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Jacquie Lambie has a plan to bring the full force of the law against ministers who go straight from the Parliament into lobbying.

Jacqui Lambie's plan to fix the lobbying lark in Canberra
For the first time, ministers who jump from cabinet into lobbying won't just be breaking the rules — they'll be breaking the law and liable for financial penalties up to $63,000.
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Here it comes with all its mighty force. The HSC. Finally. After a painstaking 12 months of drudgery and high anxiety levels. But does it have to be this way?

HSC is robbing parents and students of something valuable
The year before offspring transition into the big wide world should be a year of happiness. But it's not.
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Even after such carnage, Americans still love their guns.

As a longtime gun owner, I wonder what to say about the carnage of Las Vegas
What do I, a long-time gun owner, say now? The deadly barrage unleashed from above at one of America's favourite playgrounds has taken more than 50 lives. More may die, as some of the 500 injured succumb to grave wounds.
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Peter FitzSimons on the original playboy.

Hefner: Everlastingly true to himself
Back in 1996, when TFF was at the Opening Ceremony of the Atlanta Olympic Games, the speculation was intense as to just who would have the honour of lighting the Olympic flame.
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The vexing questions the postal survey could have asked to make our lives so much easier.

Should Christmas-light shaming be outlawed? Questions survey should have asked
Asking just one, solitary question could hardly be described as delivering bang for our postal-survey buck.
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Week 2 of Jess Irvine's Secret Diary of a First-Home Buyer - are homeowners happier?

Diary of a first-home buyer, Week 2: Will buying a home really make me happy?
Will I feel a warm rush of neighbourliness or will I simply find myself forced to live next to a chain-smoking, loud-music-playing nosy parker?
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Americans are experimenting with asking teens to go to school later.

Peter Martin: If you want your children to sleep, get them to school later
Letting kids stay up at night and start school later could be worth billions.
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The same-sex marriage postal vote has torn us apart.

Neighbourly love lost in same-sex marriage debate as social experiment galvanises bullies
It says something about the fractious nature of the current debate over same-sex marriage that we can almost look back fondly to the good old days of the Coopers marriage video.
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Don't panic that robots are going to take your job - Australia has a great record of dealing with economic disruption.

How to ensure Australia thrives when the robots come
In this moment between techno-rapture and techno-panic, it would be a real achievement to get some techno-sense.
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In Sydney, becoming a priority precinct is not a good thing: priority means death.

The catastrophe of Sydney's priority precincts
There is huge public angst about this but almost no public debate.
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"My transition away from the 'sport and politics don't mix' school came soon after we began our South African tour of 1969. I was a second rower with the touring Wallabies side."

Why the NRL is right and sports and politics should mix
Athletes are individuals whose obligation to themselves and to their communities do not stop at the turnstiles or because they have signed professional sports contracts.
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Will you take the knee?

Why Australian athletes won't #TakeTheKnee
The few Australian athletes who have attempted to take on social justice causes have been unmercifully taken down and destroyed by their own sport and/or the wider community.
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Any other suggestions?

Six steps to deciding how to vote on same-sex marriage
This is a guide for anyone who's undecided on how to make a decision that reflects your values.
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Ang San Suu Kyi's stance towards the human rights abuses in Rakhine State is not so surprising if you know what lies beneath Myanmar's welcoming image.

Don't believe the travel brochures: Myanmar is deeply racist and bigoted
Casual racism and religious bigotry is commonplace even in urban hubs such as Yangon.
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A personal journey from skepticism about marriage to wanting to tie the knot.

How I have gone from being done with marriage to wanting same-sex marriage
After six weeks in hospital, my parents gave my partner a thank you present to acknowledge her support. "But I don't need to be thanked, I love her," she wanted to say. They are in their 70s, conservatively Christian. "Don't rock the boat," I said, "they mean well." And they do.
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The life Michael Kirby might have had

The ambition my brother abandoned because he was gay: why a 'yes' vote matters
At the end of his 20s, Michael determined that the price for his ambition was too high. He abandoned any thought of politics.
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