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A year since the marriage equality vote, much has been gained – and there is still much to be done

  • Written by: Timothy W. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
A year since the marriage equality vote, much has been gained – and there is still much to be doneThe results of the SSM vote brought great jubilation on November 15, 2017- but the fight is not yet over.AAP/Luis Enrique Ascui

November 15, 2018 is the one-year anniversary of Australians voting “yes” to marriage equality. The survey was an unprecedented two-month exercise in engaging with current Australian community values around...

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what's the difference between decodable and predictable books, and when should they be used?

  • Written by: Simmone Pogorzelski, PhD Candidate, Sessional Academic, Edith Cowan University
what's the difference between decodable and predictable books, and when should they be used?It makes sense for children in the early stages of learning to read to be given decodable books.www.shutterstock.com

A child’s early experiences with books both at home and later in school have the potential to significantly affect future reading performance. Parents play a key role in building oral language and literacy skills in the years...

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Five food mistakes to avoid if you're trying to lose weight

  • Written by: Yasmine Probst, Senior lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong
Five food mistakes to avoid if you're trying to lose weightSalads are a lot less healthy once you make additions like croutons and a creamy dressing.From shutterstock.com

Many people wonder why they’re not losing weight when they follow a strict diet and exercise routine.

One possible reason is that what look like healthy options aren’t what they seem. Many foods and drinks contain hidden fats,...

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Climate change will make QLD's ecosystems unrecognisable – it's up to us if we want to stop that

  • Written by: Sarah Boulter, Research Fellow, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University
Climate change will make QLD's ecosystems unrecognisable – it's up to us if we want to stop thatIt's not just about the Great Barrier Reef. Queensland's rainforests - particularly in the mountains - will also change thanks to a warming climate.Shutterstock

Climate change and those whose job it is to talk about current and future climate impacts are often classed as the “harbingers of doom”. For the world’s biodiversity, the p...

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  2. Two birds with one stone. How better taxing super could fund aged care
  3. Smart mobility alone is no substitute for strong policy leadership
  4. Luke Foley's resignation is a disaster for Labor but may not bolster Berejiklian much either
  5. How to restore trust in governments and institutions
  6. Michelle Grattan on Turnbull's QandA appearance, Morrison's bus tour, and antics in NSW
  7. Encouraging suicide or committing manslaughter?
  8. Origins and implications of the caravan of Honduran migrants
  9. How tracking people moving together through time creates powerful data
  10. Australia and China push the 'reset' button on an important relationship
  11. How a Sri Lankan student's arrest on terror charges exposes a system built to suspect minorities
  12. Don't give up on politics. It's where the fight for the fair go must be won
  13. 100 years since the WW1 Armistice, Remembrance Day remains a powerful reminder of the cost of war
  14. It's time Australia's conscientious objectors of WW1 were remembered, too
  15. how Australia's war art scheme fed national mythologies of WW1
  16. The benefits – and pitfalls – of working in isolation
  17. How the open banking API could transform financial services to benefit consumers
  18. One in four Australians are lonely, which affects their physical and mental health
  19. Before replacing a carer with a robot, we need to assess the pros and cons
  20. Chris Ho and Edgar Liu about diversity and high density in our cities
  21. Why we distrust the consumer price index
  22. If Australia cares about Pacific nations, we should also invest in their care givers
  23. Turnbull tells Liberals to answer that unanswerable question
  24. How to keep slave-caught seafood off your plate
  25. how massive solar eruptions 'probably' detonated dozens of US sea mines
  26. why atrocity tourism is neither new nor weird
  27. What it means when scientists say their results are 'significant'
  28. is the world's oldest rock art in Southeast Asia?
  29. Little Women at 150 and the patriarch who shaped the book's tone
  30. Learning music early can make your child a better reader
  31. The Google walkout is a watershed moment in 21st century labour activism
  32. why many are using painkillers for emotional relief
  33. Who wins and who loses when platforms like Airbnb disrupt housing? And how do you regulate it?
  34. Morrison to unveil broad suite of measures to boost Australia's influence in the Pacific
  35. Democrats take House at US midterm elections, but Republicans keep Senate; Labor well ahead in Victoria
  36. Andrew Giles on the growing issue of loneliness
  37. It's not quite a 'red wave', but the US midterms show the power of Trump's divisive messages
  38. Will the arrival of El Niño mean fewer mosquitoes this summer?
  39. No butts – it’s time to help people with mental health conditions quit smoking
  40. Why Scott Morrison's white, male music playlists matter
  41. Let's not focus on graduate incomes when assessing the worth of education
  42. Morrison and Shorten reveal their positions on key foreign policy questions
  43. Are there living things on different galaxies?
  44. Why we should worry less about retirement
  45. If we're serious about supporting working families, here are three policies we need to enact now
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