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Editor's note
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With the High Court throwing out the challenge to the government’s postal survey on same-sex marriage, the vote will go ahead and we’ll know the result by November 15.
But as Timothy Jones writes, the fact that marriage reform is happening this slowly in Australia is neither new nor unusual - it is a pattern that has been repeated many times in the western world.
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Marriage reform of any kind has been historically slow to take hold.
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Timothy W. Jones, La Trobe University
Changes to marriage around the world have, historically, met with strident opposition, so it's no surprise that same-sex marriage in Australia has had its own tough road to hoe.
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Environment + Energy
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Frank Jotzo, Australian National University; Zeba Anjum, Australian National University
Government payments to keep Australia's oldest coal plant running amounts to a carbon subsidy. It's worth looking at the financial – and carbon –
cost.
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Arts + Culture
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Camilla Nelson, University of Notre Dame Australia
The history of the library is replete with mechanical marvels. More than collections of books, libraries are social, cultural and technological institutions that house the very idea of a society.
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Lisa French, RMIT University
Rhonda Senbergs photographed the Australian art world for over 25 years until her death in 1998. From Fred Williams to Bob Hawke to Margaret Olley, many were captured by her lens.
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Health + Medicine
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Shaun Roman, University of Newcastle
The release of TV program The Handmaid's Tale and a study on male sperm numbers have left some worried about the future of human fertility.
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Business + Economy
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Sarah Kaine, University of Technology Sydney; Emmanuel Josserand, University of Technology Sydney; Martijn Boersma, University of Technology Sydney
Wage theft and exploitation are rampant in certain industries. Certifying those that commit to fair work conditions could be key to fixing the problem.
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Roy Green, University of Technology Sydney
Spurring productivity growth requires innovation. Not just in products, but in our business models and management practices.
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Science + Technology
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Michael Wilson, Queensland University of Technology; Monique Mann, Queensland University of Technology
Many Australians are unaware of current police and intelligence powers when it comes to accessing our data.
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Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra
Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration must learn to deal with software rather than simply bits of metal and plastic.
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Cities
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Di Winkler, La Trobe University; George Taleporos, La Trobe University; Luke Bo'sher, New York University
The NDIS has the resources and mandate to develop a mature market that delivers suitable housing for people with high disability needs, including the more than 6,200 young people now in aged care.
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Education
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Jess Harris, University of Newcastle; Mel Ainscow, University of Manchester; Nerida Spina, Queensland University of Technology; Suzanne Carrington, Queensland University of Technology
Pressure on schools to make rapid improvements discourages deeper thinking about long-term solutions. Education can learn a lot from "slow" movements.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
It has all looked pretty messy. Turnbull should have been more precise in his remarks to parliament, or waited to make them until the position was clearer.
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Gabrielle Appleby, UNSW
To find the government's postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage valid, the High Court had to work through several quite technical constitutional and legal arguments.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The seven judges were unanimous, and costs were awarded against those that brought the challenges.
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