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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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how the government shaped a blokey lockdown followed by a blokey recovery

  • Written by Chris Wallace, Associate Professor, 50/50 By 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Law & Government, University of Canberra
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison earns a six-figure income and lives in high-end, non-means-tested public housing with a stay-at-home spouse who cares for the family’s two school-aged children. He will never have experienced the childcare-related anxiety most parents of school-aged children do.

Morrison’s extraordinary singling...

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it would help not to pay businesses late)

  • Written by Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute
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JobKeeper has been a lifeline for the economy.

Given the ferocity of the economic hit caused by COVID-19, the government was right to prioritise speed over perfection.

But the current review of the A$70 billion provides an opportunity to iron out some of its crinkles.

The biggest priorities should be moving to upfront payments,...

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it's like an ethnic conflict, which offers clues to managing 'road wars'

  • Written by Andrew Dawson, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, University of Melbourne
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Motorists and cyclists are akin to ethnic groups, our research shows. This means we might want to look to multiculturalism in managing relations on the roads.

As we exit lockdown, car and bicycle use will increase greatly. Commuters may be swapping one risk for another – an increased risk of traffic accidents and congestion for...

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