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Forest soil needs decades or centuries to recover from fires and logging

  • Written by: Elle Bowd, PhD scholar, Australian National University
Forest soil needs decades or centuries to recover from fires and loggingDavid Blair, Author provided

The 2009 Black Saturday fires burned 437,000 hectares of Victoria, including tens of thousands of hectares of Mountain Ash forest.

As we approach the tenth anniversary of these fires, we are reminded of their legacy by the thousands of tall Mountain ash “skeletons” still standing across the landscape. Most...

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As work gets more ambiguous, younger generations may be less equipped for it

  • Written by: Peter O'Connor, Associate Professor, Business and Management, Queensland University of Technology
As work gets more ambiguous, younger generations may be less equipped for itThose aged 18 to 37 are twice as likely as older workers to have the most negative attitudes about ambiguity.Shutterstock

We work in a world of increasing ambiguity.

Over the past few decades technological change and globalisation have fundamentally changed the nature of the “average” job. There is greater competition and higher...

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Frydenberg warns of economic waves ahead

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

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will warn that Australia must navigate difficult economic currents in coming days, when he delivers a major speech setting the government’s policy in a framework of “values” and “beliefs”.

Addressing the Sydney Institute on Tuesday, Frydenberg will say the strength of the Australian economy...

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advertisers can't just celebrate masculinity and ignore the #metoo movement

  • Written by: Lauren Gurrieri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University
advertisers can't just celebrate masculinity and ignore the #metoo movementGillette's 'The best a man can be' advertisement has dared to be different in how it speaks to its male audience. Gillette

The controversy over Gillette’s new advertisement focused on toxic masculinity highlights the differences between challenging stereotypes of women and men in advertising.

Viewed more than 23 million times on YouTube, the...

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  2. A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let's get on with it
  3. Yes, Morrison 'showed up' in the Pacific, but what did he actually achieve?
  4. why do spiders have hairy legs?
  5. Fleeing family violence to another country and taking your child is not 'abduction', but that's how the law sees it
  6. Liberals lose yet another high-profile woman, yet still no action on gender
  7. Stranger than fiction. Who Labor's capital gains tax changes will really hurt
  8. The state of Australia's Indigenous languages – and how we can help people speak them more often
  9. Why are teachers mostly female? Because men get better pay in other professions
  10. 100 years later, why don't we commemorate the victims and heroes of "Spanish flu"?
  11. A snapshot of our mysterious ancestor Homo erectus
  12. O'Dwyer's decision turns the spotlight onto Bishop
  13. Deer Woman is a work of immense power and restraint
  14. Refuge City, a new kind of city for our times
  15. Back to work? Take lunch from home to save time and money – and boost your mood
  16. it's too late for the silent generation
  17. What's the deal (or no-deal) with Brexit? Here's everything explained
  18. It's designers who can make gaming more accessible for people living with disabilities
  19. Ten ways teacher librarians improve literacy in schools
  20. Why do so few Aussies speak an Australian language?
  21. The financially well-off defy the stereotypes. They include retirees, and mortgagees
  22. the power of not being too clear
  23. Penalties for animal cruelty double in SA, but is this enough to stop animal abuse?
  24. should teaching students who fail a literacy and numeracy test be barred from teaching?
  25. Why Antarctica's sea ice cover is so low (and no, it's not just about climate change)
  26. How to feed a growing population healthy food without ruining the planet
  27. In the land of Storm Boy, the cultural heritage of the Coorong is under threat
  28. How realistic are China's plans to build a research station on the Moon?
  29. Recycling is not enough. Zero-packaging stores show we can kick our plastic addiction
  30. How Darling Harbour was botched (and could be reborn)
  31. Australians lost more than $10 million to scammers last year. Follow these easy tips to avoid being conned.
  32. does 'egg timer' testing work, and what are the other options?
  33. Cotton and rice have an important place in the Murray Darling Basin
  34. Gillette's corporate calculation shows just how far the #metoo movement has come
  35. Morrison's Vanuatu trip shows the government's continued focus on militarising the Pacific
  36. annoying campaign tricks that are legal
  37. The big lesson from Opal Tower is that badly built apartments aren't only an issue for residents
  38. We're in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward
  39. Are Australian classrooms really the most disruptive in the world? Not if you look at the whole picture
  40. how do tongues taste food?
  41. 35 degree days make blackouts more likely, but new power stations won't help
  42. More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents' human rights
  43. The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought
  44. Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia's first female graphic designers
  45. new drug MDPV, or 'monkey dust', found in Australia. What is it and what are the harms?
  46. What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon
  47. New figures put it beyond doubt. When it comes to company tax, we are a high-tax country, in part because it works well for us
  48. Forcing Australia Day citizenship ceremonies on councils won't make the issue go away
  49. the movement of ocean waters around Australia
  50. The future of the internet looks brighter thanks to an EU court opinion

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