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May 1, 2022The death of Kumanjayi Walker
On the shooting in Yuendumu and the trial of Northern Territory policeman Zachary Rolfe
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Society
May 1, 2022The death of Kumanjayi Walker
On the shooting in Yuendumu and the trial of Northern Territory policeman Zachary Rolfe
Society
December 1, 2020Hanging on the telephone
What happens when kids encounter a landline
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June 1, 2020The screens that ate school
What do we really know about the growing presence of Google, Apple, Microsoft and more in the education system?
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April 1, 2020Desert bloom: The Tennant Creek Brio
The brazen art movement born out of the troubled legacies of substance abuse and dispossession
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December 1, 2017The unflappable Finkel
Australia’s chief scientist talks energy alternatives and trying to elevate the narrative
Culture
October 1, 2017C’mon, we’re being fun
‘Get Krack!n’s Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney are not pussyfooting around
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June 15, 2017Scrambled politics
Climate change, ideology and the role of government
Society
December 1, 2015In danger
The strange life and tragic death of Julia the gorilla
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May 6, 2013Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport
‘Cops want to catch crooks, they don’t want to be social workers,’ he said. ‘I’m not saying they don’t care about the victims – it’s just that a lot of police aren’t equipped with the skills …
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May 3, 2012Drawn Faces
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Us and Them: On the Importance of Animals
It was around midnight when I got off the tram at the last stop in Melbourne’s north. As the doors locked behind me, two men, one bare-chested, ran across the street, traffic swerving, and stood in front of the tram, arms crossed. Their eyes were …
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September 1, 2011Booze territory
The crisis of alcoholism
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March 31, 2011Out of bounds
Sex and the AFL
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March 3, 2011Taste-making
Food technology and the manufacture of flavours
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October 1, 2010Blanche’s boy
“Until recently I’ve been pretty half-hearted about Welcome to Country,” Jack Charles confesses as he faces a room of social workers at a drug and alcohol rehab centre in Melbourne’s Fitzroy. A short Koori man with fuzzy white hair floating around …