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Australia's students are failing. I blame the politicians

  • Written by: Misty Adoniou, Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
imagePoliticians need to invest in teachers to improve education standards.www.shutterstock.com

The results of PISA 2015 have just been released – and Australia has slipped down the rankings, again.

The Australian Council of Educational Research has called it, and Australia is now in absolute decline in reading, mathematics and science.

A close...

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Turnbull government rules out an emissions intensity scheme

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageJosh Frydenberg said on Tuesday night there would not be an emissions intensity scheme under a Turnbull government.AAP/Mick Tsikas

The Turnbull government has slammed the door shut on an emissions intensity scheme for the electricity sector, in a demonstration of the power of the conservative forces in the Coalition.

Environment Minister Josh...

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Pavlov's plants: new study shows plants can learn from experience

  • Written by: Prudence Gibson, Art writer and Tutor, UNSW Australia
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The first time I met the Australian evolutionary ecologist Monica Gagliano, she was wearing colourful paisley trousers and was giving an animated talk at a 2014 environmental humanities conference in Canberra.

Despite her passionate presentation, trouble was brewing. Something was not right in the room. A woman...

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FactCheck: Is Australia’s use of antibiotics in general practice 20% above the OECD average?

  • Written by: John Turnidge, Affiliate Professor of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide

A particular focus will be Australia’s high use of antibiotics in general practice, which is 20% above the OECD average. – Minister for Health and Aged Care Sussan Ley, media release announcing implementation of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2015-2019, November 10, 2016.

As she launched the implementation plan for...

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  2. Laughs, cries and deception: birds' emotional lives are just as complicated as ours
  3. It will take years to know whether New South Wales' shark nets are working
  4. Twitter influences investor behaviour whether companies intend it to or not: new research
  5. Remembering Peter Corrigan: a life of movement, energy and integrity
  6. We don't need greater access to Nembutal to achieve good end-of-life care
  7. Australia’s human rights debate has always been political
  8. PISA results don’t look good, but before we panic let’s look at what we can learn from the latest test
  9. Five ways to spend with more social purpose this Christmas
  10. Hanson thinks Culleton has swollen head
  11. Wings of desire, demise and adaptation: birds in Australian art
  12. First the word, then the deed: how an 'ethnocracy' like Australia works
  13. Traditional hunting gets headlines, but is not the big threat to turtles and dugongs
  14. What’s next for Italy?
  15. Does medical research funding need a paradigm shift?
  16. When planning falls short: the challenges of informal settlements
  17. Drugs for delirium don't work, and may in fact harm
  18. Why OPEC's squeeze on oil prices is getting weaker all the time
  19. Great Barrier Reef needs far more help than Australia claims in its latest report to UNESCO
  20. Australians can have zero-emission electricity, without blowing the bill
  21. 'We lost the house, we lost everything': what dealing with financial stress looks like
  22. The limits of empathy: Matthew Flinders' encounters with Indigenous Australians
  23. Listen up: running sounds contain clues for injury prevention
  24. Australia's political elites are fiddling while Rome burns
  25. Our ideas about vertebrate evolution challenged by a new tree of life
  26. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 4
  27. The 'no' vote in Italy's referendum triggers economic and political uncertainty
  28. Tipping the scales on Christmas Island: wasps and bugs use other species, so why can’t we?
  29. Your smartphone knows a lot about you, but what about your mental health?
  30. Why we should no longer consider Last Tango in Paris 'a classic'
  31. Introducing competition to the health sector should be treated with caution
  32. Abbott 'dismayed' by report of end of his Green Army
  33. Australia's 'great green boom' of 2010-11 has been undone by drought
  34. John Key quits while he's ahead – so what's next for New Zealand politics?
  35. Goodbye, Dolly, the magazine that helped so many young women grow up
  36. Financial wizardry alone won't stave off a Chinese debt crisis
  37. Could a cannabis pill reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting? Here's how we find out
  38. Health Check: do home remedies for common warts really work?
  39. Why don't more people volunteer? Misconceptions don't help
  40. Governments need to look beyond education rankings and focus on inequities in the system
  41. Neighbours' fears about affordable housing are worse than any impacts
  42. From 'fascists' to 'feminazis': how both sides of politics are biased in their political thinking
  43. The worst year for mosquitoes ever? Here's how we find out
  44. Can we blame climate change for thunderstorm asthma?
  45. The Business Council of Australia and its new head need a reality check
  46. Imitation game: how copies can solve our cultural heritage crises
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