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Who will win tonight's Stella Prize?
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The winner of the 2017 Stella Prize will be announced tonight. All six shortlisted books, writes Camilla Nelson, LINK engage both the brain and the heart. Two of the authors, Cory Taylor and Georgia Blain, have died of cancer since the publication of their work. Yet their books – alongside the other nominees – ‘fasten our attention on the means to live better’.
Also with only a few weeks to go till the federal budget, we’re unravelling how it all works in a series of Budget Explainers. Today Peter Whiteford unpacks the so-called blowout in social security and welfare spending.
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Suzy Freeman-Greene
Arts and Culture Editor
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Top story
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Shortlisted Stella authors, clockwise from top left: Cory Taylor, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Catherine de Saint Phalle, Heather Rose, Emily Maguire and Georgia Blain.
Stella Prize/The Conversation
Camilla Nelson, University of Notre Dame Australia
All six books nominated for the Stella Prize - to be announced tonight - engage the brain, and the heart. These are books that matter because they show us how to live in desperate times.
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Business + Economy
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Peter Whiteford, Australian National University
If you look at past budgets, the proposed cuts in social security programs are disproportionate to the amount the government spends.
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Jenni Henderson, The Conversation; Josh Nicholas, The Conversation
Data for 2014-15 from the Australian Taxation Office shows inequality is growing in a number of areas.
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James Giesecke, Victoria University; Jason Nassios, Victoria University
What critics of the plan to use superannuation for housing miss is that Australia’s super system already channels a significant proportion of retirement savings into housing.
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Politics + Society
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Karen Dunwoodie, Monash University; Alex Newman, Deakin University; Susan Webb, Monash University
Many refugees are unable to use the skills and knowledge they have brought with them and obtain work equal to their experience.
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James Keating, UNSW
The suffragists who gained women the right to vote offer a model of Australia’s role in the world that remains as important as ever.
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Gary D Bouma, Monash University
In recent years, Australians appear to have become both more willing to declare themselves religious, and more willing to say they have no religion.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
It's been an unfortunate few days for Scott Morrison.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
In a speech to the National Press Club on Thursday, Gareth Evans lambasted Donald Trump and called on Australia to become more self-reliant.
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Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University
To understand the complexities of the conflict in Syria and what might happen next, it helps to untangle the three layers of strife in the war-torn country.
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Environment + Energy
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Alfonso Martínez Arranz, Monash University
Carbon capture and storage gets a bad rap from its associations with 'clean coal'. But the technology could prove vital in cutting emissions from other industries like steel, cement and chemicals.
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Margaux Le Vaillant, CSIRO
The Noril’sk nickel deposits In Russia are unique: giant volcanic eruptions 250 million years ago released colossal amounts of nickel into the atmosphere, kickstarting the Great Dying.
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Ricky Spencer, Western Sydney University; Claudia Santori, University of Sydney; James Van Dyke, Western Sydney University; Michael B. Thompson, University of Sydney
Millions of dead carp will fill the Murray-Darling Basin after the government releases a targeted virus. Scavengers like turtles and crayfish might help – as long as we protect them.
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Ellen Moon, Southern Cross University
Adani's controversial Carmichael coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin has been granted an unlimited 60-year water licence. But a range of measures could help the industry use less freshwater.
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Health + Medicine
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Emma Beckett, University of Newcastle; Quan V Vuong, University of Newcastle
Tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world. Tea is personal; everyone has opinions about making the perfect cup. But what does science say about getting the most out of your brew?
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Carolyn Ee, University of Melbourne
The root of the black cohosh plant has a long history of use in Europe and became popular around the world after receiving German approval as a non-prescription drug for hot flushes in 2000.
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Nathan Grills, University of Melbourne; Nicole Butcher, University of Melbourne
Our Easter chocolate tradition is costing our waistlines, our health and our economy. So what can we do to wrestle back Easter from the chocolate industry?
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Richard Bentham, Flinders University
Should the public be worried about the recent outbreak of legionnaires' disease in Melbourne's CBD?
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Xavier Symons, University of Notre Dame Australia
People are right to be skeptical when it comes to many slippery slope arguments used by those against euthanasia. But some of them are valid and shouldn't be dismissed as 'bullshit'.
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Education
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Joshua Krook, University of Adelaide
While more people than ever are graduating from universities, some companies are abandoning degree requirements altogether.
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Science + Technology
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Peter Ellerton, The University of Queensland
When it comes to facts versus opinions, just remember that not all facts have been true, and not all opinions should be dismissed either.
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Cities
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Rae Dufty-Jones, Western Sydney University
It's not the first time Australia has grappled with concerns about affordable housing. History offers insights that can help inform contemporary debates and policies.
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Ralph Horne, RMIT University; David Adamson, The University of South Wales
Planning for the future of our cities can no longer ignore growing social, economic and environmental issues that are all exacerbated by wealth and income inequalities.
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Arts + Culture
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Paul Megna, University of Western Australia
Each year at Easter, Christians recreate the spectacularly violent end of Jesus's life, raising some tough questions about the depiction of suffering on stage.
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