) of Australian students report they feel very tense when they study, and 67% report feeling very anxious even...

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New Caledonia votes to stay with France this time, but independence supporters take heart

  • Written by: Denise Fisher, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
New Caledonia votes to stay with France this time, but independence supporters take heartVoting is not compulsory in New Caledonia, but nonetheless 80.63% turned out to vote in the independence referendum.Shutterstock

The November 4 referendum in New Caledonia was a breathtaking example of democracy in action, with new consequences for the French territory, France and our region.

The vote had been long-deferred, long-awaited and for...

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Sutra brings a state of grace to the stage

  • Written by: William Peterson, Senior Lecturer in Drama, Flinders University
Sutra brings a state of grace to the stageThe performers in Sutra, which saw its Australian premiere at the OzAsia Festival. OzAsia Festival

Review: Sutra, OzAsia Festival.


Sixteen boxes, open on one side and lined up on stage, start flipping toward the audience – the heart-stopping, thunderous crashing of giant wooden boxes larger than a coffin. A dancer pulls a Shaolin monk from one...

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  6. Why do people grow to certain sizes?
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  8. The US midterm elections are being billed as a referendum on Trump, but it's not that simple
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  10. The great movie scenes: The Matrix and bullet-time
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  13. how the pension and super could leave you behind
  14. Stringybark is tough as boots (and gave us the word 'Eucalyptus')
  15. How our red blood cells keep evolving to fight malaria
  16. The Uncomformity festival embraces the power and peculiarity of Tasmania's wild west
  17. Michelle Grattan on Turnbull and Morrison, Shorten's bank idea, and children off Nauru
  18. There's a reason your child wants to read the same book over and over again
  19. How Eurasia's Tianshan mountains set a stage that changed the world
  20. As she prepares to leave politics, Germany's Angela Merkel has left her mark at home and abroad
  21. Anne Summers' new memoir and the bitter struggle over memory narratives of feminism
  22. Australia has eliminated rubella – but that doesn't mean it can't come back
  23. how speculative fiction gained literary respectability
  24. Five projects that are harnessing big data for good
  25. Making developments green doesn’t help with inequality
  26. States and territories have improved integrity measures, but Commonwealth lags far behind
  27. New Caledonia's independence referendum, and how it could impact the region
  28. Seagrass, protector of shipwrecks and buried treasure
  29. Now Malcolm Turnbull is the sniper at the window
  30. What does the future newsroom look like?
  31. Anne Summers on #MeToo and women in politics
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  35. how using everyday items for play benefits kids
  36. To tackle inequality, we must start in the labour market
  37. What are ‘decodable readers’ and do they work?
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  39. Why are unions so unhappy? An economic explanation of the Change the Rules campaign
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  41. Cricket Australia's culture problem is it still doesn't think fans are stakeholders in the game
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