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The Conversation

The Conversation

Is our electoral system truly democratic? How Australia stacks up on 4 key measures

In Australia, we choose our political representatives and governments through a democratic electoral system.

For first homebuyers, it’s Labor’s Help to Buy versus the Coalition’s New Home Guarantee. Which is better?

Each side is offering something for first homebuyers this election, but the nature of the support is quite different.

Pill testing really does reduce the risk of harm for drug users

Days out from the event, festival goers for Canberra’s Groovin the Moo festival were told the event would no longer be offering a free drug checking service

A new $2 coin features the introduced honeybee. Is this really the species we should celebrate?

The Royal Australian Mint has released a $2 collectors’ coin to celebrate 200 years since the introduction of the European honeybee.

Two-up, Gallipoli and the ‘fair go’: the Anzac myth

Two-up is an Australian gambling game in which two coins are placed on a small piece of wood called a “kip” and tossed into the air.

Few restrictions, no spending limit, and almost no oversight: welcome to political advertising in Australia

So the federal election is on. Billboards are suddenly plastered with party slogans, campaign ads are all around us, and our social media feeds are flaring up with political spin.

‘I simply haven’t got it in me to do it again’: imagining a new heart for flood-stricken Lismore

The flood crisis in northern New South Wales has left lives shattered. Those worst affected are dazed and struggling to comprehend the loss of life, homes, livelihoods and possessions.

How scammers like Anna Delvey and the Tinder Swindler exploit a core feature of human nature

The subject of a new Netflix series, “Inventing Anna,” Sorokin, who told people her name was Anna Delvey, conned over $250,000 out of people.

What’s an LRAD? Explaining the ‘sonic weapons’ police use for crowd control and communication

At vaccine mandate protests in Canberra last week, police used powerful loud-hailing devices called Long-Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs) to address protesters.

View from The Hill: Morrison a ‘psycho’ – now who would have said that?

Categorical denials have followed the report Scott Morrison was described as a “psycho” over text to then NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian

Free rapid antigen tests makes economic sense for governments, our analysis shows

We’ve developed a model that estimates how cost-effective a policy of government-funded rapid antigen tests for all Australians would be.
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