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Ditch plastic dog poo bags, go compostable

  • Written by: M. Leigh Ackland, Professor in Molecular Biosciences, Deakin University
Ditch plastic dog poo bags, go compostableDon't do these doggie-doo don'ts.Shutterstock

We humans have a habit of avoiding our waste. We find organic waste particularly unpleasant. We bag it and dispose of it as soon as possible.

Even the most environmentally conscious person would rather not handle something like decomposing food or dog poo with their bare hands. Plastic bags are often...

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House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come

  • Written by: John Mangan, Professor and Director of the Australian Institute For Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come$3.5 trillion is about to be poured into a small number of hands over the next two decades.Shutterstock

Suddenly, death duties are part of the election campaign.

Not that Labor (or the Coalition) is proposing them, but photoshopped fake tweets from Labor figures saying they will introduce them have been doing the rounds, and the Coalition is using...

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Before the Anzac biscuit, soldiers ate a tile so hard you could write on it

  • Written by: Lindsay Kelley, Lecturer, Art & Design, UNSW
Before the Anzac biscuit, soldiers ate a tile so hard you could write on itChristmas hard tack biscuit: Boer War. Australian War Memorial. Accession Number: REL/10747.Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial

Before Anzac biscuits found the sticky sweet form we bake and eat today, Anzac soldiers ate durable but bland “Anzac tiles”, a new name for an ancient ration.

Anzac tiles are also known as army biscuits,...

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how WWI brought new skills and professions back to Australia

  • Written by: James Waghorne, Academic Historian, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
how WWI brought new skills and professions back to AustraliaThe war spurred surgeons to develop new techniques, such as traction splints and blood transfusions.from shutterstock.com

The first world war was significant to the formation of Australian national identity and defining national characteristics, such as making do and mateship. This is well acknowledged.

But it was also a technical war, which...

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  5. Joyce could be facing waves at a judicial inquiry after the election
  6. here's what taxpayers need to know about water buybacks
  7. Never know what to write in your mother’s day card? You need to read this!
  8. Ethnic media are essential for new migrants and should be better funded
  9. Rift between NZ government and aid agency over naming of nurse captured by ISIS
  10. Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the 'disappointing' banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers
  11. Sri Lanka has a history of conflict, but the recent attacks appear different
  12. The budget's dirty secret is the hikes in tax rates you're not meant to know about
  13. How much do sedentary people really need to move? It's less than you think
  14. Crackdown on foreign workers is part of Shorten's wages campaign
  15. why the a⁠b⁠s⁠e⁠n⁠c⁠e⁠ ⁠o⁠f⁠ ⁠e⁠v⁠i⁠d⁠e⁠n⁠c⁠e⁠ ⁠can be a useful thing
  16. Discontent with Nationals in regional areas could spell trouble for Coalition at federal election
  17. MONA's Eat the Problem is possibly well-meaning but ultimately exquisitely elitist
  18. Logged native forests mostly end up in landfill, not in buildings and furniture
  19. Can $55 million get Clive Palmer back into parliamentary game?
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  21. Malcolm Turnbull's home truths on the NEG help Labor in the climate wars
  22. Chris Lilley's Lunatics has deadpan cringe, great dialogue but is more mawkish than outrageous
  23. How the UK is leading the world on flu research, ready to kick in quickly when the next pandemic hits
  24. The campaign with built-in R&R for voters
  25. the 'ball-tampering' budget trick they don't want you to know about
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  27. Adani, economics and personality politics
  28. Antibiotic shortages are putting Aboriginal kids at risk
  29. What and where is heaven? The answers are at the heart of the Easter story
  30. What is hell, exactly? We might joke it's other people, but the Bible has a more complicated answer
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  33. a tale of amazing people, amazing creatures and rising seas
  34. how we value the fruits of our labour over instant gratification
  35. Climate change is hitting hard across New Zealand, official report finds
  36. Joko Widodo looks set to win the Indonesia election. Now, the real power struggle begins
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