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Motivated employees make safer workplaces
Open Forum | April 25, 2019Motivated employees who take initiative at work could hold the key to making Australian workplaces safer, new research involving Curtin University researchers has found.
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The shortening odds on a Labor victory
Open Forum | April 22, 2019Australians don’t seem to like Labor leader Bill Shorten, yet according to the nation’s bookmakers, he’s odds-on to be the next prime minister.
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What would happen if Scott Morrison wins?
Open Forum | April 22, 2019If the Coalition manages to defy the opinion polls and wins the May election, what kind of Prime Minister is Scott Morrison likely to be?
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10% of Aussies consume half the nation’s alcohol
Open Forum | April 21, 2019La Trobe University researchers have found the heaviest drinking 10 per cent of Australians drink over half the alcohol consumed in Australia, downing an average of six standard drinks per day.
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Surgery can pave the way to opioid addiction
Open Forum | April 18, 2019New research from the University of South Australia has found more than 13,000 Australians each year may be at risk of developing a persistent opioid habit following elective surgery.
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Shark bite research reveals politicians’ fishy behaviour
Open Forum | April 17, 2019More than a decade’s worth of research has revealed how politicians manipulate highly emotional incidents like shark bites to influence public sentiment and protect their own interests.
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Australia launches multi-billion smart satellite revolution
Open Forum | April 16, 2019Australia has announced the biggest investment in space R&D in the country’s history, with the launch of a multi-billion smart satellite research hub led by the University of South Australia.
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Surviving digital disruption will take more than just technology
Open Forum | April 13, 2019Australia must educate its leaders and empower its population as well as invest in new technology to adjust to the economic disruption and social changes in the world today.
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Adelaide’s Dr Space Junk takes on the Universe
Open Forum | April 10, 2019The Australian Space Agency’s arrival in Adelaide signals an important reconnection for South Australia with its significant space history, according to a new book by Flinders University space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman.
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Academy of Science welcomes new women in STEM strategy
Open Forum | April 9, 2019The Australian Academy of Science has applauded the Australian Government’s Advancing Women in STEM strategy released by Minister for Industry, Science and Technology the Hon Karen Andrews MP.
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A scientist, an island and 38 million pieces of plastic
Open Forum | April 8, 2019Two years after revealing that one of the world’s most remote islands was littered with plastic waste, IMAS scientist Dr Jennifer Lavers is leading an expedition to clean up its beaches.
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Steer clear of wild mushrooms this autumn
Open Forum | April 5, 2019The Food Safety Information Council has warned people not to pick or eat any wild mushrooms this autumn.