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A minority government is still possible to manage, but will make Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s job that bit tougher.
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A survey of 32,000 samples of dingo droppings and stomach contents reveal that this predator’s appetite is as wide-ranging as Australia’s landscapes. But medium and large mammals are top of the menu.
Significant investment in public transport is essential to ensure the Central City CBD can handle the predicted growth in commuting trips.
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Central City 2048 proposes one new rail line, three metro lines and almost 300,000 extra jobs for the new CBD, one of three proposed for metropolitan Sydney. Clearly, the investment needed is massive.
A monument to urban frailty?
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A new study reveals that the demise of the ancient city of Angkor was related to the fragmentation of critical infrastructure during a period of climatic instability.
Parramatta has been designated as the central CBD of three future city centres in the Greater Sydney region.
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The Greater Sydney metropolis is envisaged as having three CBDs by mid-century, but an assessment of the proposed Central City around Parramatta shows how much work is needed to make that a reality.
Pet owners need to know the food they feed their pets is safe.
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Another review into the safety of pet food leads to another review into pet food. It’s been a decade since this issue was brought to the government’s attention, so what needs to happen now?
Rewarding a child with ice cream for eating vegetables teaches a child certain things about vegetables, ice cream, and behaviour.
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Five out of five experts said we shouldn’t reward kids with food. But for very different reasons.
Ministers Lim Hng Kiang, David Parker, J. Jayasiri, François-Philippe Champagne, Steven Ciobo, Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela, Dato Pehin, Toshimitsu Motegi, Ildefonso Guajardo, Eduardo Ferreyros and Tran Tuan Anh at the signing of TPP-11 in Santiago, Chile, March 8 2018.
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Nearly half the eggs sold in Australia are free-range, but only 5% of pork comes from pigs raised outdoors.
Women in investment management report an “ingrained” culture of sexism. This includes stereotyped views of women being best suited to administrative roles.
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Women in investment management face sexist treatment and no accommodation of parenting responsibilities. That’s bad news for a sector critical to all Australians’ economic security.
Kate Mulvany in An Enemy of the People.
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4,500 people with German ancestry were interned in Australia when the first world war broke out. A new translation project sheds light on their experiences.
Moments after an earthquake in Palu, Friday 29 September 2018, thousands of houses and people in the area were swallowed by the ground because of liquefaction.
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While the term liquafaction has only been widely discussed in Indonesia and the world in the past week, Palu’s susceptibility to liquefy had already been studied.
Jika Anda kurus bukan berarti Anda bisa makan makanan tidak sehat dan bebas dari segala konsekuensinya.
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Anda mungkin terlihat kurus, namun jika Anda menerapkan pola diet yang tidak sehat dan jarang berolahraga, maka Anda memiliki risiko kesehatan yang sama dengan mereka yang kelebihan berat badan.
Beberapa saat setelah gempa ribuan rumah rakyat di dua desa di Palu hancur ditelan bumi karena likuifaksi.
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Walaupun likuifaksi baru menjadi populer minggu ini, kerentanan daerah Palu terhadap likuifaksi sebenarnya sudah dikaji.
Recognition: The University of Waterloo’s associate physics professor Donna Strickland after being awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics.
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Donna Strickland is the first woman in 55 years to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Let’s hope the next such award to a woman won’t take so long.
Birds and mammals use feathers and fur for staying warm and dry – but for other purposes too.
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