The aim of all reading is comprehension. from www.shutterstock.comThe sign on the public car park in the tiny Tasmanian town of Wynyard reads,
Egress from this carpark is to be via the access lane in the rear.
“Egress?” I wondered.
As my 21-year-old son quipped, perhaps the council had called in the local duke to write its signs. Or at...
Wollemia pine pollen cone. Wollemia pines (found in the wild only in Australia) are one of the most ancient tree species in the world, dating back 200 million years.Velela/WikipediaThey say that trees live for thousands of years. Like many things that “they” say, there is a germ of truth in the saying (even though it is mostly false).
T...
B.A. Santamaria (left) played a significant role in the Labor split and the formation of the Democratic Labor Party.Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAThe Conversation is running a series of explainers on key moments in Australian political history, looking at what happened, its impact then, and its relevance to politics today.
The Labor split started in...
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