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Why the sunrise is still later after the winter solstice shortest day

  • Written by: Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria
imageFoggy winter morning at Sugarloaf Reservoir, Victoria.Melbourne Water/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

We’ve just passed another winter solstice. Wednesday June 21 was the shortest day of the year. I live in Melbourne, so we had just 9 hours and 32 minutes of daylight, and it was dark and grey, so we certainly felt the lack of sunlight.

For those up north...

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Why is the Australian government funding Hollywood films at the expense of our stories?

  • Written by: Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), University of Melbourne
imageDavid Gulpilil as the tracker Moodoo in the 2002 film Rabbit Proof Fence.Rumbalara Films, Australian Film Commission, The, Australian Film Finance Corporation

Watching David Stratton’s loving recall of Australian films of the past 50 years over the past three weeks on the ABC, makes you realise how much impact they have had on us all. As one...

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It's easy to do business in New Zealand but it needs to be easier

  • Written by: Siah Hwee Ang, Chair in Business in Asia, Victoria University of Wellington
imageNew Zealand is one of the easiest places to do business.Shutterstock

New Zealand is still topping the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index, a ranking of how easy it is to do business in 190 economies and cities. But even though New Zealand is ranked first in half of the criteria, the index also shows the country urgently needs to address...

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Growing up in disadvantaged areas may affect teens' brains, but good parenting can help

  • Written by: Sarah Whittle, Associate Professor in Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
imageDisadvantaged neighbourhoods can be a source of stress for young people. Dielok/Flickr, CC BY-SA

New research has found growing up in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may have negative effects on children’s brain development. But for males, at least, positive parenting negated these negative effects, providing some good lessons for parents.

Living...

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  1. Restricting bail and parole for those with terror links is no cure-all
  2. Are we counting culture to death?
  3. Uber's problems highlight silicon valley's faltering vision for the future
  4. Surgeons admit to mistakes in surgery and would use robots if they reduced the risks
  5. Business Briefing: following the money in cricket
  6. Beyond Medicare levies: joining the dots to create places that are good for our health
  7. Where are the new Australian musicals? Waiting in the wings
  8. Feeling euphoric on a low-carb diet? The effect on your brain is similar to an illicit drug
  9. Hey, sexy: objectifying catcalls occur more frequently than you might think
  10. A venomous paradox: how deadly are Australia's snakes?
  11. A Labor government would boost schools' money but how much would it unpick Gonski 2.0?
  12. Republicans hold seats at US House by-elections
  13. Get in on the ground floor: how apartments can join the solar boom
  14. Should governments provide funding grants to encourage public interest journalism?
  15. Speaking with: Peter Doherty about infectious disease pandemics
  16. The CPA saga demonstrates why Australia's corporate governance code needs replacing
  17. Three charts on: Australia's declining homicide rates
  18. Canavan offers to fund gas exploration, but what do we get in return?
  19. Three charts on: the NBN and Australia’s digital divide
  20. What Australia can learn from the New Zealand retirement system
  21. Taxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health
  22. Grenfell Tower fire exposes the injustice of disasters
  23. As Harry Potter turns 20, let's focus on reading pleasure rather than literary merit
  24. Science journalism is in Australia’s interest, but needs support to thrive
  25. Australia's lobbying laws are inadequate, but other countries are getting it right
  26. Curious Kids: how can a tiny seed actually grow into a huge tree?
  27. New Zealand joins a growing global Conversation
  28. Australians shy away from Trump but strongly embrace the alliance: Lowy poll
  29. Government reaches out to Catholics on Gonski 2.0
  30. Labor takes a political risk and opposes government's tougher citizenship legislation
  31. Land clearing on the rise as legal 'thinning' proves far from clear-cut
  32. How the corporate veil is motivating misbehaviour and obscuring who should take the blame
  33. A human percussion section: The Idea of North with Kaichiro Kitamura
  34. Are China and the US destined for war?
  35. Income inequality exists in Australia, but the true picture may not be as bad as you thought
  36. What does DNA sound like? Using music to unlock the secrets of genetic code
  37. Research Check: can a new drug really protect redheads from cancer?
  38. We need to be cautious when assuming CCTV will prevent family violence
  39. We need our country; our country needs us
  40. Price hikes in Ether and Bitcoin aren't the signs of a bubble
  41. Government can support public interest journalism in Australia – here's how
  42. What we know, don’t know and suspect about what causes motor neuron disease
  43. The top five films of the Sydney Film Festival (and the rest)
  44. Free textbooks for first-year university students could help improve retention rates
  45. Why should the state wriggle out of providing public housing?
  46. Liberal backbenchers arc up on behalf of Catholic schools
  47. What’s in a name? Writing across borders of poetry and music
  48. Are heatwaves 'worsening' and have 'hot days' doubled in Australia in the last 50 years?
  49. Full response from the Climate Council for an article on heatwaves and hot days in Australia
  50. The last line of defence: Indigenous rights and Adani's land deal

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