The National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and Future Fellowships schemes have won a reprieve in this year’s budget.
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Part-pensioner couples who own their own home and assets worth more than about A$800,000 are expected to lose their part-pension altogether, under proposals in the federal budget.
A Swedish court decision means Julian Assange will remain confined to the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Like the muckrakers of old, he offends the powerful, but his journalistic cause is just.
Regardless of what is or isn’t in this week’s federal budget, a disparate group of people stand to make or break any new reform measures.
The so-called palaeodiet, and now even the palaeo-epigenetic diet, has come under a lot of scrutiny of late for making wild and unsubstantiated claims and for being downright dangerous to our health. I…
With today’s cut, interest rates are at a record low, due in large part to ongoing concerns about the global economy.
The government’s proposed nanny pilot is one step towards affordable in-home childcare for the families that need it the most.
Academic papers are often cherry picked to support our prevailing views. We need to be careful to acknowledge the complexities of many issues explored by science.
It’s a pain to change mobile providers, but at least keeping your number is easy. It’s much more of a pain to change banks and much of that pain is because we have to change bank account numbers. Why don’t…
A Cochrane review found school-based child sexual abuse prevention programs were moderately effective in arming children with knowledge and skills that may decrease the likelihood that they will be harmed.
If you’ve ever felt bamboozled by the reams of information released in the federal budget, this simple how-to guide should help.
Our policy-makers know perfectly well how to reduce inequality and tackle political favouritism. The question is, will this federal budget even try?
2015 has already been an amazing year for human evolution science. We’ve witnessed an uncanny convergence of discoveries on the beginnings of the human genus, Homo, and all that it implies for understanding…
The government’s attempt to engage the States on one hand while whipping them with the other does not augur well for tackling growing health and education costs – or for lasting federal reform.
Over the past decade, warming air temperatures at Earth’s surface appear to have slowed. But that ignores the vast majority of heat going steadily into the ocean. And, a new paper shows, that makes no difference to the long-term prognosis.
Astronomers from around the world identify their favourite images sent back to Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Labor’s super plan would introduce new taxes to balance inequities in the system - but is this really a radical change, or tinkering around the edges?
Lots of research supports the idea that workers with higher educational levels and more experience earn more. But what about personality traits?
The story of the German–Australian community offers an alternative view of Australia’s history as a nation.
What causes the wild weather that’s hit Sydney and central New South Wales over the past 24 hours?
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Ann Kayis-Kumar is a Friend of The Conversation.
Founding Director of UNSW Tax and Business Advisory Clinic, UNSW Sydney
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PhD Candidate in Exercise Physiology, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Public Policy and Leadership, UNSW Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, ARC Training Centre for the Global Hydrogen Economy, Particles and Catalysis Research Laboratory, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Exercise Physiology. School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor Human Geography, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in International Ethics, UNSW Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), UNSW Sydney
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PhD Student, Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, UNSW Sydney
