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The social media “own goals” of young athletes
Megan Maurice | June 5, 2019Social media offers budding and elite athletes a shortcut to celebrity, but the price of building a public persona can be all too high for rising stars still finding their feet in real life.
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Tiananmen Square, 3–4 June 1989
Peter Ellingsen | June 4, 2019The Chinese Communist Party goes to extraordinary lengths to suppress discussion of the brutal student massacre which crushed pro-democracy protests 30 years ago, but memories of the tragedy remain as intense as ever.
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Will Sydney’s “3 x 30 minute cities” become a reality?
David Levinson | June 4, 2019When a city gets to a certain size, it starts to make sense to have multiple centres of activity, and three are planned for Sydney. So what needs to be done to bring the city closer to this goal?
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5 ways to improve election coverage
Rodney Tiffen | June 4, 2019Political parties examine their election results and look to improve, but media organisations seldom question their role or performance. Here are five ways they could help provide better electoral coverage.
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Working hard to make work fairer
Kate Stanton | June 4, 2019A proactive model helps the Fair Work Ombudsman track down unscrupulous employers who exploit or underpay their workers.
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Beating bullying in schools
Karyn Healy | June 3, 2019Schools are taking the problem of bullying more seriously than before, but not every school’s anti-bullying program works – some may actually make bullying worse. Evaluating their relative effectiveness is vital to keep our children safe and happy.
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Ultra-processed foods linked with heart disease and early death
Open Forum | June 3, 2019Two new studies have underlined the links between heart disease and processed food such as packaged baked goods and snacks, fizzy drinks, sugary cereals and ready meals.
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Ken Wyatt and the challenge ahead
Eddie Synot | June 3, 2019While the new minister for Indigenous Australians has the chance to make a real difference, unrealistic expectations should be tempered as real change will take an effort from not just the whole government, but the entire nation.
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Why regional universities are at risk of going under
Geoff Hanmer | June 2, 2019Many university buildings date from the 1960s and 1970s and the government isn’t providing funds to maintain them. While capital city universities can use income from foreign students to maintain their buildings, their regional cousins are struggling.
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Where is international leadership when we need it?
Mark Beeson | June 2, 2019Without better global leadership on climate change our best days are behind us, yet many are turning to a Swedish schoolgirl for leadership rather than the ruling global elite.
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Low paid workers get a small pay rise
Jim Stanford | June 2, 2019Waiting for “market forces” to reverse recent record weakness in wage growth hasn’t worked. Nothing does more to create sustainable economic momentum than strong, sustained increases in the minimum wage. The Fair Work Commission is helping, but it could have been more ambitious.
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Closing the gap in the Indigenous business sector
Michelle Evans | June 1, 2019The Indigenous business sector has seen huge growth in recent years, but there are large gaps that still need to be addressed by better and more targeted public policy.
