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To have and have not
Open Forum | December 12, 2021Almost 90% per cent of Australians believe the COVID-19 pandemic has increased social divides, with an increasing gulf between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’.
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Bringing back the mini-beasts
Ary Hoffmann | December 12, 2021Insect numbers are dwindling around the world and that has an ecological knock-on effect, but we could help by encouraging the mini-beasts in our own urban backyards.
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Breaking through to the other side
Open Forum | December 12, 2021Neuromedicine-assisted psychotherapies are offering new hope in the treatment of mental illness.
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Staying food safe this Christmas
Open Forum | December 11, 2021Christmas is the season to eat and make merry, but aspiring cooks can ensure a good time is had by all by keeping in mind a few simple food safety tips in their preparations.
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New tool tracks national resource footprints
Open Forum | December 11, 2021Australian researchers working with the United Nations have developed a tool to drive practical change in the world’s global resource consumption through better understanding how many resources each country consumes.
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Boosting outcomes in NSW public schools
Belinda Henwood | December 11, 2021The Ambassador Schools Research Centre will work with Ambassador Schools to explore effective practices and improve student outcomes across the system.
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The religious discrimination debate
Alan Stevenson | December 10, 2021Whatever the results of current legislative efforts to reduce religious discrimination, history suggests that competing religious groups tend to cause strife in any nation.
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The power of no
Open Forum | December 10, 2021The latest HILDA survey shows that greater self-control is associated with improved life outcomes including health and satisfaction.
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War by any other name
John Storey | December 10, 2021The real danger of cyberwarfare is not that it will replace physical military operations, but that it will incite them.
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Easing into retirement
Open Forum | December 9, 2021Edith Cowan University researchers say gradually moving into retirement offers benefits for both employees and employers.
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President Twitter
Open Forum | December 9, 2021A computational analysis of billions of phrases found in tweets has uncovered new insights into the timelines of the many major stories that surrounded the disgraced former President Donald Trump from 2016 to 2021.
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Oil’s last hurrah
Amin Saikal | December 9, 2021High petrol prices are a function of higher demand as global economies recover from COVID and the machinations of Arab and Russian producers to maximise profits for themselves.
