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Flos Grieg, Australia’s first female lawyer and early innovator

  • Written by: Renee Knake, RMIT Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Professor of Law at the University of Houston, RMIT University
Flos Grieg, Australia’s first female lawyer and early innovatorGrata Flos Greig, First Female Law Graduate, c1904, University of Melbourne. Flos was the first woman admitted to the Australian legal profession. University of Melbourne Archives, UMA/I/5131

In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages.

When Grata Flos Matilda Greig walked into her first law school class at the University of...

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What can our cities do about sprawl, congestion and pollution? Tip: scrap car parking

  • Written by: Neil Sipe, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Queensland
What can our cities do about sprawl, congestion and pollution? Tip: scrap car parkingCar parking occupies a large proportion of urban areas, and cities cannot keep sacrificing so much space to meet demand.Neil Sipe, Author provided

While car parking was a non-negotiable amenity for baby boomers, it is an eyesore to millennials and the up-and-coming iGen. Newer generations want more city and fewer cars. Globally, scrapping car...

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how much Australia spends on all levels of education

  • Written by: Daniel Edwards, Research Director, Australian Council for Educational Research
how much Australia spends on all levels of educationSpending on education in Australia increased nearly 80% between 2000 and 2015.from shutterstock.com

Australia spent A$111.8 billion on education in 2015, the most recent year for which the full dataset for all levels of education spending is available. A report from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) released today shows this...

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NZ considers changes to copyright law as part of promise to help end global 'book famine'

  • Written by: Lida Ayoubi, Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
NZ considers changes to copyright law as part of promise to help end global 'book famine'Most written works are not available in accessible formats, and this barrier affects about 168,000 New Zealanders.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-NC-SA

The New Zealand parliament seems closer to adopting a bill to amend copyright legislation to make it easier for visually impaired people to access published works.

An estimated 90% of all written...

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  5. Why 'Democracy peddler' Yang Hengjun has been detained in China and why he must be released
  6. Everything but China is on the table during PNG prime minister's visit
  7. why do some people worry more than others?
  8. FaceApp's fine print means you effectively can't sue them, unless you send a letter to their Russian office within 30 days
  9. 40 years ago, scientists predicted climate change. And hey, they were right
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  11. It's not just the building cracks or cladding – sometimes uncertainty does even more harm
  12. How a robot called Pink helped school children bring an Aboriginal language back to life
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  14. There is a problem with retirement incomes, but it isn't the super guarantee
  15. 'Are you one of us or one of them?' Margaret Olley, Ben Quilty and a portrait of a generous friendship
  16. Senate decides Pyne and Bishop have a few more parliamentary questions to answer
  17. 1 in 5 Australians is a victim of 'revenge porn', despite new laws to prevent it
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