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has Australia's net debt doubled under the current government?

  • Written by: Mark Crosby, Associate Professor of Economics, Monash University
has Australia's net debt doubled under the current government?Shadow minister for finance Jim Chalmers, speaking on Q&A.ABC/Q&A

The Conversation fact-checks claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using the hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.


Excerpt from Q&A, July 30, 2018.

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The female dwarf, disability, and beauty

  • Written by: Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling
The female dwarf, disability, and beautyDetail from Little Big Woman: Condescension, Debra Keenahan, 2017.Designed and made by Debra Keenahan, Photograph by Robert Brindley., Author provided (No reuse), Author provided

For centuries, women with dwarfism were depicted in art as comic or grotesque fairytale beings. But artists are challenging these portrayals and notions of beauty and...

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Here's how many times you actually need to reuse your shopping bags

  • Written by: Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Here's how many times you actually need to reuse your shopping bagsJeremy Piehler/Flickr, CC BY-NC

The plastic bag ban by the major supermarkets (and Coles’ pivot away from its ban after backlash, then pivot back to the ban after a backlash to the backlash) has left plenty of people scratching their heads.


Read more: Why plastic bag bans triggered such a huge reaction


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Meet me at the bar! How uni students interact on a campus, and why chocolate can help

  • Written by: Petr Matous, Associate Dean (Indigenous Strategy and Services), University of Sydney
Meet me at the bar! How uni students interact on a campus, and why chocolate can helpStudents like to join a number of societies, but does that encourage them to mix between different cultures?Shutterstock/Ann Hodgson

A university is not only a place where people go to study. It’s also where people go to meet others, to forge new friendships and networks that can last a lifetime.

But our research, published online in...

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