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Could Australia win, really? The science of predicting the World Cup champion

  • Written by: Adrian Barnett, Professor of Public Health; Vice president of the Statistical Society of Australia, Queensland University of Technology
Could Australia win, really? The science of predicting the World Cup championCan we predict who will win the trophy in this year's World Cup held in Russia?Shutterstock/fifg

This article is the latest in our World Cup series exploring the politics, economics, science and social issues behind the world’s most popular sports event.


The 2018 World Cup kicks off today (Australian time). Australia is one of 32 teams hoping...

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what are abortion clinic safe-access zones and where do they exist in Australia?

  • Written by: Tania Penovic, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University

New South Wales recently became the fifth Australian jurisdiction to enact legislation that establishes safe-access zones around abortion clinics.

The legislation is a response to picketing of clinics by anti-abortion protesters for more than two decades. These protesters characterise themselves as “sidewalk counsellors” but their...

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School vision and mission statements should not be dismissed as empty words

  • Written by: Kelly Allen, Educational and Developmental Psychologist, Lecturer, University of Melbourne
School vision and mission statements should not be dismissed as empty wordsWell-developed and implemented vision and mission statements can play a useful role in helping schools be good places to learn.Shutterstock

Vision and mission statements are strategic documents produced by many organisations – including schools – to indicate the purpose and priorities of the organisation. For schools, they make a public...

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The loners who lead, and trash, 'personality' parties

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Let the voter beware. We may be in a “celebrity” age but personality parties, based around a “name” implode, explode, or fizzle. In the last few years, we’ve seen them do all three.

On Thursday came the latest episode in the One Nation soapie, when senator Brian Burston announced he was leaving the party to sit as an...

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  3. From outsized dinosaurs to outrunning hot lava in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  4. Why electronic surveillance monitoring may not reduce youth crime
  5. Life, death, gravity, sex and string theory in The Mathematics of Longing
  6. Why gig workers may be worse off after the Fair Work Ombudsman's action against Foodora
  7. Research reveals Australians are shy about expressing political views on social media
  8. Why some Western companies are distancing themselves from the World Cup brand
  9. Antarctica has lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years. Time is running out for the frozen continent
  10. Should I get the flu shot if I'm pregnant?
  11. Secret men's business – why the public image of economics is bad news for all of us
  12. The Australian women expats who found liberation in the US
  13. Ocean waves and lack of floating ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelves to disintegrate
  14. How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
  15. Oh no, oBikes are leaving Melbourne! But this doesn't mean bike sharing schemes are dead
  16. We must ensure new food retail technologies are pathways – not barriers – to better health
  17. Chinese company Huawei in limbo over proposed foreign register
  18. Government response to child abuse royal commission is positive, but will need to go beyond an apology
  19. Mass slaughter of wedge-tailed eagles could have Australia-wide consequences
  20. Facebook punts on gaming to lure millennials back to the platform
  21. Are solar panels a middle-class purchase? This survey says yes
  22. Turnbull government to give national apology to victims of child sexual abuse
  23. A history of politics intruding on football
  24. how fit do you have to be to climb a mountain?
  25. Chinese investment in Australia falls as political debate hits confidence
  26. Rail access improves liveability, but all regional centres are not equal
  27. Why do brumbies evoke such passion? It's all down to the high country's cultural myth-makers
  28. What makes the Earth spin on its axis every day?
  29. AI could predict your next move from watching your eye gaze
  30. How does altitude affect the body and why does it affect people differently?
  31. US-North Korea summit agreement is most revealing for what it leaves out
  32. The big global space agencies rely on Australia – let's turn that to our advantage
  33. MoMA at NGV is a landmark exhibition – rich, dazzling and profoundly visually exciting
  34. Incarceration and time's passing are eloquently explored at Dark Mofo
  35. Why methane should be treated differently compared to long-lived greenhouse gases
  36. From plagues to obesity: how epidemics have evolved
  37. The off-topic Conversation #162
  38. Is Russia worthy of hosting the World Cup?
  39. Shoppers' movements might come down to fears of caves and the 'butt brush'
  40. children become more caring and inclusive as they age
  41. When possessions are poor substitutes for people: hoarding disorder and loneliness
  42. something missing from our plans for the new space race
  43. To fix gender inequity in arts leadership we need more women in politics and chairing boards
  44. Five years on, NDIS is getting young people out of aged care, but all too slowly
  45. Would Landbridge be on or off the government's register of foreign interests?
  46. Shorten promises to reverse budget cut to the ABC
  47. We can design better intersections that are safer for all users
  48. We've designed a 'flux capacitor', but it won't take us Back to the Future
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