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Looking past the hype about 'trackless trams'

  • Written by: Yale Zhuxiao Wong, Doctoral Candidate and Research Analyst, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney
Looking past the hype about 'trackless trams'CRRC's version of the optically guided bus, now operating in Zhuzhou, is more like light rail than its predecessors.CRRC

The optically guided bus is the latest in a long line of initiatives to repackage the bus as premium rail-derived technology. The name “trackless trams”, the vehicle design, and the modest deployment costs all have...

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Political impasse stops protection for LGBT students passing this year

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

The government’s bid to legislate this year to protect LGBT students from discrimination at religious schools has failed because of an impasse over the detail.

After weeks of negotiation and tactical manoeuvring between the government and Labor, Scott Morrison on Wednesday produced his own bill and suggested both sides give their...

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what happens when marketing communications don't match corporate practice

  • Written by: Jessica Vredenburg, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology
what happens when marketing communications don't match corporate practiceA Nike ad campaign billboard features NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. EPA/Alba Vigaray, CC BY-ND

Brand activism has become the new marketing tactic of choice, and a brand’s stance on societal and political issues can offer a differentiating factor in a fast-paced corporate marketplace.

Historically brands have not engaged in social and...

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Australian women in STEM look to 2019

  • Written by: Sarah Keenihan, Section Editor: Science + Technology, The Conversation
Australian women in STEM look to 2019A number of initiatives for Australian women in STEM got off the ground in 2018. Tim Gouw/unsplash, CC BY

The first accreditations in a program designed to improve gender equity and diversity in Australian research institutions were announced today.

Nicolle Flint, the member for Boothby, presented 15 institutions with Athena SWAN Bronze awards from...

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  1. Gerald Murnane's Prime Minister's Literary award is long overdue
  2. Historical fall of Liberal seats in Victoria; micros likely to win ten seats in upper house; Labor leads in NSW
  3. In 100 years' time, maybe our food won't be grown in soil
  4. How a race scare left South Sudanese star basketballers with nowhere to play
  5. the evolution of the Australian wine label
  6. Who made Australia's first ever bank deposit? Here's our unsettling discovery
  7. Australians' trust in politicians and democracy hits an all-time low: new research
  8. What younger people can learn from older people about using technology
  9. Making Australia a renewable energy exporting superpower
  10. researchers exploit cancers' unique DNA signature
  11. Meet the remote Indigenous community where a few thousand people use 15 different languages
  12. how cities can make room for water
  13. How parents and teachers can identify and help young people self-medicating trauma with drugs and alcohol
  14. How Twitter got blindsided by India’s still-toxic caste system
  15. New research reveals how Australian journalists are faring four years after redundancy
  16. Malcolm Turnbull and his NEG continue to haunt the government
  17. Victorian royal commission into policing needs to take a broad approach: here's why
  18. free speech and Australian universities
  19. Here's the seafood Australians eat (and what we should be eating)
  20. Operatic goddess Vivica Genaux reigns supreme in a lyrical study of conflicting desires
  21. Getting to the heart of coal seam gas protests – it's not just the technical risks
  22. NZ is home to species found nowhere else but biodiversity losses match global crisis
  23. Why autonomous vehicles won't reduce our dependence on cars in cities
  24. what it is and why it needs updating
  25. Australians think immigration should be cut? Well, it depends on how you ask
  26. here's how we avoid feeling guilty
  27. I’m taking antibiotics – when will they start working?
  28. Fracking policies are wildly inconsistent across Australia, from gung-ho development to total bans
  29. Escher x nendo will surprise, delight and challenge
  30. Health impacts and murky decision-making feed public distrust of projects like WestConnex
  31. New detections of gravitational waves brings the number to 11 – so far
  32. Liberals adopt new rule to stop the revolving prime ministership
  33. Craig Kelly triumphs in the 'outwit, outplay, outlast' game of Survivor
  34. Adani's new mini version of its mega mine still faces some big hurdles
  35. what is nitrous oxide (or nangs) and how dangerous is it?
  36. G20 summit bring a truce in US-China trade relations – but it's likely to be temporary
  37. What existed before the Big Bang? Did something have to be there to go boom?
  38. Turnbull versus Morrison in Liberal crisis over Craig Kelly
  39. why more older Australians are living in share houses
  40. Yes, you can adopt a pet as a Christmas gift – so long as you do it correctly
  41. It's not just Newstart. Single parents are $271 per fortnight worse off. Labor needs an overarching welfare review
  42. How a candidate's looks may be swinging your vote (without you even realising it)
  43. why you might get the runs before a first date
  44. the origins of Rocky Horror's Frank-N-furter
  45. At last, Australia has a Modern Slavery Act. Here's what you'll need to know
  46. As they meet in Poland for the next steps, nations are struggling to agree on how the ambitions of the Paris Agreement can be realised
  47. Why battery-powered vehicles stack up better than hydrogen
  48. Yes, Knickers the steer is really, really big. But he's far short of true genetic freak status
  49. Why Tony Abbott's appointment as Indigenous envoy was a diplomatic blunder and policy failure
  50. Warty hammer orchids are sexual deceivers

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