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40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence

  • Written by: Theresa Dicke, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violenceShutterstock

Almost all (97%) school principals in Australia work overtime. More than 70% work more than 56 hours per week during school terms and 25 hours each week of the holidays.

The latest yearly report on the well-being of Australian principals provides a sobering picture of harassment, violence, burnout and mental-health concerns. More than...

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Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020

  • Written by: Rosemary Jean Kennedy, Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Queensland University of Technology
Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020Jemima Rosevear, Author provided

Retirement villages – walled, gated and separate seniors’ enclaves – have had their day. The word “retirement” is redundant and engagement between people of all ages is high. That’s how participants in the Longevity By Design Challenge envisage life in Australia in 2050.

Their...

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Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisis

  • Written by: Samuel Alexander, Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisisSam Mooy/AAP

The massive economic disruption brought by COVID-19 has revealed that for many, economic security is an illusion. And our biggest vulnerability is housing costs - the biggest expense for most households.

This fact is pertinent when we consider the crucial task of how to create a more resilient and sustainable economy after the crisis.

We...

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  5. The stepped approach out of lockdown is the only way forward, but how much we'll allow the curve to rise is still an unknown
  6. The Reserve Bank thinks the recovery will look V-shaped. There are reasons to doubt it
  7. Australia starts to re-open, but the premiers have the whip hand on timing
  8. Could BCG, a 100-year-old vaccine for tuberculosis, protect against coronavirus?
  9. National parks are for native wildlife, not feral horses: federal court
  10. Was New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown legal? One week might make all the difference
  11. From hidden women to influencers and individuals – putting mothers in the frame
  12. Why are there so many drugs to kill bacteria, but so few to tackle viruses?
  13. We should simplify our industrial relations system, but not in the way big business wants
  14. Michelle Grattan on the rapid developments in Eden-Monaro, the national cabinet, and next week's 'normal' parliamentary sitting
  15. Alcohol can make coronavirus worse – so why was it treated as essential in New Zealand's lockdown?
  16. keep free childcare going instead
  17. The US military has officially published three UFO videos. Why doesn't anybody seem to care?
  18. 50 years on, the Vietnam moratorium campaigns remind us of a different kind of politics
  19. We may well be able to eliminate coronavirus, but we'll probably never eradicate it. Here's the difference
  20. Past pandemics show how coronavirus budgets can drive faster economic recovery
  21. some home builders are misleading consumers about energy ratings
  22. Overcrowded homes and a lack of water leave some Indonesians at risk of the coronavirus
  23. The calculus of death shows the COVID lock-down is clearly worth the cost
  24. coughs on film and the fine but deadly art of foreshadowing
  25. The delicate art of political distancing during the pandemic
  26. How safe is COVIDSafe? What you should know about the app's issues, and Bluetooth-related risks
  27. the full findings of the royal commission report
  28. Why it doesn't make economic sense to ignore climate change in our recovery from the pandemic
  29. Before coronavirus, China was falsely blamed for spreading smallpox. Racism played a role then, too
  30. Researchers use 'pre-prints' to share coronavirus results quickly. But that can backfire
  31. Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus
  32. 3 times Michael Moore's film Planet of the Humans gets the facts wrong (and 3 times it gets them right)
  33. what games can teach us during the coronavirus pandemic
  34. Museums are losing millions every week but they are already working hard to preserve coronavirus artefacts
  35. testing our unlawful migrant workers
  36. Cities will endure, but urban design must adapt to coronavirus risks and fears
  37. Bank dividends are bare. Here's why some shareholders hate it more than they should
  38. 1 in 5 Aussies over 45 live with chronic pain, but there are ways to ease the suffering
  39. COVID crisis has produced many negatives but some positives too, including confidence in governments: ANU study
  40. Albanese would have no excuse for an Eden-Monaro loss after Coalition high flyers implode
  41. Nev Power on the role of business in a post-coronavirus world
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