Without really knowing what he was saying, Alan Jones was right – we are “destroying the joint”. Any dispassionate assessment of the state of “the joint”, both the corner we occupy and the planet as a…
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard today said NSW has become the first state to sign up to the National Education Reform Agreement, which aims to add $A14.5 billion to the public and private school…
While the federal election is still months away, issues of health funding are already dominating the news. A Grattan Institute report released yesterday, for instance, noted the greatest budgetary pressure…
As we head into an election, you’d be justified in asking what your local member is basing their climate change decisions on. If your MP says “I don’t support policies to prevent dangerous climate change…
Last week, I gave a lecture at the Coastal Institute of the University of Rhode Island entitled “Auditing the Seven Plagues of Coastal Ecosystems”. This lecture was presented as the inaugural annual Scott…
Last Friday, Woodside announced it would no longer be developing a gas processing plant at James Price Point in Western Australia. The announcement was greeted with enthusiasm by environmental groups…
It has been a turbulent time for the gold market. The past two days of trading have been particularly volatile, with gold prices recording the sharpest two-day drop in 30 years . The severity of the fall…
Despite most parents ultimately just wishing for a healthy baby, there are many cultural and social factors that can drive the desire for a baby of a particular sex. The medical technology for sex selection…
Aviation is a growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. In other industries emissions are declining, or at least are better regulated. Airline emissions, however, continue to soar. How viable are laws…
If there was ever any confirmation needed that the tipping point of the PC’s dominance as a computing platform has been reached, the IDC has just provided it with their latest report on PC shipments in…
A healthy R&D system is one of the underpinnings, if not sufficiently recognized, of the prosperity Australia enjoys, and a likely silver bullet to maintain our economy healthy in the unavoidable aftermath…
We have all been told that eating fish is good for you and equally, that eating red meat is bad. But is this true? And if so, why? This has been the subject of much research over the past 60 years. Two…
We have just returned from a month collecting insects in the National Heritage-listed Kimberley region of Western Australia. Together with the Wunambal Gaambera and Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporations…
After several decades of unprecedented growth, have the benefits trickled down to all Australians? The answer according, to a new study by the Productivity Commission, is a resounding “yes … probably…
With the global population now well over seven billion there are few remaining parts of the world relatively untouched by human activity. We assess the current state and future prospects of five final…
US scientists have trained a seal to bob its head in time to music, in a study that the researchers say presents the first ever evidence that non-human mammals can keep a beat. It was previously thought…
Over the past couple of years I’ve developed quite a crush on the English language. Sure, it may not have rhythm and melody of the Latin-based romance languages. Nor, does it have the elegant preciseness…
The word “entrepreneur” is probably one of the most misunderstood and abused words in the English language. Former US President George W. Bush once remarked that the French don’t have a word for entrepreneur…
For most of us, banks represent a trusted and safe harbour for our money. Investing in fixed term deposits for example, is widely seen as a low-risk strategy. The global financial crisis changed that view…
Every generation laments their soon-to-be replacement for abandoning the prevailing culture and adapting it to create their own. And so it is with the current crop of post-middle-agers who perceive teenagers…
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Research Associate in galaxy evolution, The University of Western Australia
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Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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PhD candidate in literary studies, The University of Western Australia
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Cognitive Psychology Researcher, The University of Western Australia
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Forrest Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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PhD candidate, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in English and Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Ecology, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Tax Law, The University of Western Australia
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Forrest Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, The University of Western Australia
