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Privacy Awareness Week
Open Forum | May 1, 2013Privacy Awareness Week is happening from 28 April to 4 May 2013. Held each year to promote greater privacy awareness and the importance of protecting personal information, Privacy Awareness Week is an initiative of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities Forum (APPA).
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Spanish economy in crisis
Marta Conejo Sobrino | April 30, 2013Some claim that the average Spaniard holds more wealth than a German. But after the property bubble imploded in 2008, Spain is still suffering from a weak economy and soaring unemployment rates, says Spanish journalist Marta Conejo Sobrino.
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Starlight Day
Open Forum | April 29, 2013The Starlight Foundation is celebrating 25 years of transforming the lives of seriously ill children and their families on Starlight Day, 3 May 2013.
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Animal Worship: Horse Reverence in Australia
Binoy Kampmark | April 29, 2013Is the collective outpouring of emotions after the retirement of the record-breaking racehorse Black Caviar out of proportion? It certainly isn't new, says Binoy Kampmark from RMIT University.
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Beyond the Clever Country
Tara Brabazon | April 26, 2013As the Federal Government is proposing to cut the funding to universities to help reform the school sector, Tara Brabazon, Professor of Education and Head of the School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt University, argues that we are jeopardising the future of education.
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Anzac Biscuits
Open Forum | April 24, 2013As we take time to remember those who served their country this Anzac Day we look at the origins of the much loved Soldiers’ Biscuits.
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Bound Together: Research shows children with Autism are attached to their parents
Nancy Sadka and Josephine Barbaro | April 24, 2013A common view of autistic children is that they are unable to form emotional attachment. Nancy Sadka from the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre shows that they indeed do exhibit a secure attachment towards their caregiver.
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Productive Ageing with a focus on social connections
Ben Spies-Butcher | April 23, 2013There has been a lot of talk about the benefits of productive ageing. But Ben Spies-Butcher cautions us to consider carefully why we want to promote paid work for our ageing population.
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Black Caviar – one of our best sportswomen? I don’t think so…
Kate Galloway | April 22, 2013After fans have given a fond and very public farewell to Black Caviar, the Australian record-braking mare that went undefeated in 25 races, Kate Galloway wishes we would give regular women's sport the same media coverage.
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Earth Day 2013
Open Forum | April 19, 2013Every year on 22 April, more than one billion people take part in Earth Day. Across the globe individuals, communities, organisations and governments voice their concerns for the planet and take action to protect it.
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Where New Zealand has led Australia will follow
Rodney Croome | April 19, 2013After the New Zealand parliament has passed legislation to make same-sex marriage legal, Rodney Croome, national director of Australian Marriage Equality, argues why Australia should follow suit.
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Margaret Thatcher and her controversial legacy
Oliver Villar | April 18, 2013Margaret Thatcher will be remembered across the world for many things. Dr. Oliver Villar shares her influence across the globe and the legacy which will endure.
