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‘Slow Burn’: Trump, Nixon and the art of the podcast

Slate Plus’s podcast on Watergate urges patience on its audience
Matthew Clayfield
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Aussie Rules 2018 in names only

A fundamental analysis of this year’s player lists
Hugh Robertson
Comment

Taking stock of #MeToo

How do we make sense of such a complex movement?
Kate Holden
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Nick Kyrgios: talent to burn

Five short pieces about one of tennis’s most misunderstood players
Richard Cooke
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Held to account

Why is the cost of banking in remote communities so high?
Russell Marks
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Patient simulation

Some actors intentionally suffer for their art
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The unflappable Finkel
Australia’s chief scientist talks energy alternatives and trying to elevate the narrative
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What is killing off the kelp forests along Australia’s coast?
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Tasmanian salmon, from farm to court
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Meet Australia’s creatures of the deep
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Media

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The fabulous tale of Nelly Yoa
The Sudanese community leader and sports star’s improbable rise
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Spheres of influence
Social media is blurring the line between opinion and advertising
Helen Sullivan
Names have been suppressed
Attempts to encourage censorship and deliberate amnesia seldom work
Mungo MacCallum
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Killing our media
The impact of Facebook and the tech giants
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Health

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What the hell was I afraid of?
Dissecting the complex power structures we all inhabit
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Please, go on
When you’re a doctor, nothing is ever Too Much Information
Karen Hitchcock
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Some days
Some days, nothing comes easy
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A bad case of the flu
Notes from the flu-season frontline
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Economics

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Sensible economics made simple – a Richard Denniss book extract
Richard Denniss
Title fight. Image of Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest
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Title fight
The people of the Pilbara take on Australia’s great philanthropist
Paul Cleary
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Grandfathering the Australian dream
House prices, insecure work and growing debts … Who can afford a stake in today’s society?
Richard Denniss
The shorter working week can work
It’s time to take the four-day work week seriously
Emma Dawson


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History

Alexis Wright’s ‘Tracker’. Image of Tracker Tilmouth
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Alexis Wright’s ‘Tracker’
A raw account of Aboriginal politics through the stories of ‘Tracker’ Tilmouth
Frank Bongiorno
This Time
Australia’s republican past and future: a Benjamin T. Jones book extract
Benjamin T. Jones
Once upon a time in the West. Image of Pope John Paul II in Gabon, 1982
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Once upon a time in the West
Conservatives pine for the days of unapologetic cultural supremacism. Do they really know what they’re getting themselves into?
Richard Cooke
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Tablet or toilet?
How transformative has the computer age really been?
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Science & Technology

Virtual reality: from Giotto to VRporn. Image of VR Zone Shinjuku, Japan
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Virtual reality: from Giotto to VRporn
The unexpected history of a radical technology
Margaret Wertheim
The robot race. Image of a robot waiter
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The robot race
What does automation mean for the future of jobs?
Andrew Charlton and Jim Chalmers
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Don’t believe the hype
Adam Greenfield’s ‘Radical Technologies’ is an essential guide to the tech revolution
Scott Ludlam
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Deep space mined
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex keeps an eye on the stars
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Education

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Screen time, all the time
Do smart devices in classrooms help kids learn?
Russell Marks
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The school-shopping list
Private, public, state, selective … the trials of choosing a high school
Fran Cusworth
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Child’s play
The Melbourne Museum’s new gallery takes small children seriously
Zoë Morrison
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Rhodes dollars
The Rhodes Scholarship is slowly embracing diversity
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World

Fallen angels. © Dave Tacon
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Fallen angels
The children left behind by Australian sex tourists in the Philippines
Margaret Simons
The Insult. Statue of a kouros in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
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The Insult
An incurious encounter takes flight
Peter Robb
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The work of catfish
Reflections on Japan
Lian Hearn
The foundering miracle. Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan addresses the nation about the worsening situation at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, 25 March 2011
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The foundering miracle
Reflections on Japan
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Food

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A near-impossible sell
Sprout farmer Bruce Adams has created one of Australia’s more unlikely oversized highway attractions
Patrick Witton
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The next big thin
Dissecting dietary fads and habits
Karen Hitchcock
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Masaaki’s sushi
Join the queue for Tasmania’s most sought-after Japanese
Josephine Rowe
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The dining boom
Australia’s food and wine industry is the next big thing in China
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Travel

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On the road to Gundagai
An unexpected stop prompts the question: Just what is the deal with the Dog on the Tuckerbox?
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Lessons from camels
A ten-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.
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The stopover
The prospect of 12 hours in Singapore airport gives rise to an existential crisis
Robert Skinner
The perfect cup of coffee
On an island in Nicaragua, a rocky incline stands between Steve Hely and the Holy Grail of caffeine
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Family & Relationships

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One baker’s verdict on the marriage survey result
Helen Sullivan
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Sanctuary without secrecy: a new women’s refuge
A new approach to making those experiencing family violence feel safe
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Screen-free day
C’mon, kids. It’ll be fun …
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Home truths
Ah Gong and Ah Mah move into a culturally diverse aged-care facility
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Law & Order

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When the politics got personal
Gillian Triggs’ culture shock
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Police, don’t move!. Image of Timothy Baker
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Police, don’t move!
Former police officer Timothy Baker goes on trial for murder
Catherine Ford
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Canberra needs a watchdog
Who is keeping an eye on our federal politicians?
Richard Denniss
Debt. Recovery.. Illustration
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Debt. Recovery.
A parliamentary committee’s report on the Centrelink robo-debt debacle makes for damning reading
Alex McKinnon


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Indigenous Australia

Betrayal. Image of Noel Pearson
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Betrayal
The Turnbull government has burned the bridge of bipartisanship
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Rejection of the Uluru statement reveals the real Turnbull
The arguments against an Indigenous voice to parliament simply don’t stack up
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On a mission. Illustration
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On a mission
Reviving a century of Indigenous music through the Mission Songs Project
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Lucky Luke
The Darwin poet whose muse is a dialysis machine
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National Security

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Looking for moles
The third volume in ASIO’s official history confirms infiltration by Soviet intelligence
David McKnight
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China flexes
The dispute over the South China Sea will come to affect more than just China’s near neighbours
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Spies like Oz
John Blaxland’s ‘The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO 1963–1975’
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Oil and water
Australia blurs the lines with Timor-Leste
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Gender

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The snip
It’s a simple procedure, but having a vasectomy can raise questions of masculinity and equality
Ceridwen Dovey
A cleansing fire. Image of Jessa Crispin
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A cleansing fire
Jessa Crispin’s ‘Why I Am Not a Feminist’ demands a dismantling of mainstream feminism … and the system itself
Stephanie Bishop
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Business as usual?
The confused case for corporate gender equality
Cordelia Fine
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The science question and feminism
STEM is the future, and women need to be part of it
Margaret Wertheim


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Sport

Marathon man
John Coates’ 27-year AOC tenure must end before real change can take place
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AFL 2017 in names only
The only player analysis you’ll need this footy season
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Desirable elements
Simon Oxenham has designed some of the world’s greatest skateparks
Jenan Taylor
8972 fans. Illustration
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8972 fans
The Newtown Jets rugby league team has a loyal – and increasingly urbane – suburban following
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