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should universities raise the ATAR required for entrance into teaching degrees?

  • Written by: Anne-Marie Morgan, Professor and Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and Education, University of New England
should universities raise the ATAR required for entrance into teaching degrees?How much does ATAR matter when selecting teacher education students?www.shutterstock.com

Shadow education minister Tanya Plibersek has announced a Labor government would raise the ATAR required for entrance into a teaching degree if elected at the next election. Plibersek said:

I don’t want people with ATARs of 35 going into teaching, I just...

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Why AMP and IOOF went rogue

  • Written by: Andrew Linden, Sessional Lecturer, PhD (Management) Candidate, School of Management, RMIT University

The ‘M’ in AMP stood for Mutual. Like another former mutual, IOOF, it was owned by, and set up to benefit, its members.

Both AMP and IOOF were presented with draft findings that they acted against the interests of their members at the conclusion of the round five hearings of the Royal Commission into Banking and Financial Services.

Althou...

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No finding by Nationals in Barnaby Joyce sexual harassment case

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
No finding by Nationals in Barnaby Joyce sexual harassment caseThe Nationals have been unable to make a finding on a sexual harassment allegation against Barnaby Joyce.AAP/Mick Tsikas

The Nationals have been unable to make a finding on the claim by a woman that former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce sexually harassed her.

Catherine Marriott, former West Australian Rural Woman of the Year, made the...

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Wasps, aphids and ants: the other honey makers

  • Written by: Manu Saunders, Research fellow, University of New England
Wasps, aphids and ants: the other honey makersMyrmecocystus honeypot ants, showing the repletes, their abdomens swollen to store honey, above ordinary workers. Greg Hume via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

There are seven species of Apis honey bee in the world, all of them native to Asia, Europe and Africa. Apis mellifera, the western honey bee, is the species recognised globally as “the...

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  5. Shark tourism can change your mind about these much-maligned predators
  6. Mobile platforms can give refugees access to vital information when they arrive in Australia
  7. National accounts show past performance no guarantee of future results
  8. is participating in sport becoming too expensive for everyday Australians?
  9. the rise of the 'bin chicken', a totem for modern Australia
  10. Put unused and 'lazy' land to work to ease the affordable housing crisis
  11. How the housing boom has driven rising inequality
  12. Prisoners need drug and alcohol treatments but AA programs aren't the answer
  13. We've got apps and radars – but can ants predict rain?
  14. Morrison ticks the boxes but can't hide the dysfunction
  15. Dutton and former Border Force chief trade accusations in au pair affair
  16. when is a colonoscopy necessary?
  17. the assassination of John F. Kennedy
  18. Morrison's return to surplus built on the back of higher tax – Parliamentary Budget Office
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  20. why there's more to duelling than what's seen on our screens
  21. A fresh opportunity to get regulation and engagement right – the case of synthetic biology
  22. When it comes to violent brawls, does Victoria need more 'force'?
  23. Media Files: Spotlight's Walter V. Robinson and the Newcastle Herald's Chad Watson on covering clergy abuse
  24. Local councils put affordable housing supply in the too hard basket
  25. what you should know about teeth whitening
  26. How Australia measures up against UN targets
  27. Retiring at 70 was an idea well ahead of its time
  28. Australia is not on track to reach 2030 Paris target (but the potential is there)
  29. oral traditions show that early Māori recognised extinction
  30. Why it's time to end the policy limbo threatening Australian children's TV
  31. Climate change will reshape the world’s agricultural trade
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  33. Nike's courageous new ad campaign mixing racial politics with sport will be vindicated
  34. Chelsea Manning and the rise of 'big data' whistleblowing in the digital age
  35. Author Anita Heiss on Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
  36. how leadership ideologies drive anxiety in academia
  37. Young people want sex education and religion shouldn't get in the way
  38. science will lie at the heart of our decisions
  39. First Nations dancers are stepping into the void left by Australia's politicians
  40. Dementia patients' thinking ability may get worse in winter and early spring
  41. The synthetic biology revolution is now – here's what that means
  42. Morrison does about-face on age pension eligibility rising to 70
  43. Why Australia should invest in paying early childhood educators a liveable wage
  44. The new and more efficient payments system means new and more efficient payments fraud. Here's how to prepare
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