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We need to reform NAPLAN to make it more useful

  • Written by: Geoff Masters, CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research
We need to reform NAPLAN to make it more useful4.5 million young Australians between the ages of nine and 24 have taken NAPLAN tests at some point during their schooling.Shutterstock

NAPLAN testing starts this week. With calls for a review, many education experts are calling the Future of NAPLAN into question. In this series, the experts look at options for removing, replacing, rethinking or...

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What was missing in Australia's $1.9 billion infrastructure announcement

  • Written by: Virginia Barbour, Director, Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, Queensland University of Technology

When we think about infrastructure it’s most often about bridges or roads – or, as in this week’s federal government AU$1.9 billion National Research Infrastructure announcement, big science projects. These are large assets that can be seen and applied in a tangible way.

It’s not hard to get excited over money that will...

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eruptions from Kīlauea volcano place the Hawaiian island on red alert

  • Written by: Rebecca Carey, Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania

A code red alert level for aviation has been issued this week on Hawai'i’s big island, as Kīlauea volcano continues its explosive activity at the summit.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s warning for Kīlauea said:

At any time, activity may become more explosive, increasing the intensity of ash production and producing...

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It's OK to skip your period while on the pill

  • Written by: Mia Schaumberg, Lecturer in Physiology, School of Health and Sports Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
It's OK to skip your period while on the pillWomen commonly suppress their period around special events and holidays.Haley Phelps

ON THE PILL: In this seven-part series we explore the history, myths, side-effects and alternatives of the pill, and why it’s the most popular form of contraception in Australia.


The pill is the most common form of contraception in Australia, with up to 60% of...

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  1. Long-running battle ends in a win for residents, koalas and local council planning rules
  2. The RBA's shift to worrying about financial stability could be hurting Australian wages
  3. drugs and surgery should be the last resort
  4. four decades between surfing and myth making
  5. Let’s abandon NAPLAN – we can do better
  6. There are no age restrictions for gambling in video games, despite potential risks to children
  7. How Indonesia is dealing with the new threat posed by returning Islamic State fighters
  8. Acupuncture during IVF doesn't increase chances of having a baby
  9. Why we can't just throw more regulation at the ethical issues raised by the banking royal commission
  10. Council wants 'English first' policy on shop signs – what does it mean for multicultural Australia?
  11. Spotify removing R. Kelly's songs is a sign of a worrying trend towards censorship
  12. election promises and real-life tests
  13. 'I would like to know why man lions have manes and lady lions don't'
  14. Labor would deliver bigger surpluses than the Coalition: Bowen
  15. Kelly O'Dwyer seeks to turn one Liberal woman's loss into gains for others
  16. How an Australian scientist tried to stop the US plan to monopolise the nuclear arms race
  17. As the details emerge on Australia's new space agency, we (might) finally have lift-off
  18. Labor has equal best Newspoll budget result, gains in Ipsos, but trails in Longman
  19. To get conservative climate contrarians to really listen, try speaking their language
  20. women need to know about the link between the pill and depression
  21. The ethics of 'securitising' Australian cyberspace
  22. How the Bible helped shape Australian culture
  23. Australia's shameful story of policy complacency and failure continues
  24. Five things we wouldn't know without NAPLAN
  25. What it's like to be a 'black economy' worker
  26. There is extra funding for aged care in the budget, but not enough to meet demand
  27. Polish Resistance fighter, 'Slavic space age' modernist, legendary Australian artist
  28. Why Iceland is set to resume whaling despite international opposition
  29. Why rural Australia is facing a volunteer crisis
  30. A history of the marsupial lion
  31. Small sats are vital to Australia's space industry – and they won't be space junk
  32. If we can't recycle it, why not turn our waste plastic into fuel?
  33. Going Down finds hilarious satire in migrant identity
  34. How information warfare in cyberspace threatens our freedom
  35. 94% of Australians do not read all privacy policies that apply to them – and that’s rational behaviour
  36. what should I eat to improve my skin?
  37. Competing foreign interests trump Syrian aspirations for political change
  38. could constitutional monarchies be important aids to democracy?
  39. will the banking royal commission push down property prices?
  40. a short history of the contraceptive pill
  41. No, women don't need to 'take a break' from the pill every couple of years
  42. Can anyone learn to sing? For most of us, the answer is yes
  43. Is that selfie really worth it? Why face time with wild animals is a bad idea
  44. Mixed messages in post-budget Newspoll and Fairfax-Ipsos
  45. Let's get moving with the affordable medium-speed alternatives to the old dream of high-speed rail
  46. We asked people if they would trust driverless cars
  47. use technology to make the tests more authentic and relevant
  48. Changes to superannuation insurance won't jack up rates – but if anything they don't go far enough
  49. The secret agents protecting our crops and gardens
  50. Archibald winner Yvette Coppersmith channels her inner Jacinda Ardern in an intelligent, classical work

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