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Universities must act now on sustainability goals

  • Written by: Tahl Kestin, Sustainable Development Solutions Network Manager, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University

In an unpredictable and insecure global political scene, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are intended to tackle pressing global challenges.

Agreed on by all participating countries, including Australia, the SDGs set 17 goals and 169 targets to promote economic prosperity, social inclusion and environmental...

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Without proper protections, same-sex marriage will discriminate against conscientious objectors

  • Written by: Greg Walsh, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia
imageIf marriage is to be redefined, substantial protections should be provided for conscientious objectors.shutterstock

Many politicians have confidently claimed that the introduction of same-sex marriage does not have the potential to violate religious liberty or the rights of conscientious objectors.

This is clearly false considering the situation...

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Health Check: is makeup bad for your skin?

  • Written by: Cara McDonald, Consultant Dermatologist, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
imageMany people cover their face with makeup every day, potentially causing irritation. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Makeup is an everyday item for many people and non-negotiable for some. Is it bad for our skin? As always, the answer is not clear-cut and depends on the individual, their skin type, and the products they use.

With an overwhelming choice...

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The costs of a casual job are now outweighing any pay benefits

  • Written by: Joshua Healy, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Workplace Leadership, University of Melbourne

Low wages growth has been a spectre hanging around the Australian economy for some time. In our series What We Earn we unpick the causes for this and why some workers might be feeling it more than others.


Workers aren’t being compensated as much as they should be for precarious work in casual positions.

One in four Australian employees today i...

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  1. What is hedonism and how does it affect your health?
  2. This is why we cannot rely on cities alone to tackle climate change
  3. It's reputation that matters when spin doctors go back to the newsroom
  4. I have always wondered: why are some fruits poisonous?
  5. All that glitters: why our obsession with putting gold on food is nothing new
  6. At last! The world's first ethical guidelines for driverless cars
  7. Curious Kids: Why do stars twinkle?
  8. Anger, aggression and violence: it matters that we know the difference
  9. The new Great Barrier Reef pollution plan is better, but still not good enough
  10. Australia's record-breaking winter warmth linked to climate change
  11. The more years spent in a classroom the lower your risk of heart disease
  12. The off-topic Conversation #134
  13. Not just nice to have: nature in the workplace makes employees happier and healthier
  14. Face Value: business leaders are betting we will spend more
  15. Vital Signs: living in the past won't distract from our current economic woes
  16. How I came to know that I am a closet climate denier
  17. New research unlocks the mystery of leaf size
  18. Almost half of trans young people try to end their lives. How can we reduce this alarming statistic?
  19. Friday essay: The personal is now commercial – popular feminism online
  20. Racism is real, race is not: a philosopher's perspective
  21. Sex and the City, Santiago style, where they're serving up 'coffee with legs'
  22. There is no apprenticeships 'crisis' in Australia
  23. Grattan on Friday: If defeat comes, what then for the Liberals' succession?
  24. Don't expect the Grameen Bank's microfinance model to pay off for Australians
  25. Guam’s forests are being slowly killed off – by a snake
  26. Truth to power: how podcasts are getting political
  27. Doctors, lawyers and ministers all take a professional pledge: here's why teachers should too
  28. Why Google wants to think more like you and less like a machine
  29. Weekly Dose: Gardasil 9, the vaccine that could soon protect against cervical cancer in fewer doses
  30. Spirituality gone awry in India: what is Dera Sacha Sauda, and who is its jailed leader?
  31. Revealed: who supports marriage equality in Australia – and who doesn't
  32. Lasers and dung beetles: the 2017 Eureka Prizes celebrate the best of Australian science
  33. We tracked how investors read company reports and here's how they're misled
  34. The mystery of the La Pérouse expedition survivors: wrecked in Torres Strait?
  35. Explainer: what is chronic kidney disease and why are one in three at risk of this silent killer?
  36. Marriage survey: two-thirds of new voters are aged 18-24
  37. Three questions to ask about calls to widen breast cancer screening
  38. Turnbull is pursuing 'energy certainty' but what does that actually mean?
  39. New study finding fat isn't as bad as carbs misses the point
  40. Forget heatwaves, our cold houses are much more likely to kill us
  41. A Byzantine ancestor to same-sex marriage?
  42. Explainer: what is antifa, and where did it come from?
  43. Change Agents: Darren Kindleysides and Don Rothwell on how Australia briefly stopped Japanese whaling
  44. The Australian Greens at 25: fighting the same battles but still no breakthrough
  45. Ancient whales had more bite than today's gentle giants
  46. Of mice and men: why animal trial results don’t always translate to humans
  47. Hypocrisy reigns on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate
  48. Why retailers want you to 'click and collect'
  49. Can our cities' thriving creative precincts be saved from ‘renewal’?
  50. Devastating Himalayan floods are made worse by an international blame game

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