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the ABC's complex debate over its role as sports broadcaster

  • Written by: Michael Ward, PhD candidate, University of Sydney
the ABC's complex debate over its role as sports broadcasterABC once viewed sports coverage as integral to its mission of nation-building. But in recent years, it has grown far more ambivalent about sports.Dean Lewins/AAP

The ABC has announced it will not provide live radio coverage of the Olympics for the first time in 67 years for budgetary reasons, and because Australians now have the “increased...

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How does poor air quality from bushfire smoke affect our health?

  • Written by: Brian Oliver, Research Leader in Respiratory cellular and molecular biology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Senior Lecturer, School of Medical & Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology Sydney

New South Wales and Queensland are in the grip of a devastating bushfire emergency, which has tragically resulted in the loss of homes and lives.

But the smoke produced can affect many more people not immediately impacted by the fires – even people many kilometres from the fire. The smoke haze blanketing parts of NSW and Queensland has seen...

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here are 5 steps to help them cope

  • Written by: Toni Noble, Adjunct Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology & Education, Australian Catholic University

More than 600 schools have been closed, and some damaged, in recent days as bushfires rage across Queensland and New South Wales. Some students have been urgently evacuated while in school. People have lost homes and animals and are experiencing significant distress.

Research shows somewhere between 7% and 45% of children suffer depression after...

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how Australian bushfire writing has changed with the climate

  • Written by: Grace Moore, Senior lecturer in English, the University of Otago, New Zealand, University of Otago

Bushfire writing has long been a part of Australian literature.

Tales of heroic rescues and bush Christmases describe a time when the fire season was confined only to summer months and Australia’s battler identity was forged in the flames.

While some of these early stories may seem melodramatic to the modern reader, they offer vital...

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  1. getting to the bottom of the city-country divide
  2. If Australian police officers are allowed to shoot to kill, they should be better trained
  3. Why municipal waste-to-energy incineration is not the answer to NZ's plastic waste crisis
  4. the cum-ex trading scandal and why it matters
  5. What did the High Court decide in the Pell case? And what happens now?
  6. As flames encroach, those at risk may lose phone signal when they need it most
  7. If you've given your DNA to a DNA database, US police may now have access to it
  8. Victims of child sex abuse still face significant legal barriers suing churches
  9. UWA Publishing has helped take Australian poetry into the world. Its closure would be catastrophic for poets
  10. What is a 'mass extinction' and are we in one now?
  11. It's 25 years since we redefined autism – here's what we've learnt
  12. Own a bike you never ride? We need to learn how to fail better at active transport
  13. how growth in population and consumption drives planetary change
  14. Why Australia's first securities class action judgment (sort of) cleared Myer
  15. how bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems
  16. Vaping-related lung disease now has a name – and a likely cause. 5 things you need to know about EVALI
  17. Japanese visual storytelling comes alive at OzAsia
  18. Mr Morrison, I lost my home to bushfire. Your thoughts and prayers are not enough
  19. this year's OzAsia festival fused worlds in dance
  20. Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding. That's why we use the whole language approach to teaching it
  21. the story behind our dairy woes
  22. 1 in 10 women with endometriosis report using cannabis to ease their pain
  23. Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read
  24. it's not us, it's the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?
  25. The government's 'new page' on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same
  26. Frances Levvy, Australia's quietly radical early animal rights campaigner
  27. As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a 'good death'
  28. Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell -- but their sense of smell is fine
  29. When a tree dies, don't waste your breath. Rescue the wood to honour its memory
  30. Shareholder activism might sound good, but it's delusional to think it will change anything much
  31. Photojournalists are telling an important story and they should interact with their subjects
  32. Drought and climate change were the kindling, and now the east coast is ablaze
  33. 3-parent IVF could prevent illness in many children (but it's really more like 2.002-parent IVF)
  34. No, a 'complex' system is not to blame for corporate wage theft
  35. Media companies are mad as hell at tech giants and don't want to take it anymore. But what choice do they have?
  36. Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data
  37. The open access shift at UWA Publishing is an experiment doomed to fail
  38. The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work
  39. We may one day grow babies outside the womb, but there are many things to consider first
  40. Reading progress is falling between year 5 and 7, especially for advantaged students: 5 charts
  41. Frozen in time, the casts of Indigenous Australians who performed in 'human zoos' are chilling
  42. Why Australia is still grappling with the legacy of the first world war
  43. Smart tech systems cut congestion for a fraction of what new roads cost
  44. Another COAG meeting, another limp swing at the waste problem
  45. Government set to win its new powers against unions
  46. When the coroner looked at how to cut drug deaths at music festivals, the evidence won. But what happens next?
  47. Are flexible learning options giving schools a convenient way out of taking responsibility for 'difficult' students?
  48. Oh, oh, oh! The clitoris certainly gives pleasure. But does it also help women conceive?
  49. does monetary policy work any more?
  50. Want more jobs in Australia? Cut our ore exports and make more metals at home

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