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My CV is gender biased. Here's what I plan to do about it

  • Written by: Arian Wallach, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Compassionate Conservation, University of Technology Sydney
My CV is gender biased. Here's what I plan to do about itMost of us make daily decisions about who we choose to work and collaborate with. So what if we used that to improve professional diversity? rawpixel / unsplash, CC BY

As a woman working in the environmental sciences, it was always obvious to me that most of my colleagues are men. This tended to focus my attention on surviving in a field in which I...

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Australia needs a national plan to face the growing threat of climate disasters

  • Written by: Robert Glasser, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University

We are entering a new era in the security of Australia, not because of terrorism, the rise of China, or even the cybersecurity threat, but because of climate change. If the world warms beyond 2℃, as seems increasingly likely, an era of disasters will be upon us, with profound implications for how we organise ourselves to protect Australian...

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Women in STEM need your support – and Australia needs women in STEM

  • Written by: Lisa Harvey-Smith, Professor and Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador, UNSW
Women in STEM need your support – and Australia needs women in STEMOnly two women are in this photo from the 2018 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science award night: Minister Karen Andrews, and 2018 Life Scientist awardee Lee Burger. Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science, Commonwealth Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

In Australia, only 16% of STEM graduates (Higher Education and VET) are women, and 2...

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No matter who wins the next election, managing the China relationship will be tricky – and vital

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
No matter who wins the next election, managing the China relationship will be tricky – and vitalSince the Whitlam government in 1972, the major parties have taken a similar approach to managing relations with China, albeit with a few key differences.AAP/EPA/Roman Pilipey

This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and...

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  1. do we need to worry about glyphosate in our beer and wine?
  2. the revival of strikes in New Zealand
  3. the old ones no longer fit once you move to the country
  4. rebooting the idea of 'civilisation' for Australian soil
  5. Josh Frydenberg has a great job at the worst time
  6. leading lessons from Manchester United's caretaker manager
  7. Remember Blockbuster, Nirvana and pagers? The new Captain Marvel lives in the 1990s
  8. Māori and Pasifika leaders report racism in government health advisory groups
  9. In Stephen Sewell's charming Arbus and West, feminism boils to the surface
  10. Acting on gender-based violence must be a priority for the next federal government
  11. The dingo is a true-blue, native Australian species
  12. Australia's sudden ultra-low economic growth ought not to have come as surprise
  13. Don’t ban Michael Jackson's music – talk about the accusations
  14. National Redress Scheme for child sexual abuse protects institutions at the expense of justice for survivors
  15. Introducing gender lens investing. It's more than pink-washing
  16. New Zealand’s proposed capital gains tax could nudge taxpayers to invest in art instead of property
  17. why do we actually need them and can they get it 'wrong'?
  18. What pill is that? Cheap and easy pill testing could soon be in your own hands
  19. Five gifs that explain how pumped hydro actually works
  20. What if we've had gender the wrong way around? What if, for workplace parity, we focused on men?
  21. Australia should start planning for universal tertiary education
  22. Hollywood may be able to afford #MeToo, but it’s a stretch for the Australian arts
  23. Future budgets are going to have to spend more on welfare, which is fine. It's spending on us
  24. Reality check. Having a woman on your board needn't make it diverse
  25. older women have their say about the challenges of life in a city like Melbourne
  26. Rising seas allow coastal wetlands to store more carbon
  27. Eat your vegetables – studies show plant-based diets are good for immunity
  28. We need more than a website to stop Australians paying exorbitant out-of-pocket health costs
  29. Where did you grow up? How strontium in your teeth can help answer that question
  30. startling theatre and a call to the dead to speak
  31. Fingerprint and face scanners aren’t as secure as we think they are
  32. The Heights - at last, a credible Australian working-class soap
  33. Marriage equality was momentous, but there is still much to do to progress LGBTI+ rights in Australia
  34. Addressing the crisis in arts criticism
  35. What the next government needs to do to tackle unfairness in school funding
  36. Media companies on notice over traumatised journalists after landmark court decision
  37. A noisy, passionate show from an artist in a hurry, Quilty has just one emotional pitch
  38. Students don't feel safe on public transport but many have no choice but to use it
  39. Are you at risk of being diagnosed with gestational diabetes? It depends on where you live
  40. It's more than a free trade agreement. But what exactly have Australia and Indonesia signed?
  41. Why the 'perfect' office temperature is a myth
  42. Receiving a login code via SMS and email isn't secure. Here's what to use instead
  43. Morrison campaigns with high-profile visit to Christmas Island
  44. Why a proposed capital gains tax could mean tax cuts for most New Zealanders
  45. how to stop more Australian species going extinct
  46. Word games and virtue signalling as the stock exchange reworks its corporate governance code
  47. how much does a brain weigh?
  48. Meryl Tankard revisits Two Feet, the tragic story of a dancer's perfectionism
  49. Want to quit a bad habit? Here's one way to compare treatments
  50. we're more compassionate than 100 years ago, but more judgemental too

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