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Research shows the importance of parents reading with children – even after children can read

  • Written by: Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Murdoch University
imageResearch has typically found that shared reading experiences are highly beneficial for young people.Shutterstock/Alfira

Many of us will be able to recall the enjoyment of shared reading: being read to and sharing reading with our parents. However, my research has found that of the 997 Year 4 and Year 6 respondents at 24 schools who took part in the...

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Monumental errors: how Australia can fix its racist colonial statues

  • Written by: Bruce Charles Scates, Professor of History, Australian National University
imageAboriginal dancers from Pinjarra perform at the unveiling of the counter-memorial in Esplanade Park, Fremantle, April 9 1994. Courtesy Bruce Scates

War memorials are a feature of the Australian landscape. Obelisk and arch, broken pillar and stone statue remind us of the crippling loss a young nation faced in campaigns overseas. But where are the...

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Personal boundaries can be lost in translation for Chinese professionals in Australia

  • Written by: xiaoyan Liang, Sessional Lecturer/Teaching Associate, PhD student, Department of Management, Monash University, Monash University
imageCultural misunderstandings can leave immigrant professionals feeling overwhelmed and burned out.www.shutterstock.com

The Chinese proverb – “the fish does not know the existence of water until it is taken out of it” – will resonate with some Chinese immigrants in the Australian workplace. Significant cultural differences...

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Digging for dirt in the digital age: the trouble with journalism and doxing

  • Written by: Collette Snowden, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia
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Even before the march in Charlottesville turned violent, images of white supremacist demonstrators were posted on social media along with requests to identify them.

Many were named by Twitter and Facebook sleuths, complete with details of where they lived and worked. Some have reportedly lost their jobs or “gone into hiding”, while...

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  2. Curious Kids: I heard that breathing through your mouth makes your IQ go down. Is that true?
  3. You can tell if someone is attracted to you by their voice
  4. How Trump and Hanson are damaging their brands
  5. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the dual citizenship cases in the High Court
  6. WA bathes in sunshine but the poorest households lack solar panels – that needs to change
  7. Was embracing the market a necessary evil for Labour and Labor?
  8. Fair Game? The audacity of Héritier Lumumba
  9. Getting rid of junk health insurance policies is just tinkering at the margins of a much bigger issue
  10. The off-topic Conversation #133
  11. Speaking with: John Gerrard on preventing infectious diseases
  12. Australians can be denied life insurance based on genetic test results, and there is little protection
  13. Friday essay: TV's troubling storylines for characters with a mental illness
  14. Business Briefing: the 'get rich quick scheme' influencing what you buy
  15. Vital Signs: don't expect much from the central bankers at Jackson Hole
  16. New budget standards show just how inadequate the Newstart Allowance has become
  17. Finkel's Clean Energy Target plan 'better than nothing': economists poll
  18. Written in stone: the world's first trigonometry revealed in an ancient Babylonian tablet
  19. Getting serious on roads reform is one way our political leaders can get back on track
  20. Grattan on Friday: A No vote in marriage ballot would be a humiliation for Turnbull
  21. Explainer: what exactly must companies disclose to investors?
  22. High Court sets dual citizenship hearings for October
  23. Legalising same-sex marriage will help reduce high rates of suicide among young people in Australia
  24. Singing death: why music and grief go hand in hand
  25. The great divide where religious beliefs and the law meet
  26. Terminator 2 in 3D reminds us what we've still to learn about AI and robotics
  27. Ethnic religious communities may be the 'No' campaign's secret weapon in same-sex marriage fight
  28. The politics of public monuments: it's time Australians looked at what, and whom, we commemorate
  29. Expansion of cashless welfare card shows shock tactics speak louder than evidence
  30. Meet the woman who can lay claim to being Australia's first female judge
  31. From flatscreen TVs to your smartphone: the element boron deserves more attention
  32. What's equity got to do with health in a higher-density city?
  33. Antarctic ice reveals that fossil fuel extraction leaks more methane than thought
  34. Capturing the true wealth of Australia’s waste
  35. Religion in Australian schools: an historical and contemporary debate
  36. Successful people would leave Australia under 'socialist' Shorten: Cormann
  37. Banks shouldn't underestimate the risk of concentration in the housing market
  38. Beer, bongs and baby boomers: the unlikely tale of drug and alcohol use in the over 50s
  39. The Rape of Lucretia: a deconstructed tale of civic and personal virtue
  40. 'No religion' and Jedi Knight find their place in Australian identity
  41. Science fiction helps us deal with science fact: a lesson from Terminator's killer robots
  42. Australian census data show collapse in citizenship uptake by New Zealanders
  43. I was stabbed 14 times at the hospital where I work. I survived, but not everyone is so lucky
  44. To Christians arguing 'no' on marriage equality: the Bible is not decisive
  45. More of us could work in part-time roles if they were designed better
  46. When the Bullin shrieked: Aboriginal memories of volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago
  47. Hype and cash are muddying public understanding of quantum computing
  48. Why investor-driven urban density is inevitably linked to disadvantage
  49. Curious Kids: Where does my poo go when I flush the toilet? Does it go into the ocean?
  50. What blackout? How solar-reliant power grids passed the eclipse test

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