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What the folk? Whatever happened to Australia's national folklife centre?

  • Written by: Emily Gallagher, PhD Candidate, School of History, Australian National University
What the folk? Whatever happened to Australia's national folklife centre?Poster for the 23rd National Folk Festival in Maleny, Qld, 1989. Since 1994, the Festival has been held in Canberra. Courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive and Kim Brown, 462585.

Most Australians know something about “folklore”. Every year crowds converge on Canberra for the National Folk Festival. But, folklore encompasses...

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Doing away with essays won't necessarily stop students cheating

  • Written by: Julie Hare, Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne
Doing away with essays won't necessarily stop students cheatingNew research shows the relationship between contract cheating and assessment design is not simply cause and effect.www.shutterstock.com

It’s never been easier for university students to cheat. We just need look to the scandal in 2015 that revealed up to 1,000 students from 16 Australian universities had hired the Sydney-based MyMaster company...

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NZ mental health inquiry calls for fundamental change

  • Written by: Max Abbott, Professor and Dean, health sciences AIUT, Auckland University of Technology
NZ mental health inquiry calls for fundamental changeNew Zealand's youth suicide rate is the highest among OECD countries.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

This month, the government released a much-awaited report from the Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry. The document, He Ara Oranga, predictably makes a case for increased funding but it is insistent that this is not to provide more of the same....

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Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes Earth

  • Written by: Anthony Dosseto, Associate Professor, University of Wollongong
Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes EarthFrom the largest whales to the smallest plankton and microscopic life, we're all tightly connected to planet Earth. Vivek Kumar/unsplash, CC BY

At a fleeting glance, the study of life – biology – seems very separate from that of rocks, or geology.

But a look back through history shows that geological processes have been key to the...

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  1. why are people colour blind?
  2. replace company tax with cashflow tax
  3. Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crime could improve how police and communities respond
  4. Dramatic advances in forensics expose the need for genetic data legislation
  5. Exploring Australia's 'other reefs' south of Tasmania
  6. Theatre is Lying is a welcome response to fake news and alternative facts
  7. how to deal with dying during the holidays
  8. Michael McCormack fails leadership test in handling of Broad scandal
  9. Tanya Plibersek on a united Labor
  10. Labor widens lead in Ipsos; US Democrats gained 40 House seats at midterms
  11. Labor's housing pledge is welcome, but direct investment in social housing would improve it
  12. Tidelands struggles to stay afloat in its first series
  13. Rudd says Murdoch media is a "political party"
  14. We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate
  15. New guidelines for responding to cyber attacks don't go far enough
  16. MYEFO rips A$130 million per year from research funding despite budget surplus
  17. What's your beef? How 'carbon labels' can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices
  18. Why naming all our mozzies is important for fighting disease
  19. how gift-giving is inspired by beliefs-based altruism
  20. why people follow what other people do
  21. a history of St Nicholas, Santa and his helpers
  22. We need to talk about the actual threats to academic freedom on Australian campuses
  23. National Andrew Broad forced to quit frontbench amid 'sugar baby' allegation
  24. More mirage than good management, MYEFO fails to hit its own targets
  25. Shorten pledges $500 million for UNHCR in border protection policy
  26. how do people know what the weather will be?
  27. Morrison's decision to recognise West Jerusalem the latest bad move in a mess of his own making
  28. MYEFO reveals billions more in revenue, $9 billion in fresh election tax cuts
  29. Having a second child worsens parents' mental health: new research
  30. Children's health hit for six as industry fails to regulate alcohol ads
  31. How to have yourself a plastic-free Christmas
  32. how to keep your kids safe (and out of trouble) when you’re at work these holidays
  33. The great movie scenes: Back to the Future
  34. lessons in how towns remake challenging sites
  35. 2018 was a huge year in gaming
  36. Morrison goes a bridge too far to outsmart Shorten
  37. Labor promises a comprehensive overhaul of federal environmental framework
  38. NSW Governor David Hurley will be Australia's new Governor-General
  39. Shorten's subsidy plan to boost affordable housing
  40. Government hopes Jerusalem compromise will smooth Indonesian trade deal
  41. It's despair, not depression, that's responsible for Indigenous suicide
  42. Can the Big Bash League's backyard cricket bat flip truly be fair?
  43. Native cherries are a bit mysterious, and possibly inside-out
  44. Women don't speak up over workplace harassment because no one hears them if they do
  45. Some sharks have declined by 92% in the past half-century off Queensland's coast
  46. How to narrow the gap between Ardern's foreign policy aspirations and domestic debate
  47. It's not so easy to gain the true measure of things
  48. How people seeking asylum in Australia access higher education, and the enormous barriers they face
  49. Morrison’s health handout is bad policy (but might be good politics)
  50. back to Moore River and finding family

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