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Why your local supermarket is getting smaller

  • Written by: Louise Grimmer, Lecturer in Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania
Why your local supermarket is getting smallerWoolworths has already announced it will open more smaller stores. Shutterstock

If you think your local supermarket is shrinking, you might be right.

Coles has announced that it will open smaller-sized supermarkets in more locations. This follows the lead taken by other large retailers such as Woolworths, Harris Scarfe and Target.

Australia’s g...

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To design safer parks for women, city planners must listen to their stories

  • Written by: Nicole Kalms, Director of XYX Lab + Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Monash University, Monash University

The rape and murder of aspiring comedian Eurydice Dixon in an inner-city Melbourne park – while deeply shocking – is part of an avalanche of gendered violence perpetrated against women in cities every day.

Nothing can protect women from the random acts of violence committed by some men but engaging with the stories of women and girls is...

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China and India’s border dispute is a slow-moving environmental disaster

  • Written by: Ruth Gamble, David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University
China and India’s border dispute is a slow-moving environmental disasterDevelopment is peaking in the high country between India and China.Vinay Vaars/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Chinese and Indian competition on their shared Himalayan border is more likely to create a slow-moving environmental catastrophe than a quick military or nuclear disaster.

The Himalayan plateau plays a crucial role in Asia. It generates the...

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Three issues language proficiency can hide for students from non-English speaking backgrounds

  • Written by: Clemence Due, Lecturer in the School of Psychology, University of Adelaide
Three issues language proficiency can hide for students from non-English speaking backgroundsLearning difficulties or challenges such as dyslexia or Autism Spectrum Disorder may be masked by language ability for students from non-English speaking backgrounds.Shutterstock

Universities have increasingly diverse student bodies, bringing together varying forms of social and cultural knowledge. But universities generally don’t recognise...

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  1. Threat to the ABC is not sale but more bullying
  2. Wollemi pines are dinosaur trees
  3. Protecting Google from defamation is worth seriously considering
  4. Fallen Kingdom where new dinosaurs emerge but who are the real monsters?
  5. Why soccer is falling behind footy and rugby in Australia
  6. Michelle Grattan on the child abuse royal commission response and One Nation's blow-up
  7. how heat and spice might affect our appetite
  8. why women are enraged by advice to steer clear of violent men
  9. Co-creation can help our companies compete with global giants
  10. Genuine breakthrough or pause in hostilities? After the summit, the world must again wait and see
  11. Aim for cities of all sizes to give everyone a fair go
  12. Dark Emu and the blindness of Australian agriculture
  13. The 5G network threatens to overcrowd the airwaves, putting weather radar at risk
  14. should all women do pelvic floor exercises?
  15. Indigenous treaties are meaningless without addressing the issue of sovereignty
  16. poor wage growth means interest rates could be low for a long time
  17. Could Australia win, really? The science of predicting the World Cup champion
  18. what are abortion clinic safe-access zones and where do they exist in Australia?
  19. School vision and mission statements should not be dismissed as empty words
  20. The loners who lead, and trash, 'personality' parties
  21. can tea towels cause food poisoning?
  22. Why solvents can affect brain health even at low levels of exposure
  23. From outsized dinosaurs to outrunning hot lava in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  24. Why electronic surveillance monitoring may not reduce youth crime
  25. Life, death, gravity, sex and string theory in The Mathematics of Longing
  26. Why gig workers may be worse off after the Fair Work Ombudsman's action against Foodora
  27. Research reveals Australians are shy about expressing political views on social media
  28. Why some Western companies are distancing themselves from the World Cup brand
  29. Antarctica has lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years. Time is running out for the frozen continent
  30. Should I get the flu shot if I'm pregnant?
  31. Secret men's business – why the public image of economics is bad news for all of us
  32. The Australian women expats who found liberation in the US
  33. Ocean waves and lack of floating ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelves to disintegrate
  34. How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
  35. Oh no, oBikes are leaving Melbourne! But this doesn't mean bike sharing schemes are dead
  36. We must ensure new food retail technologies are pathways – not barriers – to better health
  37. Chinese company Huawei in limbo over proposed foreign register
  38. Government response to child abuse royal commission is positive, but will need to go beyond an apology
  39. Mass slaughter of wedge-tailed eagles could have Australia-wide consequences
  40. Facebook punts on gaming to lure millennials back to the platform
  41. Are solar panels a middle-class purchase? This survey says yes
  42. Turnbull government to give national apology to victims of child sexual abuse
  43. A history of politics intruding on football
  44. how fit do you have to be to climb a mountain?
  45. Chinese investment in Australia falls as political debate hits confidence
  46. Rail access improves liveability, but all regional centres are not equal
  47. Why do brumbies evoke such passion? It's all down to the high country's cultural myth-makers
  48. What makes the Earth spin on its axis every day?
  49. AI could predict your next move from watching your eye gaze
  50. How does altitude affect the body and why does it affect people differently?

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