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Read aloud to your children to boost their vocabulary

  • Written by: Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University
Read aloud to your children to boost their vocabularyChildren still benefit from being read to after they've learned to read by themselves.Herald Post/flickr, CC BY-NC

Words are powerful, and a rich vocabulary can provide young people with significant advantages. Successful vocabulary development is associated with better vocational, academic and health outcomes.

When parents read books aloud to...

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When water is scarce, we can't afford to neglect the alternatives to desalination

  • Written by: Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University

This is the second of two articles looking at the increasing reliance of Australian cities on desalination plants to supply drinking water, with less emphasis on the alternatives of water recycling and demand management. So what is the best way forward to achieve urban water security?


An important lesson from the Millennium Drought in Australia was...

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Shorten's victory will bring dangerous counter strikes from a desperate government

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

An extraordinary amount of hype and some confected hysteria preceded Tuesday’s vote on the medical transfer legislation.

The government threw everything at trying to avoid a defeat. In a last stand, it fell back on a constitutional argument – backed by Solicitor-General advice - that carried no practical weight and was simply...

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The government was defeated on the 'medivac' bill, but that does not mean the end of the government

  • Written by: Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
The government was defeated on the 'medivac' bill, but that does not mean the end of the governmentCross-benchers Kerryn Phelps, Julia Banks and Rebekah Sharkie celebrate the passing of the Medivac bill.AAP/Lukas Coch

The Morrison government has been defeated in the House of Representatives by the passage of a government bill containing amendments made against its wishes that allow for the medical evacuation of asylum-seekers from Manus Island...

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  1. Morrison government defeated on medical bill, despite constitution play
  2. Sunset, a danced evocation of love, loss, and rebirth
  3. Why visual illusions appear in everyday objects – from nature to architecture
  4. Climate change is killing off Earth’s little creatures
  5. 'My friend is using ice and smoking pot. What do I do?': advice from an expert
  6. We don't know how many asylum seekers are turned away at Australian airports
  7. Slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics
  8. we need to fix dangerous loopholes in health and safety laws
  9. how to get rid of mould to protect your health
  10. Five tips to help your kid succeed in sport – or maybe just enjoy it
  11. Cities turn to desalination for water security, but at what cost?
  12. Eight great Australian fictional scientists worth reading about
  13. Crossbenchers must decide between something or nothing on medical transfers bill
  14. How antiquated legal language undermines complainants in cases of sexual assault
  15. Landmark Rocky Hill ruling could pave the way for more courts to choose climate over coal
  16. Forty years on from the Iranian Revolution, could the country be at risk of another one?
  17. If Beale Street Could Talk is a sumptuous, emotional follow up to Moonlight
  18. Labor maintains Newspoll lead but Morrison's ratings up, and Abbott behind in Warringah
  19. Health Check: why do we itch?
  20. Don't click that link! How criminals access your digital devices and what happens when they do
  21. is it more dangerous for police to pursue a suspect than to call off the pursuit?
  22. Understanding Hayne. Why less is more
  23. Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation. And what's "retiree tax"?
  24. The science of parkour, the sport that seems reckless but takes poise and skill
  25. Morrison promises $78 million for combatting domestic violence
  26. Could Tony Abbott lose to an independent? If the zeitgeist is any guide, he's on thin ice
  27. a big drop in a bucket that's already full
  28. Universities have made progress on responding to sexual assault, but there's more to be done
  29. Physical restraint doesn't protect patients – there are better alternatives
  30. Labor leads 53-47% in Newspoll as Shorten struggles with medical transfer bill
  31. The Crown is Māori too
  32. Frydenberg is wrong to support Ivanka and Donald Trump on the World Bank. It'd be better to let it die
  33. The Queensland Dragon Heath is like a creature in the mist
  34. Cladding fire risks have been known for years. Lives depend on acting now, with no more delays
  35. Tim Wilson's 'retirement tax' website doesn't have a privacy policy. So how is he using the data?
  36. I have PCOS and I want to have a baby, what do I need to know?
  37. what is a lawyer's duty to their client and are there exceptions?
  38. Michelle Grattan on the backlash to the banking report and the medical transfer bill
  39. Don't overlook residents' role in apartment building safety
  40. New Caledonian crows smart enough to plan three steps ahead to solve tricky problem
  41. A World Heritage Site at catastrophic risk
  42. Why do parents kill their children? The facts about filicide in Australia
  43. In debates about drug use, fun is important
  44. lost and found in the Tasmanian bush
  45. Vital Signs. If needed, this man can and will cut rates during the election campaign
  46. Defence mechanisms. Why NAB chairman Ken Henry lost his job
  47. Suspense over medical transfers bill goes down to the wire
  48. NAB's Andrew Thorburn and Ken Henry quit after royal commission lashing
  49. After the floods come the mosquitoes – but the disease risk is more difficult to predict
  50. The Lawyer X scandal is a massive blow to the criminal justice system: here's why

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