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Why don’t Australians talk about their salaries? Pay transparency and...
IR Stone/ShutterstockIn Australia, it’s not the done thing to know – let alone ask – what our colleagues are paid. Yet, it’s easy to see how pay transparency can make pay systems fairer and more...
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Online schooling is not just for lockdowns. Could it work for your child?
During COVID almost all Australian students and their families experienced online learning. But while schools have long since gone back to in-person teaching, online learning has not gone away. What...
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The Trial of Vladimir Putin: Geoffrey Robertson rehearses the scenarios
Is Russian president Vladimir Putin guilty of the crime of aggression? In The Trial of Vladimir Putin, barrister Geoffrey Robertson answers that question by dramatising what might happen within the...
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Things that go buzz in the night – our global study found there really are...
Have you ever wondered if there are more insects out at night than during the day? We set out to answer this question by combing through the scientific literature. We searched for meaningful...
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‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in...
Since 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has grown exponentially – and so has the formidable organisational machine of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). These two factors will be...
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Why the government’s haste in changing the health system could come back to...
Getty ImagesSince coming into power, the coalition government has adopted a simple but shrewd see-how-fast-we-can-move political strategy. However, in the health sector this need for speed entails...
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Rugby stadiums are sold as an economic asset – but NZ needs to ask if they’re...
A multi-billion dollar stadium precinct has been proposed for Auckland, one of three proposals in front of Auckland Council for a new stadium in the city. The council is also considering revamping Eden...
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The ‘devil comet’ 12P/Pons-Brooks has finally become visible from Australia....
Pons–Brooks visible from Utah, March 9 2024.James Peirce/Flickr, CC BY-NC-NDIf you’re a fan of all things space, you’ve doubtless heard about the “devil comet”, which has been captivating keen-eyed...
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Some families push back against journalists who mine social media for photos...
Less than 24 hours after Ashlee Good was murdered in Bondi Junction, her family released a statement requesting the media take down photographs they had reproduced of Ashlee and her family without...
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I wholeheartedly recommend The President: a brilliant revival of a play of...
Daniel Boud/Sydney Theatre CompanyDecay, terror, revulsion. These are three of the central themes of Thomas Bernhard’s rarely performed play The President.The Austrian is one of the greatest writers of...
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Many prisoners go years without touching a smartphone. It means they struggle...
ShutterstockYou’d be hard pressed to find any aspect of daily life that doesn’t require some form of digital literacy. We need only to look back ten years to realise how quickly things have changed. In...
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Good news: midlife health is about more than a waist measurement. Here’s why
Pexels/RDNE stock projectYou’re not in your 20s or 30s anymore and you know regular health checks are important. So you go to your GP. During the appointment they measure your waist. They might also...
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Are 2 mid-career AFL retirements a sign Australian athletes are taking brain...
This week, Collingwood AFL player Nathan Murphy announced his retirement, brought on by his concussion history and ongoing issues. The 24-year-old’s seemingly sudden retirement, following Angus...
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It never rains but it pours: intense rain and flash floods have increased...
Before climate change really got going, eastern Australia’s flash floods tended to concentrate on our coastal regions, east of the Great Dividing Range. But that’s changing. Now we get flash floods...
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‘It could be the death of the museum’: why research cuts at a South...
Sia Duff / South Australian MuseumIn February, the South Australian Museum “re-imagined” itself. In the face of rising costs and inadequate government funds, CEO David Gaimster, who took the reins last...
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In Knife, his memoir of surviving attack, Salman Rushdie confronts a world...
Knife is Salman Rushdie’s account of how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life in August 2022, in which he lost his right eye and partial use of his left hand. The attack ironically came when...
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Why the pathology bulk-billing campaign is more about driving industry...
iamharin/ShutterstockFor many people, the term “bulk billed” refers to a GP visit they don’t have to pay for out-of-pocket. But another form of bulk billing is in the news ahead of May’s federal budget...
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Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61% – but puzzling...
Chris BrownHumans love the coast. But we love it to death, so much so we’ve destroyed valuable coastal habitat – in the case of some types of habitat, most of it has gone. Pollution, coastal...
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View from The Hill: Albanese to walk Kokoda Track and engage in some jungle...
Anthony Albanese will trek the Kokoda Track on Tuesday and Wednesday before attending the Anzac Day dawn service at the Isurava Memorial site that commemorates one of the toughest battles the...
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In demand but disempowered: why low-skilled migrant workers face even worse...
Arkadiusz Warguła/Getty ImagesThe New Zealand government claims its recently announced changes to visa rules will address exploitation and unsustainable migration. In reality, the new rules are likely...
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