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Six things you can do to get boys reading more

  • Written by: Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Curtin University
Six things you can do to get boys reading moreBoys typically read less frequently and perform worse on national and international reading assessments than girls.www.shutterstock.com

The OECD consistently finds girls perform significantly better than boys in reading. This gap can also be observed across the Australian NAPLAN reading data.

Research suggests reading more can improve literacy...

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The AFLW found instant success, but challenges remain for its long-term sustainability

  • Written by: Keith D. Parry, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, University of Winchester
The AFLW found instant success, but challenges remain for its long-term sustainabilitySalaries remain extremely low for AFLW players – one of the main obstacles to the league's future sustainability.Darren England/AAP

This has been a momentous year for women’s sport in Australia. For the first time, the country’s major sporting leagues had both male and female competitions following the introduction of the NRL...

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internees tell of life in our German detainment camps

  • Written by: Catherine Moir, Lecturer in Germanic Studies, University of Sydney
internees tell of life in our German detainment campsGerman internees at the Liverpool camp in NSW. Australian War Memorial

On August 15 1918, a German steamship called the Lothringen reached Melbourne from Antwerp after 47 days at sea. Without access to telegraphy during their journey, the sailors had no idea that war had broken out between the German and British Empires. When the Lothringen docked...

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Australia moves to El Niño alert and the drought is likely to continue

  • Written by: Skie Tobin, Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology

The chances of an El Niño developing late in 2018 have increased and this week the Bureau moved to El Niño ALERT. This means that model outlooks and observations indicate there is approximately a 70% chance that El Niño will develop in the coming months. Current patterns in the Pacific are similar to the early stages of past...

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  2. 'Just like home'. New survey finds most renters enjoy renting, although for many it's expensive
  3. How your birth date influences how well you do in school, and later in life
  4. As the High Court challenge to abortion clinic 'safe access zones' begins, there is much at stake
  5. Why you might be paying more for your airfare than the person seated next to you
  6. Labor's pay policy merely hints at helping low paid workers rather than actually doing it
  7. In Trustees, Belarus Free Theatre mercilessly demolishes Australia's cultural debate
  8. an excellent superhero film, perhaps best not experienced in 4DX
  9. Why people with dementia don't all behave the same
  10. it's very unlikely Roundup causes cancer
  11. The new Doctor Who picks up the chase with a pace as she crosses the gender barrier
  12. Watt questions being and perception but could have gone further
  13. New UN report outlines 'urgent, transformational' change needed to hold global warming to 1.5°C
  14. Australia has two decades to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change
  15. The UN's 1.5°C special climate report at a glance
  16. A Melbourne-flavoured rendition of 16 Lovers Lane celebrates The Go-Betweens' stellar songs
  17. Deng Xiaoping's rise to power
  18. Indigenous people with disability have a double disadvantage and the NDIS can't handle that
  19. Cyclone season approacheth, but this year there's a twist
  20. Peer mentoring program shows promise for preventing African youth violence
  21. Starstruck charts a nation's transformation via a century of film stills
  22. Travelling overseas? What to do if a border agent demands access to your digital device
  23. VET needs support to rebuild its role in getting disadvantaged groups into education and work
  24. View from The Hill: The uncivil Mr Jones
  25. How volcanoes can lie about their age and what it means for us
  26. Phelps slumps to third in Wentworth; Trump's ratings up after fight over Kavanaugh
  27. How the switchover to daylight saving time affects our health
  28. The black wattle is a boon for Australians (and a pest everywhere else)
  29. How to stop workers being exploited in the gig economy
  30. The Japanese art of kintsugi and how it can help with defeat in sport
  31. Why everyone benefits from getting more three-year-olds into preschool
  32. Michelle Grattan on Labor's election focused policies and the government's new GST formula
  33. Daylight saving is not something for economists to lose sleep over
  34. Shorten's difficult dance on national security should not limit scrutiny of home affairs
  35. Multicultural leader Chin Tan is new Race Discrimination Commissioner
  36. Building sea walls is a small bandaid on a gaping wound
  37. popular music's search for the sacred in a secular world
  38. Social media entertainment could be the future of the screen industry, so let's not strangle it with regulation
  39. how DNA damage as we age causes cancer
  40. Teachers and trainers are vital to the quality of the VET sector, and to the success of its learners
  41. Liberals plan for May election but Morrison might look better in March
  42. The power of a hug can help you cope with conflict
  43. what to do about the global pilot shortage
  44. An insurance discount for your fitness data is a bad deal in the long run
  45. World politics explainer: The twin-tower bombings (9/11)
  46. ACTU push for industry bargaining increases pressure on Labor
  47. Aung San Suu Kyi's extraordinary fall from grace
  48. A Shorten government would subsidise pre-school for three year olds
  49. How city squares can be public places of protest or centres of state control
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