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The rise of the pro-player as Australia hosts its richest computer gaming event

  • Written by: Zixiu Guo, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW
imageBig crowds at an Intel Extreme Masters event held in Poland in 2013. Shutterstock/adamziaja.com

The world’s most talented teams at the computer game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will battle it out this weekend in Sydney, vying for a share of a record A$260,000 in prize money.

It’s the first time the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) event...

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Higher-density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable

  • Written by: Melanie Davern, Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University

Access to high-quality public open space is a key ingredient of healthy, liveable cities. This has long been recognised in government planning policy, based on a large body of academic research showing that accessible green spaces lead to better health outcomes.

However, cities are home to more than just people. We also need to accommodate the...

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Teachers shouldn't have to manage behaviour issues by themselves - schools need to support them

  • Written by: Anna Sullivan, Associate Professor of Education, University of South Australia
imageIt's not always easy disciplining students.from shutterstock.com

Most teachers will tell you that disciplining students is one of the toughest parts of their job. In fact, 53% of teachers are stressed because of students’ behaviour. So what happens when teachers have tried everything and nothing seems to work?

New research shows that...

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  1. Politics podcast: Simon Birmingham on the government's education reforms
  2. Grattan on Friday: Catholic backlash over schools policy lights another Abbott-Turnbull spark
  3. Facebook turns to real people to fix its violent video problem
  4. 'A government without newspapers': why everyone should care about the cuts at Fairfax
  5. An act of faith: watching The Young Pope
  6. How urban bushland improves our health and why planners need to listen
  7. Highlighting 'good and bad' debt will make it harder to fund social programs
  8. New drugs on the PBS: what they do and why we need them
  9. China’s Eurasian gambit needs to be taken seriously
  10. Why biased budget forecasts make poor politics
  11. Explainer: how will the changes to HELP student loans affect you?
  12. The Cashless Debit Card Trial is working and it is vital – here's why
  13. When a suburb's turn for gentrification comes ...
  14. Food as medicine: your brain really does want you to eat more veggies
  15. Space bling: 'jewelled' LAGEOS satellites help us to measure the Earth
  16. Can art put us in touch with our feelings about climate change?
  17. Mythbusting Ancient Rome - Caligula's Horse
  18. Three Little Words and Best Self Nonsense
  19. Abbott questions Turnbull's schools plan
  20. NATSEM models the impact of HELP changes
  21. Politics podcast: John Hewson on the budget climate
  22. Disappearing act: take two for the Moon and Regulus
  23. UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk
  24. The great Australian plays: sex, poetry and The Chapel Perilous
  25. With gas and hydro plans, the government is looking at the whole picture
  26. Weekly Dose: Kalydeco, the drug that treats the cause of cystic fibrosis, not just symptoms
  27. The government is swimming against the tide on Westpac's Adani decision
  28. History can provide many lessons for Turnbull as he prepares for Trump meeting
  29. Victorian budget splash raises questions about privatisation
  30. The future of Australian coal: an unbankable deposit
  31. Gonski 2.0: Is this the school funding plan we have been looking for? Finally, yes
  32. Found with cocaine in Colombia, we should presume Cassandra Sainsbury's innocence
  33. Our uniquely lopsided brain
  34. Australian Twitter is more diverse than you think
  35. Feeling worn out? You could have iron overload
  36. All care and no responsibility: why Airtasker can't guarantee a minimum wage
  37. Full response from Airtasker CEO Tim Fung
  38. Police officer suicide: it's not just about workplace stress, but culture too
  39. Food as medicine: why do we need to eat so many vegetables and what does a serve actually look like?
  40. New to Australia? Good luck! Migrants can no longer afford 'gateway' suburbs
  41. Curious Kids: Why don’t cats wear shoes?
  42. Bob Brown takes to the High Court to put hardline anti-protest laws to the test
  43. A new literary portrait of Helen Garner leaves you wanting to know more
  44. Protecting young people's privacy as Facebook claims it can identify their anxieties
  45. Turnbull announces schools funding and a new Gonski review
  46. Chasing the audience: is it over and out for cricket on free to air TV?
  47. Charter schools and vouchers not a solution for Australian schooling
  48. WA's economic mismanagement is not a reason to review how the GST is carved up
  49. Higher education reform: small changes for now but big ones to come
  50. Government to build second Sydney airport

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