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Australian jobs aren't becoming less secure

  • Written by: Robert Sobyra, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
Australian jobs aren't becoming less secureGig platforms don't have a large share of the labour market yet.Mavis Wong, CC BY-SA

A common narrative nowadays is that standard, secure full-time work is a thing of the past thanks to increasing casual jobs, labour hire, temping and non-standard work contracts that side-step collective bargaining. The ACTU says insecure work has grown to “cr...

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CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing scissors are less accurate than we thought, but there are fixes

  • Written by: Gaetan Burgio, Geneticist and Group Leader, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing scissors are less accurate than we thought, but there are fixesWe need to know gene editing technology is precise before we try to use it to cure diseases.from www.shutterstock.com

CRISPR gene editing technology is revolutionising medicine and biology. This technique allows scientists to edit DNA with more precision and greater ease than previous gene editing technology.

But a new study has called into question...

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The new national housing agreement won't achieve its goals without enough funding

  • Written by: Vivienne Milligan, Visiting Senior Fellow - City Futures Research Centre, Housing Policy and Practice, UNSW
The new national housing agreement won't achieve its goals without enough fundingThere's never been enough funding to ensure affordable housing for those who need it.from shutterstock.com

This month, yet another policy agreement on housing between the Commonwealth and state and territory governments came into effect. The National Housing and Homelessness Agreement is the latest version of a 73-year-long series of such...

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who really deserves the rewards from success?

  • Written by: Lionel Page, Professor in Economics, Queensland University of Technology
who really deserves the rewards from success?How much is success down to skill or just a lucky break?Shutterstock/Sergey Nivens

Which is more important when it comes to rewarding success: that the achievement was earned through skill, or that it came courtesy of a lucky break?

Take football (soccer), for example, where the aim (like most games) is to score more goals than your opponent. What...

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  2. the case for opting in
  3. the case for opting out
  4. How ideas of 'adulthood', its rights and responsibilities, are changing around the world
  5. tracing the cultural history of the monstrous Lambton Worm
  6. The off-topic Conversation #164
  7. You've heard of a carbon footprint – now it's time to take steps to cut your nitrogen footprint
  8. Why Australia's homelessness problem is getting worse, despite a rise in housing stock
  9. How quantum computers could steal your bitcoin
  10. Why plastic bag bans triggered such a huge reaction
  11. As Trump meets Putin, expectations may be high but the prospects are poor
  12. Curious Kids: Why do birds sing?
  13. The science and art of reef restoration
  14. William Faulkner diagnosed modern ills in As I Lay Dying
  15. Getting an initial specialists' appointment is the hidden waitlist
  16. Government senator Dean Smith urges national debate about population
  17. is Australia's population the 'highest growing in the world'?
  18. New Zealand's zero carbon bill: much ado about methane
  19. why the ACCC says household solar subsidies should be abolished
  20. Breastmilk alone is best for the first six months – here's what to do next
  21. Michelle Grattan on Latham's liaison with One Nation in Longman, live sheep exports and the ACCC's criticism on energy
  22. Officers 'sanctioned' for 'human error' in filing cabinet affair
  23. How we can protect the women who make most high-quality footballs
  24. It's a busy night sky this July, so make sure you look up
  25. Why the ABC, and the public that trusts it, must stand firm against threats to its editorial independence
  26. from convicts to contemporary convictions – 200 years of Australian crime fiction
  27. A silent career killer – here's what workplaces can do about menopause
  28. How to break up with plastics (using behavioural science)
  29. Carbon monoxide exposure in homes is a risk – here's how to protect yourself
  30. Whether teams win or lose, sporting events lead to spikes in violence against women and children
  31. Peer review has some problems – but the science community is working on it
  32. When to trust (and not to trust) peer reviewed science
  33. an evidence-based guide for students, supervisors and universities
  34. Little upside for Malcolm Turnbull in debate over religious freedom
  35. Eradicating cattle disease M. bovis in New Zealand may be costly, even impossible, but we must try
  36. Changing of the guard at the Treasury department
  37. Rethinking _Homo sapiens_? The story of our origins gets dizzyingly complicated
  38. Audit found Vikki Campion was owed travel money
  39. a strikingly prescient morality tale about banking
  40. 'Ideological masculinity' that drives violence against women is a form of violent extremism
  41. Think carefully before buying Bitcoin – and don't buy the 'safe haven' claims
  42. Why New Zealanders are feeling the hard edge of Australia's deportation policy
  43. Médiation scientifique : le rêve américain ?
  44. Five women to watch (and listen to) in Australian hip hop
  45. Humankind's odyssey from Africa began more than two million years ago
  46. Why Australia does not need a Religious Discrimination Act
  47. Restructuring alone won't clean up the banks' act
  48. Why do you blink when there is a sudden loud noise close by?
  49. What we can learn from China’s fight against environmental ruin
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