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Sex lives of reptiles could leave them vulnerable to climate change

  • Written by: Clare Holleley, Senior Research Scientist, Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO

We are only just starting to appreciate the full sexual diversity of animals. What we are learning is helping us understand evolution and how animals will cope with a changing world.

In humans and other mammals, sex chromosomes (the Xs and Ys) determine physical sex. But in reptiles, sometimes sex chromosomes do not match physical sex. We call...

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The case for a fixed 15% fee on all student loans

  • Written by: Bruce Chapman, Director, Policy Impact, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University
imageA flat-rate fee on student loans isn't a radical idea.from www.shutterstock.com

The Grattan Institute has proposed that a 15% surcharge should be added to the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debt of undergraduate and college students.

The surcharge is not an up front fee. It is a fee that is added to the existing debt and paid later, depending...

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Kidman sale finally gets green light

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageScott Morrison rejected earlier foreign-controlled bids for the S Kidman & Co. pastoral empire on national interest grounds.AAP/Lukas Coch

The sale of the vast Kidman pastoral empire to the joint venture Outback Beef – led by Gina Rinehart’s Hancock with the Chinese-owned Shanghai CRED having a one-third interest – has passed...

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