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with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?

  • Written by Jack Vowles, Professor of Political Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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New Zealand’s 2020 general election will be like no other in our history.

It comes in the wake of a remarkable government-led act of collective solidarity that has sacrificed businesses and livelihoods in the cause of protecting those who would have been most vulnerable to COVID-19: the old, those with health conditions,...

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How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia

  • Written by Caroline Spry, Honorary Associate, PhD, La Trobe University
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Trees marked by Aboriginal cultural practices are a distinctive part of the Australian landscape. A recent discovery on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales shows some of these “culturally modified trees” may be much younger than anybody thought.

What are culturally modified trees?

Aboriginal people have...

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University students aren't cogs in a market. They need more than a narrow focus on 'skills'

  • Written by Leesa Wheelahan, Professor & William G. Davis Chair in Community College Leadership, University of Toronto
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This essay is based on an episode of the University of Technology Sydney podcast series “The New Social Contract”. This audio series examines how the relationship between universities, the state and the public might be reshaped as we live through this global pandemic.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently announced a...

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At least 1,241 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge

  • Written by Abbas Mohajerani, Associate Professor, RMIT University
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Every year, treated wastewater sludge called “biosolids” is recycled and spread over agricultural land. My recent research discovered this practice dumps thousands of tonnes of microplastics into farmlands around the world. In Australia, we estimate this amount as at least 1,241 tonnes per year.

Microplastics in soils can th...

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