What businesses can do to stamp out slavery in their supply chains
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From Charlottesville to Nazi Germany, sometimes monuments have to fall
The violence sparked by the removal of Confederate statues in the US shows the ideas that collect around historical monuments. Sometimes it's better to remove them; yet they can be an important way of remembering trauma.
A short history of the office
The history of the office illustrates not only how our work has changed but also how work's physical spaces respond to cultural, technological and social forces.
How we can reduce dependency on opioid painkillers in rural and regional Australia
Dependency on opioid painkillers reflects what we already know about life in the small towns of Australia - people tend to have poorer health.
A new look at a lost dinosaur dig in the Australian outback
The location of a dinosaur find on a remote Queensland sheep station was lost for almost 80 years. But the site was rediscovered, and details are now emerging about the make up of the new dinosaur.
Explainer: Matt Canavan and the process of obtaining Italian citizenship
Matt Canavan was seemingly able to obtain Italian citizenship without being born or spending any time in Italy.
The Great Galactic Recession
In the early Universe torrents of infalling gas outpace the ability of young galaxies to raise their demand of forming new stars to meet the supply, the result is a recession for the galactic economy.
Step by step, we’re tackling gender equity in Australian astronomy
Efforts to reduce the gender gap and encourage more women in Australian astronomy have been rewarded this week.
Migrants are healthier than the average Australian, so they can’t be a burden on the health system
Selecting immigrants on points is likely to result in them being healthy, or at least healthy enough for them not to put much strain on our exhausted health systems.
Community sector offers a solid platform for fair social housing
Concerns about the privatisation of public housing estates should not blind us to the benefits of the transfer of public housing to the not-for-profit community housing sector.
Change Agents: Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi on reforming ‘one-punch’ laws
In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi, who lost family members to random acts of violence, on their campaign to reform 'one-punch' laws.
Home ownership remains strong in Australia but it masks other problems: Census data
The latest 2016 Census data assesses what the national home ownership and rental rates are and how these vary location. It also gives us a picture of mortgage and rental costs.
The ATM celebrates 50 years but we’re using it less
ATMs will need to evolve to remain relevant, perhaps taking on other services entirely.
Should governments provide funding grants to encourage public interest journalism?
A government fund to support quality journalism – while remaining strictly independent – could help produce stories in the public interest.
Melbourne’s love-hate relationship with being Australia’s ‘street art capital’
Melbourne's street art has an international reputation and may be a very valuable tourist attraction. But the city remains ambivalent about the activities that have created its 'laneway galleries'.
Catholic schools’ ‘alternative’ to Safe Schools isn’t all that alternative
The new program for Catholic schools draws on the same research as Safe Schools (so perhaps it wasn't part of a 'Marxist agenda' after all).
A new discovery of gravitational waves has black holes in a spin
Scientists have made a third detection of gravitational waves, again caused by the merger of two black holes. But they think there's something different about the black holes in this case.
Worshipping at the church of Ford: how modern brand devotion connects people online
Research shows social media allows people to disclose all sorts of information about their love for these brands and to seek out like minded people.
The best way to support writers is to feed them new ideas
Writers like Frank Moorhouse and Ben Eltham have proposed new long-term fellowships to support writing. But a better way may be more smaller grants, offering opportunities for travel.
Review: Wonder Woman reinvigorates tired superhero conventions
As a comic hero, Wonder Woman's antecedents reach back to the suffragettes. And a long awaited feature film offers us a fittingly feminist story.
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