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Australian companies should cultivate local tech workers not play the 457 visa game

  • Written by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageMike Cannon-Brookes (centre), and Scott Farquhar (3rd L), co-founders and CEOs of Atlassian Software Systems, smile during its successful entry into the Nasdaq in New York.

There is a degree of mythology in the tech world surrounding people who have worked in Silicon Valley.

As the birthplace of computing and tech giants like HP, Apple and Google,...

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Islands lost to the waves: how rising seas washed away part of Micronesia's 19th-century history

  • Written by Patrick D. Nunn, Professor of Geography, Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast
imageLaiap, to the west of the site of the now-disappeared Nahlapenlohd.Author provided

At first glance it may not seem so, but the story of the now-vanished island of Nahlapenlohd, a couple of kilometres south of Pohnpei Island in Micronesia, holds some valuable lessons about recent climate change in the western Pacific.

In 1850, Nahlapenlohd was so...

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If Queenslanders vote on economic issues the Labor government is looking good

  • Written by Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University

The idea that the economy matters (probably more than anything else) in deciding electoral destinies is backed by a significant body of research. When voters perceive that the economy is strong, they are more inclined to vote for the incumbent.

There are some things for the Queensland government, led by Labor’s Annastacia Palaszczuk, to crow...

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Stars that vary in brightness shine in the oral traditions of Aboriginal Australians

  • Written by Duane W. Hamacher, Senior ARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow, Monash University
imageThe star Betelgeuse varies in brightness.Flickr/A Tag , CC BY

Aboriginal Australians have been observing the stars for more than 65,000 years, and many of their oral traditions have been recorded since colonisation. These traditions tell of all kinds of celestial events, such as the annual rising of stars, passing comets, eclipses of the Sun and...

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  2. As Socceroos face moment of truth, let's remember our football triumph of 1967
  3. Simplistic advice for teachers on how to teach won't work
  4. What causes SIDS? What we know, don’t know and suspect
  5. Movies and TV choose to tell us different stories about the cities of today
  6. Dems easily win Virginia and New Jersey governors. Left gains control of Tas upper house
  7. Turnbull and Shorten haggle over detail of citizenship disclosure system
  8. Australia might water down illegal logging laws – here's why it's a bad idea
  9. How the Paradise Papers reveal the tension between rock stars and the tax man
  10. Health Check: which sports supplements actually work?
  11. From selfie to infinity: Yayoi Kusama’s amazing technicoloured dreamscape
  12. It's time for a royal commission into banking regulation
  13. Closing Uluru to climbers is better for tourism in the long run
  14. You may be sick of worrying about online privacy, but 'surveillance apathy' is also a problem
  15. Three strategies to fight the tax avoidance revealed by the Paradise Papers
  16. Infections, complications and safety breaches: why patients need better data on how hospitals compare
  17. I've always wondered: do nuclear tests affect tectonic plates and cause earthquakes or volcanic eruptions?
  18. Australians born overseas prefer the online world for their news
  19. Why Australia shouldn't fear a wave of trade protectionism
  20. Curious Kids: Why do tears come out of our eyes when we cry?
  21. Can you make a 10-year malt whisky in weeks? The chemistry says yes
  22. 'Australia has no culture': changing the mindset of the cringe
  23. How do we turn a drain into valued green space? First, ask the residents
  24. Stories of sex, stars and sharks amongst the best Australian science writing in 2017
  25. Sustainable shopping: how to rock white sneakers without eco-guilt
  26. In the 'fearless city', Barcelona residents take charge
  27. Why Adani may still get its government loan
  28. Dear Prime Minister: we'd like you to join the call for a ban on killer robots
  29. A criminal record: women and Australian true crime stories
  30. How to use music to fine tune your child for school
  31. It's not just mums who need to avoid alcohol when trying for a baby
  32. With a new futures market, Bitcoin is going mainstream
  33. 2017 is set to be among the three hottest years on record
  34. Turnbull proposes all MPs make declarations on citizenship
  35. Heard of the element erbium? It could pave the way to a quantum internet
  36. Thunderstorm asthma: who's at risk and how to manage it
  37. What the NRA can teach us about the art of public persuasion
  38. How we discovered a new species of orangutan in northern Sumatra
  39. Why we are banning tourists from climbing Uluru
  40. The off-topic Conversation #141
  41. Gay rebels: why some older homosexual men don't support same-sex marriage
  42. Three charts on the state of STIs and blood-borne viruses in Australia
  43. The fear that dare not speak its name: how language plays a role in the assisted dying debate
  44. Tutors are key to reducing Indigenous student drop out rates
  45. A fleeting visit: an asteroid from another planetary system just shot past Earth
  46. Chinese personal shoppers have created a new type of retail store in Australia
  47. Five reasons not to spray the bugs in your garden this summer
  48. This is what Australia's growing cities need to do to avoid running dry
  49. Mr. Mercedes, Masturbation and Madness
  50. Qld Galaxy: 52-48 to Labor but One Nation up. Why Labor's Adani support a vote loser

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