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Senate president Stephen Parry said people needed to be able to be identified if they caused an incident. AAP/Alan PorrittWomen with facial coverings will be in glass enclosures if they sit in on parl ...

Senate president Stephen Parry said people needed to be able to be identified if they caused an incident. AAP/Alan Porritt Update: Tony Abbott is effectively overruling Speaker Bronwyn Bishop and Sena ...

Most parents we interviewed described having “unrealistic” expectations about baby behaviour. Robyn Lee/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Becoming a parent is commonly imagined to be a joyful and “natural” life eve ...

A Syrian boy sleeps on a blanket on the stony ground at a Turkish refugee camp yesterday. EPA/SEDAT SUNA Few people had heard of the Syrian town of Kobanê until recently. But since coming under sustai ...

Evidence shows children are getting less unsupervised time outdoors. Brian Yap (葉)/Flickr, CC BY-NC Earlier this year, an American mother was arrested for allowing her nine year old daughter to play u ...

Paul Verhoeven tells tall stories in his debut Melbourne Fringe Show. Photo: Alan Moyle Photobat. Melbourne Fringe We might assume the stories stand-up comedians tell us are true, or at least contain ...

Australians have circumvented geo-blocking restrictions to subscribe to Netflix. Denys Prykhodov/Shutterstock.com In recent months there have been many reports of Australians covertly signing up for t ...

Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar, China. Anna Hayes, CC BY-NC-SA The Chinese government claims the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is an example of multi-ethnic harmony and stability. Yet China’s repeated att ...

A Hamas flag flies over a destroyed neighbourhood in Gaza, where Israel’s military assault revived support for the struggling Islamic movement. EPA/Mohammed Saber As the dust settles in a bloodied Gaz ...

AAP Xi Jinping is China’s most powerful leader since Deng Xioping. The centralisation of power that has occurred during Xi’s still relatively recent ascendancy is remarkable. Not only is Xi the presid ...