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Kids need to learn about cybersecurity, but teachers only have so much time in the day

  • Written by: Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Technology and Learning, Western Sydney University
Kids need to learn about cybersecurity, but teachers only have so much time in the dayThe curriculum is already overcrowded. Can we really ask teachers to take this on too?www.shutterstock.com

Last week, the personal informational of thousands of clients of a large ASX listed company was inadvertently leaked to the dark web. A few days later, our very own parliament house computer system was hacked.

Among this increasingly hostile...

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Newspoll steady at 53-47 despite boats, and Abbott and Dutton trailing in their seats

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Newspoll steady at 53-47 despite boats, and Abbott and Dutton trailing in their seatsA fierce battle over the medevac legislation has not affected the polls, which continue to show Labor with an election-winning lead.AAP/Mick Tsikas

This week’s Newspoll, conducted February 21-24 from a sample of 1,590, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged on last fortnight. Primary votes were also unchanged, with Labor on 39%, the Coalition...

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Explainer: what does 'intersectionality' mean?

  • Written by: Carolyn D'Cruz, Senior Lecturer, Gender Sexuality and Diversity Studies, La Trobe University
Explainer: what does 'intersectionality' mean?Protestors at the Women's March in Washington in January 2017. There was intense discussion of intersectionality at the time of this march.Shutterstock

“Intersectionality” – a word most commonly used in relation to feminism – can be hard to define and easy to abuse. Still, it remains essential for analysing and changing...

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Now is the time to plan how to fight the next recession

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Now is the time to plan how to fight the next recessionIt's one thing to have money, it's another to be able to spend it to best effect.Shutterstock

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 beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here.


Australia’s nearly three...

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  3. Could Tassie devils help control feral cats on the mainland? Fossils say yes
  4. Win or lose the next election, it may be time for the Liberals to rethink their economic narrative
  5. A Shorten government could shift the country on important issues and show a little spunk
  6. Eighteen countries showing the way to carbon zero
  7. What 1,100 Australians told us about the experience of living with debt they can't repay
  8. Early sowing can help save Australia's wheat from climate change
  9. Koalas can learn to live the city life if we give them the trees and safe spaces they need
  10. #Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book
  11. The law is closing in on Facebook and the 'digital gangsters'
  12. Your Q&A with Michelle Grattan in Melbourne
  13. how often do people have sex?
  14. Toughen up snowflake! Sports coaches can be emotionally abusive – here's how to recognise it
  15. Trust in politicians and government is at an all-time low. The next government must work to fix that
  16. Australia’s populist moment has arrived
  17. how does my tummy turn food into poo?
  18. Our Advancing Australia series is about starting a conversation about what really matters
  19. Five top tips to succeed in your first year of university
  20. All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to read
  21. Did you look forward to last night's bottle of wine a bit too much? Ladies, you're not alone
  22. The end of uncertainty? How the 2019 federal election might bring stability at last to Australian politics
  23. Rethinking traffic congestion to make our cities more like the places we want them to be
  24. Isabel Letham, daring Australian surfing pioneer
  25. Our culture of overtime is costing us dearly
  26. Morrison to announce $2 billion over 10 years for climate fund
  27. ALP retains 53-47% lead in Newspoll despite government scare campaign on boats
  28. Warrigal greens are tasty, salty, and covered in tiny balloon-like hairs
  29. Economics needs to get real if we want more young Australians to study it
  30. how to create a level playing field
  31. Don't bank on Dollarmites to teach financial literacy: here are our alternatives
  32. the case of Brazil's John of God
  33. Barrie Kosky's The Magic Flute is a contemporary spectacle, despite the opera's outdated attitudes
  34. Michelle Grattan on Julie Bishop's retirement and misbehaving ministers
  35. September 11 influenced election outcome far more than Tampa incident
  36. asteroid collision triggered potentially deadly volcanic eruptions
  37. People with disability are more likely to be victims of crime – here's why
  38. why Filipino journalist Maria Ressa's arrest should matter to all of us
  39. A cyber crime expert on this week's hack and what needs to happen next
  40. why more expensive milk won't help farmers much
  41. When granny flats go wrong – perils for parents highlight need for law reform
  42. how a tropical holiday led us to find the world's biggest bee
  43. it's not funny to us – an Aboriginal perspective on political correctness and humour
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