Greens leader Richard Di Natale has copped a lot of flak on social media for his “black Wiggle” photoshoot, but he is simply broadening the idea of what it means to be Green.
Offering more scholarships could help boost Indigenous PhD completion rates.
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Reforming Australia’s research training system and providing more funding support could help increase PhD completion rates for Indigenous students.
The shadow minister for early education, Kate Ellis, said child care costs had undergone a ‘massive increase’ since the last federal election.
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Labor’s shadow minister for early education, Kate Ellis, said there has been a massive increase in child care costs under the Coalition government. Is that an accurate reflection of the data?
In relation to this FactCheck on the cost of child care, a spokeswoman for Labor’s shadow minister for early education, Kate Ellis, sent the following: In terms of data showing that costs are higher under…
Statistics don’t lie - do they?
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Lara Moroko, Macquarie Graduate School of Management and Sarah Duffy, Western Sydney University
Dissonance by the banks - saying one thing but acting in another way - will cause brand damage that will be very difficult to repair.
Malcolm Turnbull is known to favour public transport, but he also sees the need to twin the development of higher-density activity centres with rail infrastructure.
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The ‘30-minute city’ goal is about more than urban rail and other transit projects. It means transforming our cities into centres of activity where work, study and services are all close by.
What this election will really be about for Malcolm Turnbull is the size of his post-election majority.
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What might be Malcolm Turnbull’s worst nightmare, apart from losing the election? Scraping back as a minority government, with Tony Windsor in balance of power.
The most common reason for choosing private hospitals is shorter waits for elective surgery.
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Increased competition and weak commodities prices will pressure to the mining sector to cut costs.
Detail of Paddy Japaljarri Sims, Warlpiri, 2003, Yanjirlpiri Jukurrpa (Star Dreaming at Yarripirlangu).
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Who owns a Dreamtime story? The Warlpiri, like all Indigenous groups, use a complex system of kinship that regulates which people can depict, sing, dance or talk about which Dreamings.
In the battle for the road, bike riders come off second best.
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If past wars are a guide, the toll of disability will continue to rise for many decades to come.
An artist’s illustration of Kappa Ceti whose stellar winds are 50 times stronger than our sun’s. Any Earth-like planet would need a magnetic field to protect its atmosphere if it was to stand a chance of hosting life.
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Without the public mobilising over inequalities that are so ingrained in its psyche, Sydney is unlikely to see its nightlife reflect true social inclusion and diversity.
Indonesia wants to restore its degraded peatlands. But first it needs to know how to map them.
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Last year, fires burned 2 million hectares of peatlands in Indonesia. The country wants to restore them. But first it needs to know the extent and depth of its peatlands.
Victoria Police had reportedly warned Joseph Acquaro, who was gunned down in Brunswick this week, that he was a target of mafia groups.
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Exactly what role does the mafia play in organised crime? And should Australian law enforcement agencies reassess their priorities?
The Commonwealth is telling the states to fix their own hospital budget problems, as though state governments can simply find savings from other areas.
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Jane Hall, University of Technology Sydney and Kees Van Gool, University of Technology Sydney
Health-care costs are rising, driven by expensive developments in treatments, more demanding populations and rising national wealth. We need to change the financing system to meet this challenge.