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Tech innovators start to see old-fashioned benefits of collective bargaining

  • Written by: Michael Walker, PhD candidate researching worker voice, University of Technology Sydney
Tech innovators start to see old-fashioned benefits of collective bargainingAfter a long industrial campaign, Amazon workers in Italy have persuaded their employer to reach an agreement with them.FILCAMS CGIL

Disruption has been a defining buzzword of this decade, as companies in nearly all sectors find themselves challenged or supplanted as a result of the impact of technology. The beneficiaries of this disruption have...

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a fishy tale much more primitive than we thought

  • Written by: John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
a fishy tale much more primitive than we thought_Euphanerops_, a primitive jawless fish from the World Heritage site at Miguasha, Quebec, which has now been found to have paired hind limb structures and copulatory sex organs.François Miville-Deschênes with permission, Author provided

Fossil discoveries from the Devonian rocks of Scotland and Australia first revealed that the...

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Do 'screaming children' in playgrounds ruin neighbourhood parks?

  • Written by: Lucy Taylor, Doctoral Candidate in Urban Ecology, University of Sydney
Do 'screaming children' in playgrounds ruin neighbourhood parks?Noise pollution is usually associated with aeroplanes flying overhead, not happy children.from shutterstock.com

It’s a fine winter morning and you’ve just made a cup of tea. You’re warming your hands around the mug and gazing at the trees behind your house that sway as birds hop along the branches.

Then suddenly, a shrill scream:...

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The case for introducing rhinos to Australia

  • Written by: Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
The case for introducing rhinos to AustraliaAustralia could sustain wild rhinos, but should it try?Renaud Fulconis/International Rhino Foundation, Author provided

Rhinos in Australia might seem like an insane proposition – after all, we’ve had historically bad luck with introduced species. But on reflection it’s not quite as crazy as it sounds.

There are five species of...

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