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Ten Twitter accounts you should be following if you want to listen to Indigenous Australians and learn

  • Written by: Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University
Ten Twitter accounts you should be following if you want to listen to Indigenous Australians and learnJames Gourley/ AAP

Three in every four Australians hold a negative view about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, according to stark new research this week.

As ANU researcher Siddharth Shirodkar explained, these views can lead to widespread racism.

This study presents stark evidence of the solid invisible barrier that Indigenous people...

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what the AFL and NRL need to turn sport into show business

  • Written by: Abdel K. Halabi, Senior Lecturer in Accounting , Federation University Australia

This week the deputy premier of New South Wales, home to most teams in Australia’s National Rugby League, suggested getting football fans back in the stands might be an issue of fundamental rights.

If 20,000 people could rally in support of Black Lives Matter in central Sydney, John Barilaro reportedly said, the NRL could handle similar in a...

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Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all

  • Written by: Shamit Saggar, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Public Policy Institute, University of Western Australia
Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for allMick Tsikas/AAP

Australia is routinely compared with other rich, developed nations. Its economy, schooling, health care, infrastructure and social values are regularly put up against those of Western Europe and North America, allowing intelligent comparisons to be drawn. Like is compared with like.

But when it comes to the ethnic composition of its...

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could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?

  • Written by: Peter Sly, Director, Children’s Health and Environment Program and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Children’s Health and Environment, The University of Queensland
could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?Shutterstock

Scientists around the world are continuing to test countless vaccines and drugs in the hope of finding effective ways to prevent and treat COVID-19.

Among the trials happening in Australia is one my team is about to begin, looking at something called OM85.

OM85 is not a conventional drug, but a combination of molecules extracted from...

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  2. with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?
  3. How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia
  4. University students aren't cogs in a market. They need more than a narrow focus on 'skills'
  5. At least 1,241 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge
  6. how the government shaped a blokey lockdown followed by a blokey recovery
  7. it would help not to pay businesses late)
  8. it's like an ethnic conflict, which offers clues to managing 'road wars'
  9. Heading back to the gym? Here's how to avoid injury after coronavirus isolation
  10. Pat Turner on Closing the Justice Gap
  11. Cutting the ABC cuts public trust, a cost no democracy can afford
  12. Defunding the police could bring positive change in Australia. These communities are showing the way
  13. The national cabinet's in and COAG's out. It's a fresh chance to put health issues on the agenda, but there are risks
  14. Who owns the bones? Human fossils shouldn't just belong to whoever digs them up
  15. Voices, hearts and hands – how the powerful sounds of protest have changed over time
  16. It's 12 months since the last bushfire season began, but don't expect the same this year
  17. By sacking staff and closing stores, big businesses like The Warehouse could hurt their own long-term interests
  18. does your driving speed make any difference to your car's emissions?
  19. If Australia really wants to tackle mental health after coronavirus, we must take action on homelessness
  20. Attending the G7 in the US carries great diplomatic risks for Australia
  21. 'Forced' evictions eat away at a Manila community as developer spares the golf course next door
  22. where you can wear slippers, crack peanuts, and knit 'to your heart's content'
  23. You better hope your work cleaner is one of the few who has time to do a thorough job
  24. bushfires destroyed the writing retreat of an Aussie literary icon
  25. how to protect your kids from in-person sexual abuse
  26. how to protect your kids from online sexual abuse
  27. how would they bring the International Space Station back down to Earth?
  28. racism, COVID-19, and the inequality that fuels these parallel pandemics
  29. Black Lives Matter outrage must drive police reform in Aotearoa-New Zealand too
  30. How Marriage Therapy Help Your Relationships
  31. How far away can dogs smell and hear?
  32. Student teachers must pass a literacy and numeracy test before graduating – it's unfair and costly
  33. Local news sources are closing across Australia. We are tracking the devastation (and some reasons for hope)
  34. 20% of pregnant Australian women don't receive the recommended mental health screening
  35. The housing boom propelled inequality, but a coronavirus housing bust will skyrocket it
  36. Desire Lines is a small love story inside an epic tale
  37. Businesses get extension for instant asset write-off
  38. Economists back wage freeze 21-19 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey
  39. Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary payment
  40. Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over Trump
  41. New Zealand hits zero active coronavirus cases. Here are 5 measures to keep it that way
  42. why my battle for access to the 'Palace letters' should matter to all Australians
  43. Grindr is deleting its 'ethnicity filter'. But racism is still rife in online dating
  44. do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work and play in?
  45. Spare change? Cashless transactions could end the cultural legacy of the coin
  46. We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat
  47. why do we have boogers?
  48. the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble
  49. Number of Australia's vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll
  50. We've discovered how these deadly bacteria use a common sugar to spread through the body. It could help us stop them

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