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What was that about making Parliament House a better workplace for women?

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

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern – who flew into Sydney on Thursday night for a 24-hour visit – admits she’d struggle if she were operating in the Australian political environment.

In an interview with The Conversation, Ardern said that while politics in her country is very robust, “I have observed and thought, gosh...

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Why Barbra Streisand's cloned dogs aren't identical to the original pet

  • Written by: Russell Bonduriansky, Evolutionary Biologist, UNSW

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could bring back a deceased loved one? Such ideas used to be pure science fiction, but recent advances in biotechnology seem to have brought this possibility within reach (at least for the wealthy).

When American singer-actress Barbra Streisand lost her beloved dog Sammie last year, she decided to have her...

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McCormack puts Chester back on frontbench in cautious changes

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

Victorian Nationals MP Darren Chester, controversially dropped from cabinet by Barnaby Joyce, has been restored to the ministry in a minimalist reshuffle by new party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack.

Chester takes McCormack’s old posts of veterans’ affairs and defence personnel. He also replaces McCormack as deputy...

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The personal is now commercial – beauty, fashion and feminism

  • Written by: Kath Kenny, Doctoral candidate, Macquarie University
The personal is now commercial – beauty, fashion and feminismEva Blue/Flickr, Southern Cross Austereo, CC BY-SA

Second wave feminists protested against women’s magazines and beauty pageants. Today, however, beauty and fashion editors such as Elaine Welteroth (recently of Teen Vogue) are some of the most high profile voices of a resurgent feminist movement.

On my most Pollyannaish days, I want to cheer...

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  1. Trust Me I'm An Expert: The science of pain
  2. Woolies is just one of many gambling companies using spying and other techniques to lure gamblers
  3. What is listeria and how does it spread in rockmelons?
  4. Patricia Cornelius’ In The Club packs a punch
  5. Jacinda Ardern on her political life
  6. Minimum price on alcohol in the NT will likely reduce harm
  7. Close case set to present a legal headache for the AFL
  8. AI can now create fake porn, making revenge porn even more complicated
  9. Yo-yo dieting doesn't necessarily make you heavier in the long run
  10. The VR film Carriberrie is a vital face-to-face experience of threatened Indigenous culture
  11. Growth pains and gridlock come to Hobart, and building more roads is not the best way out
  12. Federal government's foreign donations bill is flawed and needs to be redrafted
  13. Why we put money into bizarre cryptocurrencies like ponzicoin and cryptokitties
  14. How philanthropy could change higher education funding
  15. Signal detected from the first stars in the universe, with a hint that dark matter was involved
  16. do women in Tasmania have access to safe abortions?
  17. Mould levels seen at Nauru detention centre are enough to cause serious health problems
  18. a 24-hour lesson in the gendered performance of intimacy
  19. freezing university funding is out of step with the views of most Australians
  20. How art merges with maths to explore continuity, change and exotic states
  21. More money may be pouring into women’s sport, but there's still a dearth of female coaches
  22. Four ideas for reforming higher education policy-making
  23. Why do people get the hiccups and how do you get rid of them?
  24. The Nationals have changed their leader but kept the same climate story
  25. Here's what happens to aid projects when the money dries up and the spotlight fades
  26. Five biases create problems with share bikes – here's what we can do to counter them
  27. Women in rural workplaces struggle against the 'boys club' that leads to harassment
  28. NBN faces irrelevance in cities as competitors build faster, cheaper alternatives
  29. A critical guide to the Oscar Best Pic nominees – and why Call Me By Your Name is the standout
  30. Border Force chief Roman Quaedvlieg's future decided 'in weeks': Porter
  31. Why New Zealand should not explore for more natural gas reserves
  32. Bringing pleasure into the discussion about sexting among teens
  33. Why do people intentionally injure themselves?
  34. The Conversation articles engage readers and have practical uses in the real world
  35. the sun sets on British imperial credibility
  36. Smart electricity meters are here, but more is needed to make them useful to customers
  37. the facts on shark bites and shark numbers
  38. Bugs and allergies in pregnancy linked to child developmental disorders, like autism and ADHD
  39. How universities can make graduates employable with connections to industry
  40. From the space-race to filial tensions, The Far Side of the Moon explores reconcilation
  41. What Australia can learn from Fiji in reducing the working poor
  42. How a three-decade remaking of the city revived the buzz of 'Marvellous Melbourne'
  43. Why blockchain challenges conventional thinking about intellectual property
  44. McCormack has tough task to match Barnaby Joyce's 2016 electoral gold standard
  45. Peter Dutton on balancing interests in home affairs
  46. phenibut – the Russian anti-anxiety drug linked to Gold Coast teens' overdoses
  47. An education research institute won't take politics out of the classroom
  48. Strong sense of cultural identity drives boom in Māori business
  49. Australia's Winter Olympics results suggest we might need a new measure of success
  50. Liberals likely to win Tasmanian election, while federal Labor's poll lead widens

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