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Climate change is bringing a new world of bushfires

  • Written by: Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney

Spring has barely arrived, and bushfires are burning across Australia’s eastern seaboard. More than 50 fires are currently burning in New South Wales, and some 15,000 hectares have burned in Queensland since late last week.

It’s the first time Australia has seen such strong fires this early in the bushfire season. While fire is a normal...

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How might an apology feature in the new religious freedom bill?

  • Written by: Renae Barker, Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia
How might an apology feature in the new religious freedom bill?Israel Folau has asked for an apology from Rugby Australia.AAP/Peter Rae

Sometimes legal disputes are about more than money. Sometimes what is really wanted is an apology – an acknowledgement of wrongful treatment. As former President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sir Ronald Wilson, said in White v Gollan, an apology...

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India's moon mission should be considered a success, and a lesson in spacefaring

  • Written by: Rebecca Allen, PhD candidate researching galaxy formation and evolution, Swinburne University of Technology

Over the weekend, India attempted to make history by becoming just the fourth nation to successfully land a probe on the Moon. It came agonisingly close, but after journeying millions of kilometres, the Vikram lander lost contact in the final few hundred metres and crash-landed on the lunar surface.

But it would be both unfair and plain wrong to...

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Here's what you can eat and avoid to reduce your risk of bowel cancer

  • Written by: Suzanne Mahady, Gastroenterologist & Clinical Epidemiologist, Senior Lecturer, Monash University
Here's what you can eat and avoid to reduce your risk of bowel cancerIt's not certain why, but fibre has protective effects against bowel cancer. www.shutterstock.com

Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world. In 2017, bowel cancer was the second most common cancer in Australia and rates are increasing in people under 50.

Up to 35% of cancers worldwide might be caused by lifestyle factors...

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  2. Don't practice 'promiscuous partisanship', former public service commissioner warns bureaucrats
  3. the costs multiply in tropical cities
  4. How rivalries between doctors and pharmacists turned into the 'turf war' we see today
  5. In Ride Like a Girl, Rachel Griffiths feminises the traditionally male hero's journey
  6. Keep your job options open and don't ditch science when choosing next year's school subjects
  7. why Australians think sporting bodies provide strongest leadership for public good
  8. when your favourite programs come back from the dead
  9. Women have made many inroads in policing, but barriers remain to achieving gender equity
  10. Drugs don't affect job seeking, so let's offer users help rather than take away their payments
  11. New law gives NZ police discretion not to prosecute drug users, but to offer addiction support instead
  12. Mark Butler calls for "ruthless" re-examination of Labor policies, including on climate
  13. why does Saturn have rings?
  14. Environment laws have failed to tackle the extinction emergency. Here's the proof
  15. There's an obvious reason wages aren't growing, but you won't hear it from Treasury or the Reserve Bank
  16. People want and need more housing choice. It's about time governments stood up to deliver it
  17. Johnson's missteps about to send weary voters to another election as the EU divorce gets ugly
  18. Rudd's rental affordability scheme was a $1 billion gift to developers; Abbott was right to axe it
  19. Fewer casual positions and less out-of-hours work could help retain early career teachers
  20. 'It felt like a prison' – too many young Australians are still stuck in nursing homes
  21. Where 'woke' came from and why marketers should think twice before jumping on the social activism bandwagon
  22. how to adopt the science without discriminating
  23. Sarah Henderson wins her way back to parliament
  24. Australia has met its renewable energy target. But hold off on the champagne
  25. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the economy
  26. The air above Antarctica is suddenly getting warmer – here's what it means for Australia
  27. how Doctor Who shapes public attitudes to science
  28. New Zealand launches plan to revive the health of lakes and rivers
  29. two new five-year arts plans
  30. what home gardeners can learn from nature's rebirth after fire
  31. Locking up legally innocent people before their trial is straining Victoria’s prisons
  32. Can we heal teeth? The quest to repair tooth enamel, nature's crystal coat
  33. 50 years of the Kaldor Foundation
  34. Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion not discrimination
  35. lessons from stone – Indigenous thinking and the Law
  36. female jockeys are more prevalent, but still treated as outsiders
  37. a source of dangerous bacteria in remote communities' water supply
  38. 3 ways planners can defy the odds to promote good health for all of us
  39. NAPLAN tests are not tough enough for the level of maths students are studying
  40. Vital Signs. Sure, economic growth is low, but think about what's gone right
  41. When schmoozing the PM gets you a black eye
  42. Journalism is failing climate change
  43. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on a slowing economy
  44. the truth about electric vehicle emissions
  45. With conventional wisdom, answers to our economic malaise are in short supply
  46. Trump trails leading Democrats by record margins, plus Brexit latest and the LNP leads in Queensland
  47. Tiny specks in space could be the key to finding martian life
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