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Explainer: how wage growth contributes to the economy

  • Written by: Graham White, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
imageYes, it makes the world go 'round.Mark Strozier/Flickr, CC BY

The Fair Work Commission is considering whether to increase Australia’s minimum wage. The Australian Council of Trade Unions is arguing for a A$45-a-week rise. Industry, arguing that currently business has limited ability to afford wages increases, wants the increase capped at 1.5%...

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Back-to-back bleaching has now hit two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef

  • Written by: Terry Hughes, Distinguished Professor, James Cook University, James Cook University
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Corals on the Great Barrier Reef have bleached again in 2017 as a result of extreme summer temperatures. It’s the fourth such event and the second in as many years, following earlier mass bleachings in 1998, 2002 and 2016.

The consecutive bleaching in 2016 and 2017 is concerning for two reasons. First, the 12-month gap between the two events...

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How pop culture can (and should) change legal views on swearing

  • Written by: Elyse Methven, Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney
imageAdam Briggs and Trials from A.B. Original, winners of this year's AMP Australian Music Prize, use swearing to make a political point in their music. Tracey Nearmy

Warning: The following article contains explicit language.

A bedtime storybook urges children to “Go the F . . k to Sleep!” The Wolf of Wall Street, one of the sweariest movies...

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