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STEM is worth investing in, but Australia's major parties offer scant details on policy and funding

  • Written by: Kylie Walker, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University

This article is part of a series examining the Coalition government’s record on key issues while in power and what Labor is promising if it wins the 2019 federal election.


Evidence from around the world shows that public investment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) can advance nations towards a strong economy, a...

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do ‘the French’ care about Anzac?

  • Written by: Romain Fathi, Lecturer, History, Flinders University
do ‘the French’ care about Anzac?This large 'Do Not Forget Australia' sign in a yard at the Victoria school in Villers-Bretonneux, is the heir of smaller signs once placed in classrooms by Australian authorities.Author provided

When the first world war came to an end on the Western Front in November 1918, it was time for Australian soldiers to return home. As in Gallipoli, they...

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Retiree home ownership is about to plummet. Soon little more than half will own where they live

  • Written by: Brendan Coates, Fellow, Grattan Institute
Retiree home ownership is about to plummet. Soon little more than half will own where they liveYou'll be OK if you own, but fewer willShutterstock/Grattan Institute

Australia’s retirement incomes system has been built on the assumption that most retirees would own their home outright. But new Grattan Institute modelling shows the share of over 65s who own their home will fall from 76% today to 57% by 2056 – and it’s likely...

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  1. If you're coming off antidepressants, withdrawals and setbacks may be part of the process
  2. what is explicit instruction and how does it help children learn?
  3. In this campaign, Morrison won't be wearing gloves like Turnbull did in 2016
  4. Geoffrey Rush's victory in his defamation case could have a chilling effect on the #MeToo movement
  5. Don't trust the environmental hype about electric vehicles? The economic benefits might convince you
  6. Australia is vulnerable to a catastrophic cyber attack, but the Coalition has a poor cyber security track record
  7. is water blue or is it just reflecting off the sky?
  8. What the finance industry can tell us about what's holding back wages
  9. When science is put in the service of evil
  10. Why boycotts against Brunei's new anti-gay laws won't be effective, but regional pressure might
  11. Archaeology is unravelling new stories about Indigenous seagoing trade on Australia's doorstep
  12. trial of alleged perpetrator of Christchurch mosque shootings
  13. New report charts future of the family law system
  14. the long journey to the first image of a black hole
  15. As election 2019 kicks off, the only certainty is a cranky and mistrustful electorate
  16. Federal election 2019: state of the states
  17. Morrison visits Governor-General for a May 18 election
  18. India's elections will be the largest in world history
  19. How much evidence is enough to declare a new species of human from a Philippines cave site?
  20. Dog whistles, regional visas and wage theft – immigration policy is again an election issue
  21. There's a lot of bad news in the UN Global Environment Outlook, but a sustainable future is still possible
  22. Prescription monitoring is here, but we need to tread carefully to avoid unintended harms
  23. Both major parties are finally talking about the importance of preschool – here's why it matters
  24. Artificial intelligence may take your job, so political leaders need to start doing theirs
  25. Here's why well-intentioned vegan protesters are getting it wrong
  26. a lurch between aggression and apathy
  27. 'My girlfriend is intimidated by the idea of having sex. What should I do?'
  28. big on promises, short on follow-through
  29. Labor will prioritise an NBN 'digital inclusion drive' – here's what it should focus on
  30. Bowen says Labor would have lower tax take than under Howard years
  31. intersex soldiers and cross-dressing women at war
  32. Government advertising may be legal, but it's corrupting our electoral process
  33. Housing with no serious faults and buyer protection – is that too much to ask of builders and regulators?
  34. We wrote the report for the minister on fish deaths in the lower Darling – here's why it could happen again
  35. We've found a quicker way to multiply really big numbers
  36. Dutton suffers reflux after tasty Chinese meal
  37. Vicki Laveau-Harvie's remarkable, uncomfortable memoir wins the 2019 Stella Prize
  38. Children continue to be exposed to contaminated air in Port Pirie
  39. The Coalition's report card on health includes some passes and quite a few fails
  40. More hospitals will not cure Australia's ailing health-care system. There's a more efficient way
  41. From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth's great animal migrations
  42. Coalition gets a bounce in Newspoll, but not in Ipsos or Essential
  43. The ABC didn't receive a reprieve in the budget. It's still facing staggering cuts
  44. Squid team finds high species diversity off Kermadec Islands, part of stalled marine reserve proposal
  45. green-collar criminals or civil 'disobedients'?
  46. Morrison government approves next step towards Adani coal mine
  47. the curious case of shy lizards and deadly cane toads
  48. Business-as-usual record on transport leaves next government plenty of room to improve
  49. NZ journalists arrested in Fiji have been released but a new era of press freedom is yet to arrive
  50. A detailed eucalypt family tree helps us see how they came to dominate Australia

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