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In the aftermath of the Wentworth byelection, the Coalition government has suffered another set-back in the polls.
Efforts by governments to redirect population growth to regional Australia have never worked. Even if such policies could be made to work, they probably wouldn’t be worth the costs.
There are lots of places where it’s much, much hotter than the Sun. And the amazing thing is that this heat also makes new atoms - tiny particles that have made their way long ago from stars to us.
Despite intermittent calls to remove them, state governments provide important checks on federal power, and a number of difficult, vital services for the communities they serve.
Ahead of two state elections, the Grattan Institute Orange Book examines the state of each state and how each can do things better. The good news is that if each copied the best in each field they would do very well indeed.
Only a minority of products in Australia actually have mandatory standards applied to them. There is a misconception that product standards can prevent all injuries.
Geometric icebergs can form around Antarctica, although such a perfect rectangle is unusual.
Car sharing is an important component of any transition towards a more sustainable transport system, but the practice has had some teething issues in Australia.
The earliest surviving example of man-to-wolf transformation is found in The Epic of Gilgamesh, from around 2,100 BC. But the werewolf as we now know it first appeared in ancient Greece and Rome.
The map will help uncover real experiences of gender inequality in public places, from sports facilities to public transport, community services and infrastructure, to simply walking down the street.
Projects submitted to the Australian Research Council are vetted heavily by panels of experts. Minister Birmingham’s decision undermines this process.
Marine sponges are ancient organisms that have survived mass extinctions. Many are more tolerant of climate change and may dominate over corals in future reef systems.
Spinifex grass is a (slightly ugly) Aussie battler that keeps on giving.
Michelle Grattan speaks about the week in politics with Nick Klomp.
A report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows we’re eating less junk food than before, but still far too much.
Camel beauty pageants are multi-million-dollar events on the Arabian Peninsula.
We read about and watch other people moving to the coast or country and, in doing so, sometimes we’re persuaded to join the seachangers and treechangers ourselves.
Doctors have long acknowledged heart attacks are more likely to occur in cold weather. But now a major study has confirmed it.
The participants who chose more organically grown foods over 4.5 years had slightly lower rates of cancer. But it doesn’t necessarily mean one thing caused the other.
Being outside helps kids learn. Here are some ways to get them to spend more time in nature.
The early suffragists would be rolling in their graves to know that women joining the ranks of parliamentarians barely changed their male colleagues’ outlook and demeanour at all.
New research shows shallow, near-land seas similar to Bass Strait were critical in the early days of fish evolution. These are the waters we need to protect now to ensure ongoing biodiversity.
Former prime minister Paul Keating wants to divert an extra 2-3% of our salaries to ‘longevity insurance’. It’s what the pension was meant to be for.
We should ignore out-of-date and failed theories and test what full employment really means in 2018.