Australia has a well-earned reputation as a mining nation. Now we're moving towards mining 'off world', on the Moon.
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For as little as $4 a day Indian workers process dangerous, toxic waste by hand. This unregulated, highly polluting industry is hidden away from police eyes.
Do regulators act in the public interest, or in the interest of those they are meant to regulate?
A study or more than 500,000 surveys shows university students demonstrate bias against women teachers, and particularly women from non-English speaking backgrounds.
There are things we can do, but the Economic Society's poll finds that not all of them are part of the traditional economists' toolkit.
Research shows small financial incentives for doing maths homework can increase maths achievement. But this raises some tricky ethical questions.
Don't pursue happiness as a goal, instead make sure what you do from day to day provides a sense of meaning in life.
Australia's immigration department doesn't keep a record of the number of people applying for asylum at airports. This means there is no oversight over the treatment of those seeking protection.
The risks of combustible cladding on high-rise buildings have long been known. And audits have identified hundreds of Australian buildings with this cladding. Delay in replacing it is inexcusable.
Everyone knows the Great Barrier Reef is in peril. But a continent away, Western Australia's Shark Bay is also threatened by marine heatwaves that could alter this World Heritage ecosystem forever.
Rates might need to be cut urgently, and because things are good. Governor Lowe has signalled he won't wait.
Some Australian Facebook users are more worried about over-sharing by friends than the privacy and security of their personal information.
If we recognised social housing as infrastructure as essential as transport links, schools and hospitals, not properly investing in it could become unthinkable.
Bank shares soared 4% to 7% after the royal commission report. That could be because it will do them little harm.
The flood zone around Townsville extends for hundreds of kilometres, making monitoring difficult even from the air. But scientists are testing a new satellite method that can peer through the clouds.
While Opal Tower residents are more badly affected than most, up to 80% of multi-unit buildings have serious defects. Here's what government can do right now to fix the industry.
While we move soap around, it lifts up invisible oil that holds germs onto your hand.
The Reserve Bank's inflation target seems out of date in a world of ultra low inflation. So why is Governor Lowe persisting with it?
Alih-alih belajar dari dasar untuk mengembangkan kemampuan matematika, kita harus memprioritaskan pembelajaran matematika dengan menarik tenaga-tenaga terampil di rumah.
Donald Trump's pick to head the World Bank could well weaken the organisation's importance in international development and finance.
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Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW
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Research Fellow, City Housing, UNSW
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SHARP Professor, UNSW
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Professor and Dean of Science, UNSW
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Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW
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Professor, School of Economics, UNSW
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Professor, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, UNSW
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Scientia PhD Scholar, UNSW
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Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Statistics, UNSW
